Re: Thermistor into XP computer excel

From: JeB (no_at_spam.org)
Date: 11/28/04 

Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2004 16:45:05 -0800

On 27 Nov 2004 13:17:26 -0800, rcam001@hotmail.com (rob) wrote:

>I am recording 7 locations for temperatrure with thermistors and a
>digital Multimeter and manually entering into an Excel spread***. I
>would like to automate. I only need to take sample temps once every
>15 minutes (or so) 12 hours a day.
>
>i saw a site where 2 temps can easily be logged into excel via game
>port, using Visual Basic in XP.....soooo....I figure it shoouldn't be
>a big stretch to do what I want.
>
>Can anyone point me in right direction to build hardware to do
>this?..or if more than moderatly difficult an off the shelf card...I
>am aware of Data logging hardware out there but again I would like to
>try to rig myself.
>

My experience has been that the game port is sloppy at best. I don't
know what kind of accuracy you want but I don't think you can expect
much from the game port. I'd imagine there are many A>D boards (eBay?)
to pick from which could handle the thermistors for you.