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by Steve001
Sun Jan 22, 2012 10:42 am
Forum: Programming Tips & Tricks
Topic: Look-Up Tables Tutorial
Replies: 52
Views: 61082

Re: Look-Up Tables Tutorial

medelec35 wrote:Thanks Steve.
Just need a volunteer who does not know about LUT's and wants to learn.
Then let me know how they found the tutorial.
That way I can tweek it if necessary. :)

count me in on that :D
by Steve001
Sat Jan 21, 2012 1:53 pm
Forum: Programming Tips & Tricks
Topic: Look-Up Tables Tutorial
Replies: 52
Views: 61082

Re: Look-Up Tables Tutorial

Thanks very usefull topic

steve
by Steve001
Sat Jan 21, 2012 1:43 pm
Forum: General Programming
Topic: IE Spell Check
Replies: 7
Views: 6022

Re: IE Spell Check

Yes martin and john it does default to US english but that easly changed via a tick box and drop down menu

With my spelling we will soon see how good it is :lol:

steve
by Steve001
Sat Jan 21, 2012 10:26 am
Forum: General Programming
Topic: IE Spell Check
Replies: 7
Views: 6022

IE Spell Check

Morning all,

For all of you that have spelling as bad as mine :) this add in for internext explorer is fantastic .
ieSpell is a free Internet Explorer browser extension that spell checks text input boxes on a webpage.


http://www.iespell.com/download.php

Steve
by Steve001
Wed Jan 04, 2012 9:53 pm
Forum: Flowcode V4
Topic: is this fcf efficient in keeping time
Replies: 12
Views: 10097

Re: is this fcf efficient in keeping time

Hi Brandon, I have made a project that uses a clock to test things, I am using a Xtal of 2.4576 MHz So far it's not too bad at keeping time :D but then again clock accuracy is not that much of a issue in my project have a look here http://users.tkk.fi/~jalapaav/Electronics/Pic/Clock/index.html#xtal ...
by Steve001
Tue Jan 03, 2012 9:39 pm
Forum: Flowcode V4
Topic: bit of maths help please
Replies: 4
Views: 3196

Re: bit of maths help please

It's ok think i have sussed it . . .

steve
by Steve001
Tue Jan 03, 2012 9:19 pm
Forum: Flowcode V4
Topic: bit of maths help please
Replies: 4
Views: 3196

Re: bit of maths help please

trying to understand on how the example works pin = 8 mask = 128 loop 8 times if (portc_val >= mask) //val found output pin portc_val = portc_val - mask endif pin = pin - 1 mask = mask / 2 end loop Dont understand this . . mask = 128 Should this be 255 ? if not why is it 128 ? or am i missing someth...
by Steve001
Thu Dec 29, 2011 4:22 pm
Forum: General Programming
Topic: cat 5 lead Tester
Replies: 1
Views: 2485

cat 5 lead Tester

there are many types of RJ45 Network lead and they come in many different configurations, this can be very frustrating when looking for the correct one is it is difficuilt to tell them apart. It tests for the most common types 4,8 wire patch leads 4 ,8 wire Xovers ,cisco patch leads, Ethernet ecomis...
by Steve001
Thu Dec 29, 2011 2:47 pm
Forum: Flowcode V4
Topic: bit of maths help please
Replies: 4
Views: 3196

Re: bit of maths help please

Thanks for that steve, will have a go with that later
by Steve001
Thu Dec 29, 2011 10:15 am
Forum: Flowcode V4
Topic: bit of maths help please
Replies: 4
Views: 3196

bit of maths help please

Morning all , hope everyone had a good xmas :mrgreen: I am stuck with this one, i have a project which reads all of the inputs for example "PORT C" and returned a value which can be 0 - 255 i want to be able to convert this into 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 so if i have a value of 20 i want to get an answer of 5...
by Steve001
Sat Dec 24, 2011 12:33 pm
Forum: General Programming
Topic: Merry Christmas & Happy New Year
Replies: 3
Views: 3013

Re: Merry Christmas & Happy New Year

thanks merry christmas to you all, and thanks for all your help

steve
by Steve001
Wed Dec 21, 2011 9:08 am
Forum: Flowcode V4
Topic: Tell us about your projects...
Replies: 29
Views: 61442

Re: Tell us about your projects...

