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| − | This exercise looks at testing the flowchart 'Lamp1.fcf' which you developed in the exercises [[Exercise - Creating Your First Flowchart|Creating Your First Flowchart]] and [[Exercise - Adding Devices to Your First Flowchart|Adding Devices to Your First Flowchart]].<br />
| + | For an excellent introduction guide, we recommend [https://www.flowcode.co.uk/education/ Introduction to microcontroller programming] |
| − | The first part of this process is to simulate the flowchart. This tests the program only, and not the hardware.
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| − | It is done within the Flowcode program itself, and does not require that any hardware is present.
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| − | For more details about simulation, see [[Overview of Simulation]].
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| − | ==Load the Flowcode Flowchart==
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| − | * Open the flowchart, called 'Lamp1.fcf' which you created in the exercise [[Exercise - Creating Your First Flowchart|Creating Your First Flowchart]].
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| − | :(For help with this, see the exercise [[Exercise - Opening an Existing Flowchart|Opening an Existing Flowchart]])
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| − | ==Run the simulation==
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| − | * Click on the 'Run' icon,(or hit the F5 function key.)[[File:gen_exerciseSImulatingFirstFlowcode_runicon_01.png|30px]]
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| − | : The 'Simulation debugger window may open - ignore it for now! (For more information, see [[Simulation Debugger]])
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| − | * Nothing happens until you switch the lamp on. To do this, click momentarily on the push switch.
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| − | : The lamp comes on and the 'Simulation Delay' window opens, as Flowcode simulates the ten second delay.
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| − | : At the end of this, the lamp goes off.
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| − | * You can repeat the process as many times as you like. When you are ready, click on the 'Stop simulation' button, (or press the Shift and F5 keys.)[[File:gen_exerciseSimulatingFirstFlowcode_simstopicon_01.png|30px]]
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| − | ==Step through the simulation==
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| − | : When things don't go according to plan, it is useful to simulate the program step-by-step, (meaning icon-by-icon.)
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| − | : To do this:
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| − | :* Click on the 'Step Into' icon, (or press the F8 key.)
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| − | ==What Next?==
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