Character Recognition with Artificial Neural Network

[iscoulter]

Hello Everyone,

I am a EE undergraduate at a university who will be competing in a robotics competition this spring. So the reason I'm posting is because I need some direction on where I should start in regards to understanding and learning to create a artificial neural network for character recognition. Please provide any good informational sites or books that I can use to grasp this subject! I'll leave you with a little bit of background information on me to help you decide at what level of information you should provide me. Here is one site I have already looked at: https://takinginitiative.wordpress.com/2008/04/23/basic-neural-network-tutorial-c-implementation-and-source-code/


Background:

- I have a good understanding of C++ and Assembly code and currently working on my java skills.(PF1, PF2, Paradigms, and microprocessing classes)

-I've programmed microprocessors(PIC) and will be using a PIC32MZ processor to operate the camera data collection and ANN operation. Currently, I plan to program this PIC in Assembly and C since I do not know if C++ will work on the microprocessor hardware.

[haydavis]

google search came up with a free C++ compiler for PIC32...
http://www.microchip.com/pagehandler/en-us/press-release/microchips-free-mplab-xc32-com.html

I did a AI UAV for undergrad about 20 years ago. Programmed the neural net AI in C using Borland C compiler.

[iscoulter]

Yea, I have MPLab XC32 but I guess I never noticed it contained a C++ compiler. My apologies!