[time-nuts] Thunderbolt Monitoring for Pocket PC

[Justin Pinnix]

Sounds like a good idea for a modern handheld, but the relics we are
talking about don't have WiFi or any means of networking except for serial
and IR.

On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 10:47 PM, Chris Albertson <albertson.chris at gmail.com
> wrote:

> 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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