Reply by John January 19, 20062006-01-19
On 10 Jan 2006 17:07:07 -0800, "Too_Many_Tools"
<too_many_tools@yahoo.com> wrote:

>I am looking for an inexpensive digital strip chart recorder. > >Does something like this exist? > >Are there addons for a laptop, pda or pocket pc that allows one to >record, store and display analog data similar to the good old chart >recorder? > >Thanks for any leads. > >TMT
Go to http://www.dataq.com/194.htm For $50US, you get a 4 channel, 10 bit A/D converter (serial interface to PC) and PC chart recorder software. John
Reply by January 12, 20062006-01-12
Too_Many_Tools wrote:
> I am looking for an inexpensive digital strip chart recorder.
I've used http://xoscope.sourceforge.net/ with a PCI audio card and got good results, but never quite come across a chart recorder.
Reply by Hans-Bernhard Broeker January 11, 20062006-01-11
[Note: F'up2 cut down --- should have been done by OP!]

In comp.arch.embedded Too_Many_Tools <too_many_tools@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I would agree...I am surprised that in today's world of electronics > that an inexpensive turnkey appliance is not available.
While a paper strip recorder might have seemed a good idea back in its day, actually using one in this day and age would be a rather obvious waste of paper. The kind of device you're looking for is called a storage oscilloscope or data logger, these days, mostly depending on its typical sampling rate and number of channels. Any computer or PDA with decent sound hardware should suffice for a working, no-cost, software-only approach. Just connect your analog input to line-in (adapt level and impedance as needed), and record your signal as an audio stream, which you can later transform into whatever kind of plot or display you like. It won't be spectacularly accurate, granted, but it'll still outperform a paper strip plotter on all practical counts. -- Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker@physik.rwth-aachen.de) Even if all the snow were burnt, ashes would remain.
Reply by Steve January 11, 20062006-01-11
Omega OM-EL-USB

USB data logger, stand-alone, temperature, temp/RH, voltage, or
current, about $60

http://www.omega.com/ppt/pptsc.asp?ref=OM-EL-USB-1

OM-PL series, $115 with more options

Reply by Al January 11, 20062006-01-11
In article <1136941627.419160.149340@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com>,
 "Too_Many_Tools" <too_many_tools@yahoo.com> wrote:

> I am looking for an inexpensive digital strip chart recorder. > > Does something like this exist? > > Are there addons for a laptop, pda or pocket pc that allows one to > record, store and display analog data similar to the good old chart > recorder? > > Thanks for any leads. > > TMT >
http://www.lascarelectronics.com/promo.cfm?CFID=18736453&CFTOKEN=20840100 Independent datalogger that is connected to your computer via USB. Program it and download data from it. About 99 bucks. Al
Reply by carneyke January 11, 20062006-01-11
Has anyone checked Omega ?

Reply by January 11, 20062006-01-11
Too_Many_Tools wrote:
> I am looking for an inexpensive digital strip chart recorder. > > Does something like this exist? > > Are there addons for a laptop, pda or pocket pc that allows one to > record, store and display analog data similar to the good old chart > recorder?
Check out http://www.picotech.com/ Farnell stocked some of their gear when I last looked. -- Bill Sloman, Nijmegen
Reply by Mike Harrison January 11, 20062006-01-11
On 10 Jan 2006 17:07:07 -0800, "Too_Many_Tools" <too_many_tools@yahoo.com> wrote:

>I am looking for an inexpensive digital strip chart recorder. > >Does something like this exist? > >Are there addons for a laptop, pda or pocket pc that allows one to >record, store and display analog data similar to the good old chart >recorder? > >Thanks for any leads. > >TMT
http://www.picotech.com/ do a number of devices that may be suitable.
Reply by Frithiof Andreas Jensen January 11, 20062006-01-11
"Too_Many_Tools" <too_many_tools@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> I am looking for an inexpensive digital strip chart recorder. > > Does something like this exist? > > Are there addons for a laptop, pda or pocket pc that allows one to > record, store and display analog data similar to the good old chart > recorder?
"Round Robin Database Tool" - RRDTool - can possibly be hacked into submission: http://people.ee.ethz.ch/~oetiker/webtools/rrdtool/
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Reply by Neil Kurzman January 11, 20062006-01-11

Too_Many_Tools wrote:

> I am looking for an inexpensive digital strip chart recorder. > > Does something like this exist? > > Are there addons for a laptop, pda or pocket pc that allows one to > record, store and display analog data similar to the good old chart > recorder? > > Thanks for any leads. > > TMT
Sure Look For Data loggers. DataQ makes some cheap ones www.DataQ.com