Re: [PIC] data logging

Thank y'all.

Openlog seems the easiest way to go,


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David C Brown
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Whaley Bridge
High Peak                           Phone: 01663 733236
Derbyshire                eMail: [email protected]
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On Sat, 9 Nov 2024 at 15:23, Harold Hallikainen <[email protected]>
wrote:

> I'm still using PICs! My latest project is using a PIC32MZ. I'm still
> maintaining a system using the PIC24H that went into production about 15
> years ago and is still being produced. We're about to update the Ethernet
> to 100 Mbps.
>
> Anyway, as others have suggested, an SD card is a lot easier to write to.
> Microchip has a library for it, and it just uses an SPI port (or even bit
> bang). If you write it out as CSV, it's easy to import into a spreadsheet.
> In fact, Windows will open a CSV in Excel by default.
>
> Also as mentioned by another, writing to an SPI flash is another option. I
> do this in several projects for logs. In the PIC24 system, the log from
> external flash memory is converted to HTML for display on a web UI. But as
> also suggested by another, programs such as Tera Term can capture incoming
> data to a file, so you can just dump the log over RS232.
>
> Good luck!
>
> Harold
> https://w6iwi.ot
>
>
> On Sat, November 9, 2024 7:14 am, Allen Mulvey wrote:
> > Does it need to be a PIC device? I have not used PIC in almost 20 years.
> > This is pretty trivial with an ESP32 device and an SD card.
> >
> > Allen Mulvey
> >
> >
> > On 11/9/2024 5:33 AM, David C Brown wrote:
> >> I am planning a project that captures dat every ten minutes or so, using
> >> a
> >> PIC to do the capturing.
> >> I then want to store the data on a medium such as a thumbdrive in such a
> >> way that irt can be read into a spreadsheet on a PC.
> >> Is that feasible and if so could some kind person direct me to some
> >> information on how to do so.
> >> (i prefer programming in assembler)
> >>
> >> __________________________________________
> >> David C Brown
> >> 43 Bings Road
> >> Whaley Bridge
> >> High Peak                           Phone: 01663 733236
> >> Derbyshire                eMail:[email protected]
> >> SK23 7ND          web:www.bings-knowle.co.uk/dcb
> >> <http://www.jb.man.ac.uk/~dcb>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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