From: Jim Peters (jim_at_uazu.net)
Date: 2001-12-20 09:41:10
sademade wrote:
> I do not know what an earth happened to my first post, all text
> disappeared, and just a quote was posted ...
Most of what you've said I agree with (at least as far as my technical
understanding goes). However, there is just one point I'd like to
raise:
> This way, one set of people could write GUI with VB, one set
> of people could write the Math code with Matlab and Matcom
> or whatever there are these days, and one set of people could
> learn to encapsulate the Matlab generated C code to the VC++
> made VB controls, and one set of people could spend their time
> and effort accessing the USB or creating the USB control to
> interface with the FTDI chip/driver.
If you use VB, then you lose me and many other Linux hackers who might
have helped. Some time ago I mentioned SDL (Simple Directmedia Layer
-- www.libsdl.org), and I notice Joerg has mentioned it too. This is
designed for cross-platform games development. You can build on
Linux, Windows, Mac, and more.
Now, I've never used this library in earnest, and maybe VB would be
much faster to develop in (I really don't know, I've never used MS
tools), but you will automatically lose the entire UNIX hacker/
open-source community if you go the VB route.
Maybe we need to quickly evaluate the possible development tools at
some point (e.g. VB vs libSDL vs Allegro vs whatever).
On USB: yes, USB is nice, but I don't have USB on all my machines, and
USB would be no good for stuff like what Doug is doing with his
wearable computing. I've seen USB<->serial adapters available (a
quick search shows prices around $30). They will come with drivers,
which takes care of all those problems.
> And, in any case, the lurkers, either please throw in plans
> for the software design / break-up top down / modularisation /
> tools / etc, or donate $ to Joerg for parts and protos
I have some PayPal dollars not doing anything, if some cash is needed.
Jim
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