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Universal Micro to PC data visualiser
ricko_uk:
Hi,
are there any PC apps that:
1) allow you to receive numerical data from serial or USB port and display it in real time on the PC in the form of a graph? (This is the main feature I am looking for)
2) and maybe also display any other information after parsing the message string. I am clearly not taking about the standard COM/terminal apps that display all data.
Thank you
rstofer:
Probably MATLAB, it does everything else!
https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/28941-real-time-data-plot-from-serial-port
If the script runs in MATLAB (and I didn't play with it), it might run in Octave which is FREE!
Apparently, it can be done with gnuplot as well.
ricko_uk:
Thank you Rstofer,
that's interesting, but not being familiar with Matlab I don't want to run the risk of having to invest too much time either learning it or customising it or sorting out bugs/issues. I was hoping for a out of the box type of solution. It must be a very common need for most engineers/developers.
Thank you again for your feedback though! :)
HwAoRrDk:
The Arduino IDE has basic graphing of serial data. You don't have to be using an Arduino, you can just open the serial monitor and talk to any connected serial port.
Multiple values can be graphed: just comma-delimit them on the lines of output.
Edit: this link lists a few apps that may help.
https://arduino.stackexchange.com/questions/1180/serial-data-plotting-programs
ricko_uk:
Thank you HwAoRrDk,
that's exactly what I was looking for and plenty of options too! :) :)
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