Creating a GUI for use on an Ethernet Network

[joe1373]

I'm designing a data logger to log voltage, current and temperature data on a reserve battery string while it's being charged. The logger will have the capability to be viewed remotely via Ethernet. With that said, I'd like some advice regarding the GUI for the remote PC which will be used to view the logger. Will it be easier to create the GUI using LabView or another high-level language  (Java, C++ etc)? (Note: I have some programming experience in C (though I've never written/created a GUI) and I've never used LabView).

[Matthew_Williams · Accepted solution]

Hi Joe1373.  In general, for a small one-off project, I would suggest you go with a language you know.

In this case it sounds like whatever you choose you will have a learning curve, so I would recommend

LabVIEW if that is a possibility cost-wise.  LV has a lot of built-in support for GUI development so

you can make realtively sophisticated GUIs without a whole lot of work/learning.

There are time-limited evaluation versions of LV available for download.  I would take a look there, especially

the examples.  Find something a little similar to what you want to do, then change the GUI on the 

example to more closely match your ultimate objective to get a feel for the GUI development in LV.

This forum is a great resource with some very helpful developers, so come back with questions.

There are also many professional developers available to assist if you have a budget or inclination

towards that direction.

Matt

[Mark_Yedinak]

LabVIEW also has the ability to build web servers which allow you to use any web browser to display data from the application over the web. I haven't played with them much but it sounds like this would be something that would work for you.