try and uses Qt5 for the build test
The source files and project clone from https://os.mbed.com/users/borislav/notebook/serial-port-plotter/
as you want to build your own, go and get a copy;
look at the page bottom carefully, https://os.mbed.com/media/uploads/borislav/serialportplotter.zip
or local copy here
tools:
goto Qt website, donwload open source verison for compiling
i.e. https://www.qt.io/download-qt-installer?hsCtaTracking=9f6a2170-a938-42df-a8e2-a9f0b1d6cdce%7C6cb0de4f-9bb5-4778-ab02-bfb62735f3e5
the online installer named as somehting like this when download is completed, qt-unified-windows-x86-3.0.2-online.exe
run installer, select & install [ Qt Creator 4.5.2 ], install [ mingw530_32 ] as well, for Win10 OS, perhaps 2 to 3 hours for the installation.
2021-10-05, forgot login is required for download/update, wyahoomail at a1!
compiling, error & note :
warning message should be with escape charecter or something, edit the file myapp.rc
change from: (one slashes only)
IDI_ICON1 ICON DISCARDABLE "Icons\exe_icon.ico"
change to: (used to be 2 slashes)
IDI_ICON1 ICON DISCARDABLE "Icons\\exe_icon.ico"
try and edit mainindow.ui as well, add something to the ui and see if it works.
The result, yes, compile done and run, file size is about 622KB, my result,
C:\your path\serialportplotter\build-SerialPortPlotter-Desktop_Qt_5_10_1_MinGW_32bit-Release\SerialPortPlotter.exe
build & release, goto C:\Qt\5.10.1\mingw53_32\bin, copy those following dll to project folder with SerialPortPlotter.exe together, this batch file will be easy the job other than manually everytime.
libgcc_s_dw2-1.dll
libstdc++-6.dll
libwinpthread-1.dll
Qt5Core.dll
Qt5Gui.dll
Qt5PrintSupport.dll
Qt5SerialPort.dll
Qt5Widgets.dll
here is the result, we saw xiaolaba as dummy item in menu area, a sign for our test run, ok, that is all.
issue for Qt and computer screen size
14" screen is too much over crowded, no easy and always mis-adjusted.
23" screen is overall much better.
Try to add something useful, perhaps a text output area for serial data or hex dump.
how to do that:
edit the ui, mainwindow.ui, include a new object, plainTextEdit
edit ui-code, mainwindow.cpp, add code for plainTextEdit manipulation, mostly, like VBA programming
the ui code here,
//xiaolaba 2018-MAR-24, try & add something and show text
//ref: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/30408982/how-to-settext-for-qplaintextedit
ui->plainTextEdit->clear(); // unless you know the editor is empty
ui->plainTextEdit->setPlainText("hello xiaolaba");
QString mytext = "appendPlainText, date 2018-MAR-24";
ui->plainTextEdit->appendPlainText(mytext);
//xiaolaba 2018-MAR-24, try & add something and show text
yeah, job done
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PC host software should be ready, try & dump some data from serial port, uses Uno and dummy data set, 3 lines plot,
it works and done,
Arduino source code,
hex file1,
hex file2,
