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Data Logging Software for PocketPC?

Posted by Cliff on from the small-data-capturing-devices dept.

X43B asks: "I don't have a story associated with this but just a question. Does anyone know of any data logging software for the PocketPC? What I'm talking about is something analogous to Hyperterminal for windows. The data logging market for engineering instrumentation, especially with a premium on small size and weight, is relatively sparse. The hardware on PocketPCs seems ideal for this type of application. I'm looking for anything from proprietary software to open source, even perhaps the just a little direction of what to use to do this on my own (all I know is Fortran, C, and Matlab). Thanks!"

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  1. Re:Zaurus? by barnaclebarnes · · Score: 2

    Psion Teklogix is still in the market...

    And Symbol still use Palm OS in their PDA's.

    You might want to look at Satellite Forms Mobile App Designer from Pumatech Inc. We provides a RAD tool for Palm and PocketPC. Several users have built extensions for it to read/write to the serial port.

    Disclaimer: I work for Pumatech...

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  2. Easiest way... by theNote · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The easiest way to develop something for a pocketPC is VB6.

    Microsoft has a mobile SDK that makes it trivial to write apps. Its basically just a bunch of widgets, like regular VB.

    I downloaded the SDK and had an app written and installed in less than a half hour.

    Since you know C, you should be able to pickup on VB in about, oh say, 15 minutes.
    It is a trivial language, but it is the right tool to use for the job.

    I'd bet there are already dlls out there for any low level stuff you want to do.
    With the SDK, you can probably just drag and drop them onto your forms, do a little code behind and your done.

    1. Re:Easiest way... by theNote · · Score: 2, Interesting

      Here it is:
      PocketPC SDK

    2. Re:Easiest way... by unDiWahn · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Actually, since you'd have to buy VB6, the _easiest_ way to write apps would be EBV3.0 (embedded Visual Basic). It's a free download from Microsoft's site, but it'll only write apps for Windows CE (PocketPC, HPC, etc).

      Also included is embedded Visual C++, which I suggest you look at instead if you have any Win32 experience at all.

    3. Re:Easiest way... by 3waygeek · · Score: 2

      Note, however, that EVB is quite limited -- it's closer to VBScript than VB.

  3. TeraTerm by Chelloveck · · Score: 3, Informative

    TeraTerm is a darned fine open source serial/telnet program for Windows. It's supposedly been ported to WinCE, though it seems there hasn't been any development in the past couple years. Might still be worth checking out, though.

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    1. Re:TeraTerm by larien · · Score: 2
      Yes, it looks pretty old, although it should be able to be ported to Pocket PC if you get the C compiler etc from MS (free download, BTW, links elsewhere).

      I'd personally love to get my pocket PC (iPaq) running terminal software with a serial cable as it would be damned useful for use in our computer rooms where a server doesn't have a terminal already.