Diagnostic Tools Graphics Display Screen, Portable

Looking at diagnostic tools that are hand held, Palm Pilots, PDA`S, custom
made etc for specific tasks.

For example laboratory balances, GPS, some makes of cars etc have RS232 data
outputs.

It would be great if one could just have a small board for one specific task
connected to a portable or semi portable display screen so you can read the
data output instead of using a large desktop or pc104 computer, just
something simple to do the one task.

Is there anything in the line of PICS or other simular advanced
microcontrollers that can do these tasks that can be connected to a VGA
screen that can read the RS232 output of these devices.

Of course any programing that is necessary or Iam best with just making up
my own interfaces and programming in C+++, gwbasic and using a pc104.


Thanks Russel

Take a look at DataGet - it connects devices such as electronic calipers and
laboratory instruments to the Palm.

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"Robert" <robert@iinet.net.au> wrote in message
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> Looking at diagnostic tools that are hand held, Palm Pilots, PDA`S, custom
> made etc for specific tasks.
>
> For example laboratory balances, GPS, some makes of cars etc have RS232
data
> outputs.
>
> It would be great if one could just have a small board for one specific
task
> connected to a portable or semi portable display screen so you can read
the
> data output instead of using a large desktop or pc104 computer, just
> something simple to do the one task.
>
> Is there anything in the line of PICS or other simular advanced
> microcontrollers that can do these tasks that can be connected to a VGA
> screen that can read the RS232 output of these devices.
>
> Of course any programing that is necessary or Iam best with just making up
> my own interfaces and programming in C+++, gwbasic and using a pc104.
>
>
> Thanks Russel
>
>