Datalogging to excel

[moxhamj]

A recent post asked about automating measurements, such as temperature, and producing a graph. One solution is to use a picaxe and some VB code and use VB to create a .csv file that can be read with Excel. Now you can automate your science experiments and go home early. Complete writeup is at http://www.instructables.com/id/Automate-your-science-experiments/

Just don't let Beaker anywhere near your expensive lab equipment!

 

[ArnieW]

Well done again Dr Acula,

a useful tool for the picaxe kit. I envy your knack of explaining and demonstrating things simply.

cheers

 

[mobents]

i have changed the picaxe code to work through the normal download cable, and changed the baud rate in vb accordingly, but the picture box is red, indicating that something is wrong. when i exit the program i get an objectdisposed exception for the rich textbox. does any of you know how to handle this? i can't se any place where the box was disposed, so i am a little confused

 

[moxhamj]

Can you post your code etc. Where (and why) are you changing the baud rate?

Exception is another word for error. It probably is not writing to the text box as no data has come through.