I have done a few smaller motor controllers in the past, but as I currently work a bit with PLC’s and use larger 400V motors I must admit I am considering making my own PLC/Motor controller. I use the terminology PLC for my own embedded, modular system and having a motor controller that fit into…
I created a simple Hello World diagram (below), saved it, Imported it to itself and made a copy/paste – so below I have 2 x Module 1, 2 x Diagram 1 and 3 x Hello World. This is just an integrity check on the drawing engine as the engine uses an unique reference and not…
I have started to add four functions “Import, Cut, Copy and Paste”, The example below import a copy of the existing module into the repository. The main challenge to maintain integrity is straight forward as integrity is based on a unique, internal reference that needs to be updated. Names are only a precentation on this…
SDL (Specification and Description Language) was at one point considered as a UML diagram add-on, but UML went in a different direction. I am used to SDL from Telecom and use an abstracted version (simplified) because I liked the state engine concept added to normal flow charts – so why did I bother with UML…
Changing UML State is straight forward – just use ToolMake to add a new property and change the default settings + a few lines of code to add the header change I also added. This is a compromise on my earlier Connection Point – I decided to change the default to Free and implement Free…
I wanted to draw some simple, high level UML State diagrams using PLD and while it worked I also used far more time than I expected. This was in many ways a big failure with regards to the objectives I have set, so I need to do some re-thinking. In this first diagram I use…
The UML State Diagram below illustrates an Actuator that regulate on Position, Speed and Torque, but is input data here Events, Data or both? Also the diagram show event name three times. In this case the gray names should be hidden as the Start Terminal carry the event name. I am not sure I need…
BSA uses the terminology “Module” for an independent sub-project that can be anything you want from a Windows executable, to library or Embedded Image. The content is up to the developer. I just added a menu to create new modules and I am not 100% sure about the result in the visual dictionary. I lack…
In my first clipboard example I borrowed some code that copied a UserControl “as is” to the clipboard. If you study that code you will notice that it performs two steps: Create a bitmap from a UI Control Copy Bitmap to Clipboard As the Canvas I use is dark theme background and the UserControl have…
The Property Editor is great and almost work as an inline editor, but as I work with visual content line names and text I keep looking at the diagram as I type, not at the Property Editor so adding a full inline editor is on my list of ToDo. Inline editing is straight forward as…