Manual

7 DATA STREAM

7.1 Connecting the D-01 to a Computer

7.2 Comma separated string - Tera Term

Use the enclosed USB cable (or any standard Micro USB cable) to connect the D-01

PCB to your computer. Two things should be happening:

1. The status LED on the HCU/D-01 board starts blinking

2. Your OS detects the D-01 as a serial device at the dedicated COM port

Now that a stable connection between the board and you computer is established,

the only thing we need to do is visualize the data stream. There are two ways of

streaming the data:

1. Comma seperated string using a 3rd party software called „Tera Term“

2. Serial graph visualization using an additional 3rd party software called „kst“

1. Download the Tera Term (link) application

2. Unzip the archive

3. (Connect the electronics to the device using any Micro USB cable)

4. Open Tera Term by launching the “ttermpro.exe”

5. Select “Serial” connection and the COM Port assigned to the electronics, conﬁrm

by clicking “OK”

6. If everything is properly set up, the serial data stream should be visible in the Tera

Term window

RGB LEDs are nice and everything - but let‘s talk real sensor data here.

For streaming the preprocessed data from the D-01 all it takes is a Windows or Mac OS

based Computer that can host an external Micro USB device. In the following chapters

we will lead you through setting up your system.