The eMate is a rugged, portable computer with outstanding battery life, making it ideal for use in the field or lab for data collection. Programs can be written that collect data from screen input or from the eMate's serial port. The serial port on the eMate is easily accessible by NS BASIC, making it possible to write custom data collection applications.
Devices such as multimeters, probes, GPS units and bar code readers have all been used.
NS BASIC allows you to save data in an indexed data base, allowing for full analysis and interpretation of data. Popups and selectors allow you to write programs that provide a customized view of the data, and graphics and gauges allow you to display the results effectively.Device Control
Devices such as robots, Lego Dacta, Fisher Technic and PNC (Programmable Numeric Control) machines all can be programmed externally. NS BASIC can be an effective and inexpensive way to perform these tasks.
NS BASIC supports full floating point scientific notation, using 64 bit internal representation. This gives a range of potential values from 1.9x10E4951 to 1.1x10E4932. There are also a full set of trigonometric functions.