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I'm attempting to get this product
https://www.sparkfun.com/products/11636[^]
to communicate with Microsoft Excel, inputting the value of the coins inserted. Can anyone help please? many thanks
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Updated 20-Nov-13 12:45pm
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Ron Beyer 20-Nov-13 18:08pm    
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Since thats never going to directly communicate with Excel, you'll need to break the problem down into stages - you know, a bit of design, refinement, test etc

Think about :-

1) A program and test-bed that communicates RELIABLY with the device - output the info to the console
- think about the output when you start getting it, and how it should be represented

2) A Program that takes a test feed of information and creates an excel spreadsheet from it
- think about then using the output from (1) as input, mock it up, test it

3) think about the operating characteristics of the final program - if you decide to use a service for example, write a service that does a predefined unit of work in a duty/delay cycle

then combine 1,2,3 ....
 
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