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Ports and Interfaces => Serial Ports => Topic started by: gerwiz on March 11, 2011, 07:42:37 am
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Hi There,
I am running a project where I have 2 RS232 data streams which are sending at around 8Hz. My problem is that I need to accurately timestamp these together, as the data arrives. I cannot do this with Windows XP, because it buffers the data, and I get varying timestamps which I can't easily relate to when the data arrived.
Is there an of the shelf microcontroller dev board or something similar I could use to do this - or special software.
Any advice would be appreciated,
Regards,
Gerry
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Just about any microcontroller circuit with a real-time clock and serial port can send data with timestamps.
Here is a clock chip:
http://www.maxim-ic.com/datasheet/index.mvp/id/2685
Jan