The easiest way to discuss properties is by discussing actual components, so I start with HMI Form. The terminology “Form” is well known for C# developers. I could have used dialog, window or whatever, but decided that “Form” is a good word. What you see below is the current HMI Form draft used in BSA.…
The next task on BSA is to get my Property Editor functional. What you see above is an early demo draft to test a concept. I just wanted to get a feeling with how this could be done and test out the “Text Edit” part. The concept with a Property Editor is that you click…
I will need an editor for PScript and the most obvious path is to integrate this into BSA as a building block. PScript evolved from an experiment into being a Plain Interpreter and this makes it easier because I can actually generate source code for other languages from PScript. Meaning you can write PScript and…
To move a line you select it. Selection is done by moving the mouse over the line and clicking the left button. As you select the line the end point markers will show and you move the mouse to an and point and simply move it with the mouse. If you move the marker outside…
I have a version of XPortHub that works fine, so I have not been in any hurry to make this 2. unit with Ethernet, but I will finally order the PCB’s. XPortHub is very simple as it is only a switch between USB, CAN, RS485, RS232 and Ethernet. But, that exact functionality is what I…
This example lack a few details, but it illustrate the need for a specialized line where we in this case have a common horizontal level. Without this the diagram would be messy. In this case I have a common horizontal line because all symbols are at the same Y position, but I will need to…
BSA is a huge task so it is important to keep focus to get something that we can start using soon even on beta level. I have done most of links which is the more complex part of the drawing engine. What is remaining is manual link movements. In this first version I will only…
This is PLD where I use HMI Form as building blocks. I am not sure about this idea, but a HMI screen is a complex object with multiple paths and PLD can actually visualize this. in this example I show what other HMI forms are called, but it could as well have been the menu…
This test diagram shows some of the automated lines used in BSA. As you draw diagrams you also need to use line (or links) between the symbols to create a diagram. But it is important to remember that we are NOT making drawings, we are creating a specification where the lines are translated to source…
I got the first link designs connecting symbols working. I will not use much time on State Diagrams in first round as my objective is still to create GUI designer first. But, working on advanced, embedded solutions every day I am actually looking forward to be working with BSA once it becomes fully functional. The…