How to read the data from Basic Stamp II

[amolgulve]

Hi,
I am using a Sharp GP2D05 IR ranger to measure the distance of CG from the ground on a R/C car under dynamic behaviour. The IR ranger would be connected to a Basic Stamp II and programmed. My question is, how do I get the data from the stamp on to a PC. I mean what format and what would be required to do this. This is the first time I am working on sensors and Stamp and have no background info on it.
Please respond me with any info you might have and any suggestions.
I am concerned with getting the height from the ground for all the time, when the vehicle is under a dynamic behaviour.

Thanks,

Amol

[JenK]

Amol,

Are you using GPIB? LabVIEW?

You can communicate with a BASIC Stamp microcontroller over GPIB using VISA. In LabVIEW go to Help, Find Examples and search for GPIB. This will show you the basics of GPIB communication in LabVIEW. Also after performing a quick search on Google I found this link:

http://www.parallax.com/html_pages/downloads/software/software_basic_stamp.asp

Here you can download an example using LabVIEW 7.0 or higher to communicate with a BASIC Stamp 2.

Hope this helps.

JenK