Sounds like a good idea for a modern handheld, but the relics we are talking about don't have WiFi or any means of networking except for serial and IR.
On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 10:47 PM, Chris Albertson <[email protected] > wrote: > As long as you are willing to use a micro controller, I think the best > way to make a status display is to have to controller maintain a web > page. Then just about any pock device you own can look at the status > page. Sometimes it makes sense to put an LCD on a device. I > think only if the user spends time right there near the device. A > microwave oven is a good example. But if the user is not there > looking better i think to simply make a web page. > > > On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 6:45 PM, WA7NE <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Justin, > > Great stuff. I have several iPaqs and a Thunderbolt so I will be giving > > this a try. I've been saving several iPaqs for just such a possibility. > > I'm not very adept at programming but I did manage to program a simple > > calculator for my iPaq using MS eMbedded several years ago just to prove > I > > could. I saw some possibilities for using the iPaq to display data but > > never had the time to pursue them further. > > > > I'm currently building a LCD display for my Thunderbolt using a PIC. I'm > > far enough down that road to not change the design. But, I do have > another > > case that will fit the iPaq display. Thanks to you, that may become my > next > > project. I'm very appreciative that you posted your work. > > > > Just wanted to let you know there is interest in your work and to > encourage > > you. > > > > tnx & 73 > > Wayne, WA7NE > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > > Behalf Of Justin Pinnix > > Sent: Friday, November 25, 2011 2:56 PM > > To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement > > Subject: [time-nuts] Thunderbolt Monitoring for Pocket PC > > > > Nuts, > > > > A while back, I scored an old Compaq iPaq Pocket PC for cheap at an > auction. > > Recently, I wrote a program for it that reads the time and health > > information from a Thunderbolt and displays it in real-time. More info > > available here: http://www.fuzzythinking.com/projects/thunderhead/ > > > > I may be the only guy in the world who owns both of those pieces of > > hardware, but in case anyone else does, please enjoy this program. > > > > Thanks, > > -Justin > > _______________________________________________ > > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to > > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > > and follow the instructions there. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > > and follow the instructions there. > > > > > > -- > > Chris Albertson > Redondo Beach, California > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
