On Tuesday 28 March 2006 20:39, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > I'm looking for a starting point for a project. Basically a datalogger,
> > usb i/o, x interface. Only thing I found on sourceforge was jaws.
> >
> > Project entails a micro-controller, probably an avr, with numerous adc,
> > dac, digital i/o, transferring raw data over serial usb, to a host
> > (industrial sbc) running real-time linux, which will do the mathematical
> > processing, hmi, ethernet interface, and other high-level functions.
> >
> > Basically, I hate starting from a blank sheet of paper, almost as much as
> > I hate re-inventing the wheel.
> >
> > Any pointers, even search terms to throw at google, would be appreciated.
>
> I tried "data acquisition" linux and got:
>
> comedi - http://www.comedi.org/ which seems to be pretty healthy,
> but I'm not sure if it's what you're after.
>
> linuxlab and samplin, which seem to be abandoned.
>
> of course, if you want to consider commercial software,
> there's also the well regarded labview:
> http://www.ni.com/linux/
>
> Here's a page devoted to links, largely h/w and drivers
> it seems (no mention of usb)
>
> http://www.csrri.iit.edu/~lavender/linux_daq.html

Just a further $0.02

1)labview is cute as hell, but soon runs out of steam, at high speed
2)for me comedi was a diaster

James
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