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 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
