CC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have considerable C and assembly language experience. However, these > are mostly on embedded microcontrollers since I moved away from PC > programming all the way back in 1988 :-O > > I wish to accomplish a few PC programming tasks, and am considering to > learn Python: > > 1. Develop a simple GUI program to run on Linux and Windows which can > send parameters and small blocks of data to an embedded microcontroller > device via RS-232 or USB. Also display simple data (probably single > numbers) sent from the device. > > Note, if it is USB, then the client will be implemented by me using FTDI > chips that appear to the PC as a serial port.
No problems - pyserial, wxPython work fine cross platform. You can also use libusb from python from windows and linux also for low level USB stuff. I've managed to use all those things successfully. > I would prefer to be able to write a program that is cross-platform > between Linux and Windows. I realize this might be especially > problematic with the serial comms. On the contrary, pyserial does a very good job of abstracting the serial port away. > I am also confused by the plethora of Python GUI extensions, though > Tkinter seems like a likely candidate. I am uncertain if I will have > difficulty learning how to use this if I don't know Tcl/Tk. Use wxPython would be my advice. tk is OK, but a bit clunky. it does have the advantage that it is built into the language though. > Do you think Python is the right language for these projects? Yes! -- Nick Craig-Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- http://www.craig-wood.com/nick -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