This is one of my flowcode projects Hope this is ok as this project is still under development and undergoing testing. PLEASE DELETE IF NOT SUITABLE After a premature battery failure on an ups system the idea for this project was born . . . After 30 days a relay contact energises which breaks the ma...
by Steve001
Mon Dec 19, 2011 11:14 pm
Forum: Programming Tips & Tricks
Topic: Elektor Live & Element14 Wireless LAN & Twitter
Replies: 7
Views: 10042

Re: Elektor Live & Element14 Wireless LAN & Twitter

Re Wind Speed sensor Spoke to my friend at work on how he measured wind speed, what he was using and how he did it. he has tried several of the cheaper anemometers and has had issues ranging from seized bearings, water ingress via cable access holes,and damage from a magpie trying to sit on it. he h...
by Steve001
Sun Dec 18, 2011 5:28 pm
Forum: E-blocks
Topic: 4 x 20 Line LCD Dispaly
Replies: 2
Views: 3866

4 x 20 Line LCD Dispaly

I have noticed several posts about people wanting a 4 line LCD Display and how to make one. This is how I went about it: I needed a 4 line x 20 display for a project.. see below. Parts List 1 x EB 017 Patch Board Kit 1 x 167-1507 LCD MODULE 4 X 20 (Farnell) 1 x 960-8257 0.5w Trimmer 63MT (Farnell) O...
by Steve001
Sat Dec 17, 2011 9:34 pm
Forum: Programming Tips & Tricks
Topic: Elektor Live & Element14 Wireless LAN & Twitter
Replies: 7
Views: 10042

Re: Elektor Live & Element14 Wireless LAN & Twitter

there is this item , , don't know much about it but maybe worth a look . http://www.radioworld.co.uk/catalog/8681-wss_spare_wind_speed_sensor_with_cable_for_w-8681-p-6610.html and i have a friend at work that has built his own weather station i will ask him monday on how he measured wind speed. steve
by Steve001
Thu Dec 15, 2011 1:38 pm
Forum: General Programming
Topic: EB005 LCD Display
Replies: 2
Views: 2828

Re: EB005 LCD Display

by Steve001
Tue Dec 13, 2011 11:04 am
Forum: Flowcode V4
Topic: Component C Files in flowcode
Replies: 5
Views: 3907

Re: Component C Files in flowcode

doh . . thats with rushing thanks guys

steve
by Steve001
Mon Dec 12, 2011 10:19 pm
Forum: Flowcode V4
Topic: Component C Files in flowcode
Replies: 5
Views: 3907

Re: Component C Files in flowcode

Cheers guys , So this is correct ? / original LCD /********************************************************************* * Flowcode LCD Display Component Code * * File: PIC_LCD.c * * (c) 2009 Matrix Multimedia Ltd. * http://www.matrixmultimedia.com * * Software License Agreement Not got chance to tr...
by Steve001
Mon Dec 12, 2011 8:30 pm
Forum: Flowcode V4
Topic: Component C Files in flowcode
Replies: 5
Views: 3907

Component C Files in flowcode

Not sure if i have posted this in the correct place , Is it possable to put a remark stament or title at the start of the c file ? I have a modified LCD Dispaly file that Ben did for me and have on several occaisions got the files mixed up is it somthing like this ? (SORRY IF THIS IS WRONG AS IT IS ...
by Steve001
Mon Dec 12, 2011 8:15 pm
Forum: Flowcode V4
Topic: error message
Replies: 6
Views: 4187

Re: error message

evening all,

just tried again tonight all all appers to be working ok :?

not done anything to flowcode at all

steve
by Steve001
Sun Dec 11, 2011 9:02 pm
Forum: Flowcode V4
Topic: error message
Replies: 6
Views: 4187

Re: error message

cheers guys will have another go tomorrow now as its bit late now and i can see me still at it at 10 pm :lol:
by Steve001
Sun Dec 11, 2011 8:47 pm
Forum: Flowcode V4
Topic: error message
Replies: 6
Views: 4187

Re: error message

Thanks martin

is it flowcode or the compiler that has the problem tho ?

steve
by Steve001
Sun Dec 11, 2011 5:31 pm
Forum: Flowcode V4
Topic: error message
Replies: 6
Views: 4187

error message

Hi All, Got this error message today anydoy any ideas ? File name: C:\Users\Ste\Desktop\test file \Flowcode1.c Generated by: Flowcode v4.5.18.74 Date: Sunday, December 11, 2011 16:26:51 Licence: Professional Registered to: Stephen Clarke http://www.matrixmultimedia.com Launching the compiler... c:\p...
by Steve001
Tue Dec 06, 2011 1:41 pm
Forum: General Programming
Topic: loops using "FOR"
Replies: 3
Views: 3631

Re: loops using "FOR"

thanks for that , will have a go :D :D

steve
by Steve001
Mon Dec 05, 2011 8:19 pm
Forum: General Programming
Topic: loops using "FOR"
Replies: 3
Views: 3631

loops using "FOR"

Evening all, looking to make a counting loop , and wanting some advice please i am familiar with the following example: FOR N = 0 TO 10 STEP 1 PRINT N NEXT N which will print 1,2,3, etc It has been so long since i have done any programming, i am looking for an example i believe it's for . . . end if...