Software Turns Your Notebook into DigitalScales
Canada based Massload have created software that enables you to connect your portable pal to a load cell via a USB port, thus transforming notebooks into accurate weighing machines. The software can also be utilised to export weight data to a text file of choice, or chart graphs for comparison.
Scales comein a variety of shapes and sizes. From those able to measure tinyitems such as gold leaf, carat bench scales geared at weighinggems, and the sweets scales used by the local corner shop tomeasure my weekly supply of Pear Drops and WineGums.
Now we hearthat Saskatchewan based Massload Technologies have developedsoftware enabling us laptoppers to connect to a load cell/cellsvia a spare USB port, instantly transforming notebooks into highresolution digital scales. You can see more of how this workswith the diagram below.
Massload.com's software enables visual output from up to8 scales on a scrolling graph. The user then can export this datato an MS Excel or text file for effortless reference. Grantedthis tech will likely be a little too sophisticated for GrannyHuggins weighing out sultanas and flower for her marzipan fruitcake. However, city Jewelers on the move may find Massload's softwarevery useful indeed.
You know I've always fancied being a gold prospector, panning fornuggets in the Rockie mountains. With Massload's digital scalesprogram, a load cell, and my RuggedToughbook, I'm almost ready. Can anyone lend me amule? More information available at - Massload.com
