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by Charlied
Wed Jun 09, 2010 6:10 pm
Forum: Coding Questions
Topic: Gadgets
Replies: 7
Views: 1194

Re: Gadgets

Try as I might I can not find :

If you want to see an example of owner draw custom control look for SRod's clock! :mrgreen:


Perhaps you could give me a clue!

BTW I was in the POS terminal business for 5 years (UK subsidiary for a Taiwanese outfit) so I would like to see your software - just for ...
by Charlied
Wed Jun 09, 2010 11:01 am
Forum: Coding Questions
Topic: Gadgets
Replies: 7
Views: 1194

Re: Gadgets

Thank you for your replies.

What sort of gadgets?

Well sort of "industrial types"

Meters like a car speedometer, Moving coil voltmeter, Digital voltmeter (7 segment), Large push buttons, Toggle switch, Circular slider with digital readout (multi turn and single turn) for example. I have seen ...
by Charlied
Wed Jun 09, 2010 10:50 am
Forum: Coding Questions
Topic: Serial Port
Replies: 5
Views: 1269

Re: Serial Port

Thank you for your replies.
A little more meat to the issue.
Serial port (real one not usb!) talking to up to 12 micros doing some data logging.
9600 baud, 8bit, no parity, 1 stop bit, no hand shake.
Interface is special double isolated half duplex current bus. (looking for 1kv isolation)
Pc sends ...
by Charlied
Tue Jun 08, 2010 4:53 pm
Forum: Coding Questions
Topic: Gadgets
Replies: 7
Views: 1194

Gadgets

Still a newbie
Is there a library or repository for additional gadgets other than those that come with the compiler?
Is there any information on how to create ones own gadgets (suitable for a newbie)?
Any help or pointer to help would be appreciated.
by Charlied
Tue Jun 08, 2010 12:07 pm
Forum: Coding Questions
Topic: Serial Port
Replies: 5
Views: 1269

Serial Port

As a newbie I need a little help.
The issue I want to solve is to do with the serial port.
Consider incoming data stream a little like a dripping tap and the water being collected into a bucket. As the bucket fills I want to swap the bucket for a new and empty one whilst I work on the older full ...