串行数据，线程和复选框

I am working on a project for a physics class and would like to try and get an app together to perform the following. The test unit has a serial port on it that is outputting data at 1 Hz. I would like to have an app that will read the serial port data and save it to a file. I have created this in a Console app and it works fine. Now, I would like a GUI. On the main screen of the GUI I would like a couple of check boxes. One where the user can add a timestamp to the incoming data stream, one to output the data to a text file, and may be one to send the data to my graphite graphing server. I am working on a project for a physics class a