If you had a thermometer that was specifically intended to be easy to use then it would just plug into a USB port in your computer and it would be plug-and-play -- a dialog would come up on the screen and you'd answer questions, and if you answer the questions appropriately, that would be all there is to it.
I don't know if a plug-and-play thermometer exists.
It depends on the interface you are using. If you have a microcontroller then you will be best off using C (probably). Some microcontrollers, like Arduino, have their own language that they have to use.
If you aren't using a microcontroller and you just want to plug it into your computer then you will have more issues than we can cover in a Yahoo Answers response.
I like using C for anything to do with communicating with peripherals (like your thermometer).
All computer inputs are in binary... You can therefore interface with any port you want. Manipulation of binary values is easiest in C in my opinion.
e.g, if i had a thermometer which has the temperature in binary numbers, how could I send it to my computer. And in which language could I manipulate it easier? C, Assembly or python? Thanks
