[simpits-tech] USB brushed motor controller

[Gene Buckle]

Bubba wrote:
> Gene Buckle wrote:
> 
>>
>> You can talk to the driver layer via VB or Delphi easily.
> 
> 
> I haven't done any hardware interaction in VB yet. What's it consist of? 
> Giving a variable to an object? I'm sure my VB.Net teacher can give me a 
> hand if I get stuck.
>
You can call the DLL easily.  There should be sample code on their website.

> First project, between homework anyway, is a logbook. I could spend $100 
> on one... or I could just sit down and write one ;) My teacher pointed 
> me at a wonderful gizmo built into VB: DateAdd. Instead of having to 
> deal with a bunch of if-thens to figure out when 90 days from a specific 
> date is, all I need is "NightLandingCurrencyDue = DateAdd("d", 90, 
> "NightLandingCurrencyStart")". The hard part now is going to EOF and 
> backing up a record at a time counting night landings. I'm thinking 
> shareware if it works decent ;)

Use the built-in Jet db engine and don't use flat files.  Will work a 
lot better.

g.


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