A simple method that doesn't require a lot of programing:

Hardware:

• Two computers on the internet (any operating system).

• Any serial port data collection device.

  • Example of a inexpensive student device: LabPro from Vernier.

Software:

• TCP/IP to Serial software (free!)

• Any software that has TCP/IP commands (Perl, VB in Excel (our free macro is available), JAVA, MathLab, etc.)

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