hi guys i need help.. im using ImageCraft ICC12 to pick up data from
my doppler radar sensor.. i got the data stored in one variable... i
was wondering how would i countinusly send the data from that variable
to a variable for Microsoft Visual C# to use... any help would greatly
help me finish my senior project ;) and thanks to everyone that was
kind enough to help me in my previous posts :)
ImageCraft IDE ICC12 to Microsoft Visual C#
Started by ●May 1, 2006
Reply by ●May 1, 20062006-05-01
Hi Sladezm, think of you problem as you have a micro picking up some data,
and you have a PC wishing to do something with that data. The fact that one
program is written in ICC12 and the other in VC# is irrelevant - they can't
physically share anything anyway. So for example, one simple scheme is for
the HCS12 to send the data out to the serial port, and your PC program read
the serial port and once gotten the data, continue along. The details then
become what type of communication protocol do you use (e.g. how do they
differentiate between data and noise etc.) You may also try different
communication medium such as RF, but serial is probably the simplest to use.
Good luck.
At 03:38 PM 5/1/2006, sladezm wrote:
>hi guys i need help.. im using ImageCraft ICC12 to pick up data from
>my doppler radar sensor.. i got the data stored in one variable... i
>was wondering how would i countinusly send the data from that variable
>to a variable for Microsoft Visual C# to use... any help would greatly
>help me finish my senior project ;) and thanks to everyone that was
>kind enough to help me in my previous posts :)
>----------
// richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, please
use richard at imagecraft.com)
and you have a PC wishing to do something with that data. The fact that one
program is written in ICC12 and the other in VC# is irrelevant - they can't
physically share anything anyway. So for example, one simple scheme is for
the HCS12 to send the data out to the serial port, and your PC program read
the serial port and once gotten the data, continue along. The details then
become what type of communication protocol do you use (e.g. how do they
differentiate between data and noise etc.) You may also try different
communication medium such as RF, but serial is probably the simplest to use.
Good luck.
At 03:38 PM 5/1/2006, sladezm wrote:
>hi guys i need help.. im using ImageCraft ICC12 to pick up data from
>my doppler radar sensor.. i got the data stored in one variable... i
>was wondering how would i countinusly send the data from that variable
>to a variable for Microsoft Visual C# to use... any help would greatly
>help me finish my senior project ;) and thanks to everyone that was
>kind enough to help me in my previous posts :)
>----------
// richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, please
use richard at imagecraft.com)
Reply by ●May 2, 20062006-05-02
--- In 6..., Richard wrote:
> one simple scheme is for
> the HCS12 to send the data out to the serial port, and your PC
program read
> the serial port and once gotten the data, continue along.
I strongly agree - serial is your best bet. If you're using VS 2005,
or the free Express version, it comes with a SerialPort class in the
System.IO.Ports namespace. It works great!
You can use GDI+ to make a nice barchart, or linechart, etc, and have
it update in realtime. CodeProject has source code for this kind of
thing (less the serial port support).
Or, if you're not yet super good with C# you can just grab the data
from the serial port and write it to an XML file to be imported into
Excel.
You'd only use ICC12 to help you write the code that runs on the
embedded device. The ICC12 IDE itself would not attach to VS (it
possibly can in some ways but it wouldn't serve your purpose).
I can give you some advice regarding school projects: Don't bite off
more than you are ready for. I'd start with something extremely simple
to prove the basic concepts and then add functionality a little at a
time. Do you work in small increments and test often. Also, save
various versions of your code. I save 2 or 3 times a day - I make a
zip of my project folders with the date in the filename:
proj5-1-06a.zip, for example. Then I'll add a b and c suffix for new
zips I make later on the same day. At any given time I keep at least 2
full weeks worth of these incremental backups. This is important
because sometimes I change my mind and I want to revert to an earlier
code base, and continue in a different direction.
If you want to burn your program to flash but you can't afford a BDM
you might want to look at the 9s12C32 devices that have the serial
monitor - you can program the flash easily over a serial port.
Good luck!
Eric
> one simple scheme is for
> the HCS12 to send the data out to the serial port, and your PC
program read
> the serial port and once gotten the data, continue along.
I strongly agree - serial is your best bet. If you're using VS 2005,
or the free Express version, it comes with a SerialPort class in the
System.IO.Ports namespace. It works great!
You can use GDI+ to make a nice barchart, or linechart, etc, and have
it update in realtime. CodeProject has source code for this kind of
thing (less the serial port support).
Or, if you're not yet super good with C# you can just grab the data
from the serial port and write it to an XML file to be imported into
Excel.
You'd only use ICC12 to help you write the code that runs on the
embedded device. The ICC12 IDE itself would not attach to VS (it
possibly can in some ways but it wouldn't serve your purpose).
I can give you some advice regarding school projects: Don't bite off
more than you are ready for. I'd start with something extremely simple
to prove the basic concepts and then add functionality a little at a
time. Do you work in small increments and test often. Also, save
various versions of your code. I save 2 or 3 times a day - I make a
zip of my project folders with the date in the filename:
proj5-1-06a.zip, for example. Then I'll add a b and c suffix for new
zips I make later on the same day. At any given time I keep at least 2
full weeks worth of these incremental backups. This is important
because sometimes I change my mind and I want to revert to an earlier
code base, and continue in a different direction.
If you want to burn your program to flash but you can't afford a BDM
you might want to look at the 9s12C32 devices that have the serial
monitor - you can program the flash easily over a serial port.
Good luck!
Eric
