Re: [Hampshire] C development

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Author: Damian L Brasher
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To: hampshire
Subject: Re: [Hampshire] C development
On Sun, 2014-06-22 at 16:04 +0100, Roger Munford wrote:
> On 13/06/14 08:34, James Courtier-Dutton wrote:


> >> Then, if you wish to re-implement your program natively, then some
> >> things I would do:
> >> 1) You won't need assembler any more.
> >> 2) Separate out data collection and data visualization into two
> >> separate programs. Maybe use a database in between, or it the data
> >> rates are too high, use CSV files.
> >> 3) There are many data visualization programs already out there, you
> >> might not have to do any work in this area.
> >>
> > If you choose to use DOSBOX, http://www.dosbox.com
> > I have some patches that make it work better with data logging applications.
> > My patches make the timestamps use the linux system clock, instead of
> > DOS "ticks" which can be out by about 10 minutes each day.
> >
> > If you instead choose to re-write the application, you might wish to
> > consider displaying the output in a web browser, ie. write a web app,
> > or provide the output via the REST web services protocol.
> > You could then display the output on a smart phone, tablet or any
> > other web based device.
> >
> > Kind Regards
> >
> > James
> >
> Thank you very much for the suggestions. Sadly I threw away the floppies
> with the compiled version of the programme but kept the source so I
> can't try it with DOSBOX. I very much like the idea of splitting the
> data acquisition and displaying via a web browser for the reasons
> outlined. I can imagine that something like sqlite would do for storing
> the data because my sampling period will be a few seconds and it would
> be easier to manipulate the data.
> I am also thinking of using Arduinos for remote data acquisition so that
> would fit in nicely.
>


Roger, James, do either of you use Doxygen, or similar? Can you
recommend an efficient way to use such a tool?

I want to maintain some documentation; graphical visualisation to
present the C code base structure and runtime flow.

Thank you
Damian


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