Paul,

I am able to read analog (converted) data using the new iUSBDAQ in both
Windows and Linux.


For Linux, I first  compiled the sample program they provided and then
linked and ran it.

George

Thanks George. This is a first step to building a very powerful
EFIS and EFI using very low cost off the shelf mini PC hardware.

These are some of the components we will use. A real time O.S. version
of Linux called EMC developed for real time control of NC machines.

http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/emcinfo.pl?Installing_EMC2

The real time requirements of NC machine tools are very similar
to those of a fuel injection system. The software is free.

The real time OS software is up and running and it looks and acts
like Ubuntu 8.04.

A $80 data acqusition device from
HyTek Automation that will provide 8 channels of high resolution
12 bit analog to digital converters, a counter timer for determining
RPM and many I/O bits for controlling ejectors and other devices.

http://www.hytekautomation.ca/

We have already used this device to monitor the pressure waves
in a two rotor Mazda rotary engine tuned p-port intake system at 1000
pressure samples per second.

The $80 mini ITX form factor mother board will be an Intel product
using a 1.3 giga hertz dual core processor. The operating system and
other software can reside on USB sticks to avoid using hard drives
at altitude where hard drives don't work well.

http://www.intel.com/Products/Desktop/Motherboards/D945GCLF/D945GCLF-overview.htm

This will give us a total of three processors working together with
near unlimited computer power and future expansion for all sorts of
functions such as control of turbo charged engines and turbo compound
engines. As a free side benefit all engine data can be recorded on USB
64 gig memory sticks.

The hardware is cheap enough to have two identical systems for
complete redundancy.

Paul Lamar