Difference between revisions of "Exercise - Using Component Macros"

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For an excellent introduction guide, we recommend Introduction to microcontroller programming

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-Component macros are sections of code that have been written to support the components included with Flowcode 6.<br />
+For an excellent introduction guide, we recommend [https://www.flowcode.co.uk/education/ Introduction to microcontroller programming]
-They take all the effort out of using these components.
-This exercise uses them to control a particularly complicated, but very common device, the Liquid Crystal Display (LCD).
-It uses it to display the elapsed time, once a switch has been pressed
-__TOC__
-==Formulate the sequence==
-The flowchart sequence will be:
-: Check if the switch is pressed.
-:: If it isn't, go back to the beginning.
-:: If it is:
-::: switch on the lamp;
-::: wait for 10 seconds;
-::: switch off the lamp;
-::: go back to the beginning.
-It takes such a short time for the microcontroller to carry this out, that we don't need to worry whether the switch latches on or not.
-==Set up the flowchart==
-[[File:Gen_Startup_Selection.png||250px|right]]
-* [[Opening Flowcode|Open Flowcode]].
-The program 'knows' when you have added a component to the System or Dashboard panel.