I use this method.  If you use a comma as the separator, you can give the file a
.csv extension and then excel will just open it right up and throw the data into
the spreadsheet.  And using the serial port in linux is a piece of cake.  My
little program is maybe 100 lines of c...

Eric


On Wed, 28 Jan 2004 08:31:21 -0600
Mike Hord <gaidinmd@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:

> Depending on the OS you're using, it may be very easy to write a program
> that just brings data in on the serial port and rights it to a tab delimited
> text file.  Linux at least is a piece of cake.  Once you have a tab
> delimited
> file, Excel will import it, no problem.
>
> I guess it's not really real time, but there you go.
>
> Mike H.
>
> >Is there a spreadsheet that offers direct real-time input from a serial
> >port?
> >
> >Thanks in advance
> >
> >John
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