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Hello {FIRST_NAME}, in this edition:
- Microchip promotes Flowcode
- How to control stepper motors
- How
to create a portable Human Interface Device with Flowcode
- Back in stock - Microcontroller Systems
Engineering with Flowcode by Bert van Dam
- Your views count - now £100 in E-Blocks for published articles
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Microchip
Technology promotes Flowcode with PICDEM™ Lab Development Kit
In
March, Microchip Technology unveiled its new PICDEM™ Lab Development Kit (Part
# DM163035). This entry-level development platform is
geared towards first-time PIC® microcontroller users. Microchip has made a guide which takes advantage of
Matrix Multimedia’s Flowcode graphical programming language to accelerate the learning process. For further details, click here.
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Stepper motors
This Knowledge Exchange article introduces the Flowcode stepper component, its capabilities, and some
of the motor technologies that can be supported with a variety of Matrix
Multimedia hardware.
Most
standard stepper motors can be powered in one of four phases, each represented
by the presence or polarity of the current flow in each of the motor coils. The
number of phase changes required to complete a revolution determines the
resolution of the motor (steps per rev). Half stepping is a common technique
used to double the resolution of the motor.
The two
main types of stepper motor under consideration are:
- uni-polar (6-wire) 1 wire each from 4 coils + 2
common connections
- bi-polar (4-wire) 2 wires each from 2 coils
"Stepper
motors provide one of the best solutions for driving mechanical loads where
precise control of speed and/or position are …” read
more
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Actuators
training panel (HPACT)
The training panel can be used to interface robotics systems. It includes
stepper motor, servo motor
and DC
motor with feedback.
For more information and full contents, click here.
To take advantage, contact your dealer.
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Simple USB application
using HID, VB and new EB055
In this
month’s Knowledge Exchange, we explain how
to create a portable Human Interface Device (HID). The computer driver
information for a HID device is actually stored inside the memory of the USB
device. This means that your device will run without modification on pretty
much any of today’s computer systems: PC, MAC and even Linux.
”One
of the most portable types of USB device is a Human Interface Device, as it
does not require a driver file to connect and interface to your computer. The
computer driver information …” read
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EB055 USB
E-Block - contact your dealer.
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Microcontroller Systems
Engineering with Flowcode Book by Bert van Dam
The book includes step-by-step instructions and all source code is available for free download. Projects include secret
doorbell, cell phone remote control, pulse width modulated motor control, sound
activated switch, and Internet webserver.
For more information and full contents, click here. To take advantage, contact your dealer.
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