[time-nuts] Thunderbolt Monitoring for Pocket PC

[Chris Albertson]

As long as you are willing to use a micro controller, I think the best
way to make a status display is to have to controller maintain a web
page.  Then just about any pock device you own can look at the status
page.      Sometimes it makes sense to put an LCD on a device.  I
think only if the user spends time right there near the device.   A
microwave oven is a good example.   But if the user is not there
looking better i think to simply make a web page.


On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 6:45 PM, WA7NE <wa7ne at att.net> wrote:
>  Hi Justin,
> Great stuff.   I have several iPaqs and a Thunderbolt so I will be giving
> this a try.  I've been saving several iPaqs for just such a possibility.
> I'm not very adept at programming but I did manage to program a simple
> calculator for my iPaq using MS eMbedded several years ago just to prove I
> could.  I saw some possibilities for using the iPaq to display data but
> never had the time to pursue them further.
>
> I'm currently building a LCD display for my Thunderbolt using a PIC.  I'm
> far enough down that road to not change the design.  But, I do have another
> case that will fit the iPaq display.  Thanks to you, that may become my next
> project.  I'm very appreciative that you posted your work.
>
> Just wanted to let you know there is interest in your work and to encourage
> you.
>
> tnx & 73
> Wayne, WA7NE
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: time-nuts-bounces at febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-bounces at febo.com] On
> Behalf Of Justin Pinnix
> Sent: Friday, November 25, 2011 2:56 PM
> To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
> Subject: [time-nuts] Thunderbolt Monitoring for Pocket PC
>
> Nuts,
>
> A while back, I scored an old Compaq iPaq Pocket PC for cheap at an auction.
> Recently, I wrote a program for it that reads the time and health
> information from a Thunderbolt and displays it in real-time.  More info
> available here:  http://www.fuzzythinking.com/projects/thunderhead/
>
> I may be the only guy in the world who owns both of those pieces of
> hardware, but in case anyone else does, please enjoy this program.
>
> Thanks,
> -Justin
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Chris Albertson
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