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hi benj, thanks for the reply am I right in thinking then that global variables are used/needed in the main part of the program but locals can be used in the add ons/(macros) part of the program, also could you use entirely local variables in all the programs macros but only global in the main secti...

hi martin once again thanks for the help, by making the variables local does this mean it saves space in the pic as they are only created when called then destroyed when used ? is this system efficient ? is it commonly used ? ive never seen "local variables" in a program before this is was what conf...

hi martin as always thanks, can you look at my flowchart and let me know what you think please, also in the variables field I cant see .remainder or .count or .reversebin, I don't understand the significance of these as they are only listed in the calculation box and its got me baffled :? cheers bob

hi all,
I'm trying to convert a decimal value to binary and displaying the output to an lcd but I'm not having any luck I can get the dec value showing but no matter what I change in the calc box I'm not achieving my goal, any help appreciated

cheers bob

are you slightly biased benj lol I will look into the ECIO thanks

bob

thanks for the reply benj, so as you say stick with what I'm familiar with, although I do think an ECIO may be worth getting for further prototyping/learning

hi all hope this is in the relevant section, so, my question is this although I'm fairly new to all this programming I would like to know why there seems to be so much Arduino hardware out there, with the relatively small amount of programming ive done, ive always used PIC microcontrollers to gain b...

hi all being a novice with flowcode and still having heaps to learn about it I was wondering how when forum users design a program within flowcode what is their next step in their design process, for me personally once I have some working code I then use the labcenter electronics proteus simulation ...

hi martin once again thank you, ive only just upgraded to flowcode 7 and still getting used to it not keen on the black/red layout but ive changed this via "view - style and global options to get the back ground I want so no big drama there but I have to say this is a great bit of kit and well worth...

hi martin

as always thank you

bob

hi QMESAR thanks for the reply I'm using a laptop without a scroll wheel tried your method but still cant alter the size unless I go into properties and alter height, width etc

hi all having just purchased FC7 I'm wondering if there is a quicker way to alter component size ie leds etc in the 3D window ive tried to drag the item to increase size but this isn't working so I'm having to alter size in the properties box, is this correct or is there another way, thanks in advan...

hi benj
matrix should pat themselves on the back for producing flowcode which only gets better as it matures, viewing eeprom isn't the end of the world in V6 console I just preferred the V5 way of looking at it, and wasn't a criticism of V6

Hi all
I have limited knowledge of pwm but would like to ask if it is possible to use pwm to create an oscillator with a max frequency of around 2KHz with a peak to peak of 5v and an off set of 7v, if so what sort of calculations will I need thanks in advance

hi benj

from a personal point of view it was easier in FC5 to view on the panel rather than the console in FC6,

is it possible in FC6 to view the Eeprom registers like in FC5 showing location and value with green lettering on the black back ground or is it only done through the console view thanks in advance

hi martin since my reply to you i have been working on the clear lcd feature as I was stuck in a loop I have not downloaded you flowchart yet as ive only just noticed the reply, I have however attached what I have done and wondered if you could look at it, would also value your opinion as to if I co...

hi martin many thanks that works fine I just need to work out how to get out of the loop now when second value added as I wanted hash button (11) to clear the screen

bob

hi im having trouble displaying values on an lcd using a keypad, the top line of the lcd displays "address" then a value is entered via keypad and appears next to the address on the display, when the star button (number 10) is pressed "value = " appears on the bottom line and a value should be able ...

hi does anyone know if flowcode will work with the chrome operating system

hi john thanks for the reply im in the UK, I've checked my spam folder but nothing the only email I had from matrix were details of the online order but no licence code in it I guess I will have to wait until Tuesday before I can get in touch with matrix

hi all apologies if im not in the right section, I've just upgraded to flowcode 6 online taking advantage of the special offer but I have not received my email from matrix with the licence key, is this normal to wait a few days or should it be instant once payment is received, im sure when i upgrade...

hi martin
as always many thanks I was taken aback a bit as there isn't any of my original code which from a learning process is a blow BUT hats off to you I now have some thing to work on and hopefully by going through it can get a better understanding thanks

hi benj thanks for the reply the links you added involved me on an earlier project and I have already tried to add some of this flowcode to my problem but im going round in circles and cant quite get my head around the bubble sort I will keep trying

hello, I want to read the first 5 address's of eeprom then display the 3 highest values in order, I have got as far as reading the address's but im stumped as to how to put the 3 highest values in order and display, any pointers in the right direction would be appreciated i have added a flowchart of...