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Nairaface (f)
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Calling All Programming Gurus, Software Engineers
If you had to design a device that requires the user to input certain information like their age, sex, weight, , have the device display the calories they consume and burn over a period of time, the net calories (consumed - burnt), their BMI, maybe their heart rate, and still function as a watch, how would you go about it?
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smartsoft (m)
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well it depends on what programming language you intend to use and the kind of Database you want use as well, that gives us a berif intro on what to say or delibrate on. abi my fellow programmers abi no bi so  |
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Nairaface (f)
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I have started working with C++ and I'll love to stick to it as I'm very comfortable with it. I would have loved to use VB.net as I'm more comfortabe with that, but, to the best of my knowledge, embedded programming is impossible with VB. Am I right?
If you are going to do this using c++, how do you use an Access file with it? I'm currently going through cplusplus.com to get info on this.
Thanks in advance
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smartsoft (m)
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I have started working with C++ and I'll love to stick to it as I'm very comfortable with it. I would have loved to use VB.net as I'm more comfortabe with that, but, to the best of my knowledge, embedded programming is impossible with VB. Am I right?
If you are going to do this using c++, how do you use an Access file with it? I'm currently going through cplusplus.com to get info on this.
Thanks in advance
Well it's very possible and i don't work with C++ but it kind of easy to use Access file in VB |
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Nairaface (f)
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You mean it is possible to use VB.net for embedded programming? I agree using Access is very easy which is why I'm trying to stick it.
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parosky (m)
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You can give some more detail so that we can know what's on your mind for the design. What kind of device? Does not look like the programming logic will be extremely difficult though.
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h4rdc0d3d (m)
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About the BMI, that one can be quite easy . You get the height and weight. You could have the BMI curve hardcoded in the watch memory. after collecting the
inputs, find the co-ordinates and display it on the screen of the watch. If you want, you can send me an email to see if we can do it . I am looking for a challenging thing to do, I am on summer hols now.
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Nairaface (f)
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Thanks for your response guys.
it just as to be a small device that allows a user input their state and displays computed figures based on stored equations and inputted data. Where you to do this, what language would you use and how would you use for optimal result?
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parosky (m)
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I wonder if there is any language that will not do justice to this piece. But I only write VB and java. The platform on which it will run will be the determinig factor. I assume you are thinking about some handheld devices which means C++,java will be OK
I can help get some things you 'll need but probably in one to two weeks as I'm into some thing for now. I can even try my hand on the project and show it to you if you don't mind. But it will be in VB.net or java.
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Nairaface (f)
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NO problem. I'll share what I have in c++ too. Only problem is, it's not doing much now as it currently has no database.
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