Heart Signal Display Program

Hi there,

I am an engineering college student doing a final project on the 'Transmission of Heart Sounds'

It is basically a stethoscope with a electret mic used accuire the heart sounds.
The heart sounds are transmitted wirelessly by a FM transmitter and recieved by a FM receiver.
The received signal is then converted to digital form by an ADC.
(Most probably using a micro-controller)

The digital signal is then interfaced to a serial port of a PC and being displayed on a computer program.


My question is:

1)Is Visual Basic able create a program to display the heart signals ?
Or do I need to using some other software that is more technical (eg. Matlab....)

2)If Visual Basic is able to do so, what area of VB must I read up on ?


Would appreaciate your help.

Thank You
Amos