Serial X - Application Overview

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Features:

1. List Ports and Manage Them (Open/Close)

   • Backend (Rust):
     • Use the serialport crate to list available ports.
     • Implement functions to open/close ports and track their state.
   • Frontend (React):
     • Call Tauri commands to list ports and display their state.
     • Add buttons to open/close ports with real-time status updates.

2. Stream Data from Port to File

   • Backend (Rust):

     • Read serial data asynchronously and write to a protobuf-encoded file.
     • Use Rust's tokio for async processing to avoid UI freezing.

   • Protobuf Schema:

     • Define message structure to store various data points.

     • Example schema:

       syntax = "proto3";
       
       message SensorData {
           string timestamp = 1;
           float temp = 2;
           float dx = 3;
           float dy = 4;
           float sensor_a1 = 5;
       }

   • Frontend (React):

     • Provide a UI to start/stop data recording.
     • Show recording status.

3. Stream Data to D3 Graph (Real-Time Visualization)

   • Backend (Rust):
     • Read serial data and send it to the frontend via Tauri events.
   • Frontend (React + D3.js):
     • Process incoming data and dynamically update graphs.
     • Allow users to configure which values to visualize.

4. Open Data Files and View as Graphs

   • Backend (Rust):
     • Read protobuf files and send parsed data to the frontend.
   • Frontend (React + D3.js):
     • Display saved data in graphs with filters and zooming features.

5. Perform Statistical Analysis

   • Backend (Rust):
     • Calculate averages, standard deviations, min/max values, etc.
   • Frontend (React):
     • Provide UI to run statistical operations and display results.

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Tech Stack Overview

• Frontend: React (with D3.js for visualization, Tauri for Rust interop).
• Backend: Rust (Tauri, Serialport, Tokio for async tasks, Protobuf for data).
• File Format: Protocol Buffers for efficient storage and retrieval.

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