Desktop App and Arduino Library: Who Does What?

ViewPoint splits responsibilities between the Arduino library running on your device and the desktop application. The sketch defines the starting structure of what is plotted; the desktop app handles connection, rendering, and analysis.

The Arduino Library Can Define

• Plot type, such as Cartesian, Scatter, or Polar
• Update mode, such as Continuous or Frames
• Packet size
• Trace labels and colors
• Axis ranges and units
• Plot titles and labels
• Display modes, such as Spectrogram or Persistence
• The actual streamed data

The Desktop App Handles

• Port discovery and connection
• Live rendering and layout
• Viewing and editing plot properties
• Constraining axes, enabling features, hiding traces
• Analysis, markers, and inspection tools
• Serial monitoring
• Screenshot and screen recording
• CSV capture
• Diagnostics and runtime feedback