Yes and no. A Basic Stamp can send data to a PC as text over a serial data stream. Typically this would consist of a series of values separated by commas and new lines (usually carriage return / line feed character pairs). It's the job of the PC to store this data in a file and handle the copying of the data into whatever form you want. You might look at a program called Stamp Plot Pro from Selmaware (www.selmaware.com/stampplot/). This has some ability to manipulate data from a Stamp and store it in a file. It might be a way to get started or at least serve as an example of what can be done.
PLX-DAQ should help you do what you want. According to the product page,
"Parallax Data Acquisition tool (PLX-DAQ) software add-in for Microsoft Excel acquires up to 26 channels of data from any Parallax microcontrollers and drops the numbers into columns as they arrive. PLX-DAQ provides easy spreadsheet analysis of data collected in the field, laboratory analysis of sensors and real-time equipment monitoring."
I use PLX-DAQ to routinely capture data from a Basic Stamp in Excel. I usually put a long pause in the program and send a debug statement to "Close Debug and connet in Excel". By having PLX-DAQ running unconnected, two mouse clicks and the data is read into Excel. I've also run the product through a Bluetooth connection for up to 2 weeks gathering data.
I know this is an old posting, but currently I am looking to save on PC a file from stamp. DO you have a code /setting that needs to be done to use hyperterm to do this. I'd appreciate any help.
Cyril
I know this is an old posting, but currently I am looking to save on PC a file from stamp. DO you have a code /setting that needs to be done to use hyperterm to do this. I'd appreciate any help.
Cyril
What do you mean by "a file from stamp"? The Stamps don't hold anything recognizable as a "file" in their memory. They hold (tokenized) program code and data.
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"Parallax Data Acquisition tool (PLX-DAQ) software add-in for Microsoft Excel acquires up to 26 channels of data from any Parallax microcontrollers and drops the numbers into columns as they arrive. PLX-DAQ provides easy spreadsheet analysis of data collected in the field, laboratory analysis of sensors and real-time equipment monitoring."
It's a free download from Parallax.
-Phil
Using minicom in Ubuntu:
minicom -C /home/user/myusbdata.txt will create a text file that can be read into OO or Excel.
I posted of couple of files from a setup with a light sensor getting a flash light waved around.
P.S. Make sure you stop the debug window (bstamp_run) so all the data flows into the minicom window.
I know this is an old posting, but currently I am looking to save on PC a file from stamp. DO you have a code /setting that needs to be done to use hyperterm to do this. I'd appreciate any help.
Cyril
What do you mean by "a file from stamp"? The Stamps don't hold anything recognizable as a "file" in their memory. They hold (tokenized) program code and data.
I suspect you're really asking "How can I download the program from a Stamp onto my PC?". I believe you'll find that the answer is "You cannot". See this thread:
http://forums.parallax.com/showthread.php?131049-retriving-code-from-BS2
If you're asking "how can I send data from my Stamp to the PC?", PLX-DAQ works quite well and fairly easily.