petersboro Posted September 19, 2007 Report Share Posted September 19, 2007 20 years ago as a high school kid I figured out how to get my Apple IIE to plot a graph on the screen with basic that measured the voltage that a small light sensor produced. I have since been interested in data acquisition but have never gotten back to it. I am overwhelmed with the terminology and information available nowa days. What is the simplest way to connect my pc (hardware) with a water pressure sensor and write a program to monitor it visually. Should I use excel? Visual basic? Java? If I purchase a mac what is available from them? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
iccaros Posted October 2, 2007 Report Share Posted October 2, 2007 there are many languages and any would work, I would use a Pic processor to grab what ever information and send it over serial (need usb to serial converter) then pick a language you likejava, mono(C#, VB, ironpython, boo), c++, objective C would all work, just pick one and read up on it.. this may help it uses java to read a serial port.. as for drawing graphes.. that is after you can do this much..http://java.sun.com/developer/Books/javapr...cookbook/11.pdf Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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