From: "Marcel duchamp"
> Padu wrote:
>> From: "Herbert Graf"
>>> Any PDA with a flash card slot. I have a 2GB CF card and my Dell X5 Axim
>>> PDA, works very well for logging data over long periods of time. Most
>>> PocketPC PDAs have at least an SD card slot. Most Sony PDAs have a
>>> Memory card slot.
>>>
>>> TTYL
>>>
>>
>>
>> I have a HP IPAQ with wifi, BT, SD and CF. I use it to log GPS data over
>> long periods of time and it works like a charm. If you have Windows 
>> Pocket
>> PC 2003 or greater installed on your Pocket PC, you can use C# to develop
>> your logging program, very easy.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Padu
>>
>
> Do either of the above devices support RS232?  How do you get data into
> them to be logged?  I have thought about getting one of these for some
> time for various logging tasks away from a desktop but am not sure what
> they support.  I downloaded the manual for the Axim and it appears to
> only support IRDA and USB.  Will it accept usb to serial dongles?
>


Yes, the PDA supports RS232. Because it was originally designed to connect 
to a PC, it is wired as a "slave" (if that's the correct name for that). You 
have to buy the serial cable (about $5 from ebay) and probably a gender 
changer (depending on how the device you want to log is wired and what 
connector it has).

I mentioned C# because it has direct support for serial ports, either on the 
PC or on the Pocket PC, and creating a logger program is very, very simple.

I've used my device to log data from GPS in two different ways: 1) connected 
to the serial cable 2) using the bluetooth as a serial port
Both worked flawlessly.

Cheers

Padu 

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