I've got a little 8051 project, in C that does very simple things eg wait for Uart read ADC add offset from eeprom load DAC stuff a string into a LCD
Nothing complicated. (I'm really an analogue guy at heart, just doing a bit of 8051 C when required)
But I'm getting fed up with using windoze terminal or even procomm to set up some eeprom values.
I've just loaded microsoft VB6 learning edition, (which I bought 4 years ago, thankfully unused until now)
I tried to make a little 5 button VB program to chat down the serial port, but its seems I need "the professional VB package" to talk to the comms port
Is there a simple way to make a elementary GUI on a XP machine that doesnt have a steep learning curve and can talk to the serial port
I've googled for at least 3 hours, any advice appreciated, and apologies for mentioning micro$oft in comp.arch.embedded
martin