Hendrik van Rooyen wrote: > "CC" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:[edit] >>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. > > If you spend a bit of money on a Lantronix Xport, you can use ethernet, > and then the linux/windows problems goes away - as sockets seem to > "just work"
Yeah, that's neato. Trouble is, I work at a national lab, which is where some of these apps will be developed. They have a big problem with ethernet devices. Basically, it's almost impossible to use ethernet on other than PCs, on the official LAN. I will have to look into this further though, as higher data rate stuff is a problem with serial. Although I could do 10Mbps RS-422 I suppose. >>[edit] >>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. > > No - there are excellent examples and docs available on the web. > Unless you are doing something very fancy, you dont "need" to know Tcl. > > The development cycle is fast, and if you get stuck you can get help > here - this is a super group of people (said he modestly... :- ) ) Yeah, that's really great. Our in-house programmer uses wxPython, I've discovered, so that's a strong push in that direction. Though he isn't totally unfamiliar with TkInter too. >>Do you think Python is the right language for these projects? > > Yes - I am in the process of finishing an Injection Moulding Machine > Controller, with the GUI in tkinter (cos its in the standard library), > with some crude animation of the machine functions - and it all "just works" Thanks for the input. I am not seeing anything to indicate that Python isn't the direction in which I should head. Good day! -- _____________________ Christopher R. Carlen [EMAIL PROTECTED] SuSE 9.1 Linux 2.6.5 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
