[Kst] reading files of hex

[Simon Bridger]

Hi,

We have an IC (BL233) that interfaces a PC serial/usb ports to I2C/SMBUS/SPI.

It is commanded in ascii, and it returns bytes that it reads as ascii HEX.

KST looks like it would be a nice way for people to plot data collected from 
I2C chips like a-d convertors, temperature sensors etc.

For this kst would need to be able to read ascii hex from data files, both 
single and multibyte hex values. 
This capabilty might be easy to add if you are using scanf or similar for your 
ascii import.

Preferably it would also be able to byte swap for LSByte first devices, and 
signed an unsigned data.
Also from experience it needs to be able to ignore short or broken lines.
Also it is desireable to be able to specify values , and data ranges, that 
have special meanings: Missing data, bad data, +limit, -limit.



regards

Simon Bridger