Component: API (Arduino Uno) (API Slave Devices)
| Author | Matrix TSL |
| Version | 2.0 |
| Category | API Slave Devices |
API (Arduino Uno) component
Connects to an Arduino Uno running the API Firmware allowing the board to become a slave to the Flowcode Embedded simulation or Flowcode App Developer. Supports: Digital IO / ADC / I2C / SPI / PWM See Flowcode Help Wiki for firmware.
Component Source Code
Please click here to download the component source project: FC_Comp_Source_Arduino_Uno_API_Comp.fcfx
Please click here to view the component source code (Beta): FC_Comp_Source_Arduino_Uno_API_Comp.fcfx
Detailed description
The App Developer (Arduino Uno) component allows an Arduino Uno board to be controlled from within the Flowcode simulation runtime.
To allow Flowcode to communicate and control the Arduino Uno hardware the board must first be pre-programmed with dedicated firmware.
The firmware hex file and Flowcode source project can be downloaded from here.
Arduino Uno App Developer Firmware
More information about the workings of the firmware project can be found on the FiniteStateMachine page.
The COM port to the Arduino hardware is selected via the App Developer_Ard_Uno componennt COM port property.
When building the component into a App Developer project remember to expose the COM port property to allow the end user to select the correct port for the hardware.
The console window can display data in two modes which is set via a component property.
- fixed statistics showing IO / ADC inputs / PWM
- scrolling log showing all commands and returns
Examples
Pin Mapping
Here is a table showing how the App Developer Slave digital pins are mapped on the device.
| App Developer Slave Digital Pin | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 |
| Device Port Pin | D0 | D1 | D2 | D3 | D4 | D5 | D6 | D7 | B0 | B1 | B2 | B3 | B4 | B5 | C0 | C1 | C2 | C3 | C4 | C5 |
| Arduino Style Pin | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | A0 | A1 | A2 | A3 | A4 | A5 |
Here is a table showing how the App Developer Slave analogue pins are mapped on the device.
| App Developer Slave Analogue Pin | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Device Port Pin | C0 | C1 | C2 | C3 | C4 | C5 |
| Arduino Style Pin | A0 | A1 | A2 | A3 | A4 | A5 |
Here is a table showing how the App Developer Slave peripheral pins are mapped on the device.
| App Developer Slave Peripheral Pin | I2C SDA | I2C SCL | SPI MOSI | SPI MISO | SPI SCK | PWM 0 | PWM 1 | PWM 2 | PWM 3 | PWM 4 | PWM 5 | OneWire | Servo 0 | Servo 1 | Servo 2 | Servo 3 | Servo 4 | Servo 5 | Servo 6 | Servo 7 |
| Device Port Pin | C4 | C5 | B3 | B4 | B5 | D6 | D5 | B1 | B2 | B3 | D3 | D2 | D2 | D3 | D4 | D5 | D6 | D7 | D8 | D9 |
| Arduino Style Pin | A4 | A5 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
Direct Slave Access
Here is a simple demo to switch on and off digital pin 5.
Macro reference
ADCSample10
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ADCSample10 |
| Reads the voltage present on an Analog pin as an 10-bit value range 0-1023 | |
 - BYTE
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ADCChannel |
| Range: 0-5 | |
 - UINT
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Return |
ADCSample8
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ADCSample8 |
| Reads the voltage present on an Analog pin as an 8-bit value range 0-255 | |
| - BYTE
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ADCChannel |
| Range: 0-5 | |
| - BYTE
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Return |
ADCSampleArray10
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ADCSampleArray10 |
| Reads the voltage present on an Analog pin as an 10-bit value range 0-1023 Performs the selected number of samples with the selected time in microseconds in between samples and returns each sample in a single packet | |
| - BYTE
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ADCChannel |
| Range: 0-5 | |
| - BYTE
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SampleCount |
| Range: 1- 32 | |
| - UINT
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SampleDelay |
| Delay in us between each sample | |
| - UINT
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Samples |
| 10-bit samples returned from the function | |
 - VOID
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Return |
ADCSampleArray8
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ADCSampleArray8 |
| Reads the voltage present on an Analog pin as an 8-bit value range 0-255 Performs the selected number of samples with the selected time in microseconds in between samples and returns each sample in a single packet | |
| - BYTE
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ADCChannel |
| Range: 0-5 | |
| - BYTE
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SampleCount |
| Range: 1- 32 | |
| - UINT
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SampleDelay |
| Delay in us between each sample | |
| - BYTE
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Samples |
| 8-bit samples returned from the function | |
| - VOID
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Return |
ADCSampleAverage10
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ADCSampleAverage10 |
| Reads the voltage present on an Analog pin as an 10-bit value range 0-1023. Performs the selected number of samples with the selected time in microseconds in between samples | |
| - BYTE
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ADCChannel |
| Range: 0-5 | |
| - BYTE
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SampleCount |
| Range: 1- 100 | |
| - BYTE
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SampleDelay |
| Delay in us between each sample | |
| - UINT
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Return |
ADCSampleAverage8
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ADCSampleAverage8 |
| Reads the voltage present on an Analog pin as an 8-bit value range 0-255 Performs the selected number of samples with the selected time in microseconds in between samples | |
| - BYTE
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ADCChannel |
| Range: 0-5 | |
| - BYTE
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SampleCount |
| Range: 1- 100 | |
| - BYTE
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SampleDelay |
| Delay in us between each sample | |
| - BYTE
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Return |
ADCSetPrechargeTime
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ADCSetPrechargeTime |
| Specifies the precharge time for the ADC input readings in microseconds. The longer the time the more immune to noise the reading will be. | |
| - BYTE
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ChargeTime |
| Default 10 | |
| - VOID
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Return |
ADCSetReferenceVoltage
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ADCSetReferenceVoltage |
| Specified the reference setting for ADC reads. | |
| - BYTE
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RefType |
| 0=AREF, 1=VCC, 3=Internal 1.1V | |
| - VOID
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Return |
I2CInitialise
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I2CInitialise |
| Initialsie the I2C module ready for communications | |
| - BYTE
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Channel |
| Channel Index: Range 0 - I2C Bus Count - 1 | |
| - BYTE
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Baud |
| 0=100KHz, 1=400KHz, 2=1MHz | |
| - VOID
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Return |
I2CReceive
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I2CReceive |
| Receive a byte using the I2C bus | |
| - BYTE
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Channel |
| Channel Index: Range 0 - I2C Bus Count - 1 | |
 - BOOL
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Last |
| Last byte to receive: Range 0-1 | |
| - BYTE
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Return |
I2CRestart
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I2CRestart |
| Put the I2C Module into Restart mode | |
| - BYTE
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Channel |
| Channel Index: Range 0 - I2C Bus Count - 1 | |
| - VOID
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Return |
I2CSend
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I2CSend |
| Transmit a byte using the I2C bus | |
| - BYTE
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Channel |
| Channel Index: Range 0 - I2C Bus Count - 1 | |
| - BYTE
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DataOut |
| - BOOL
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Return |
I2CStart
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I2CStart |
| Put the I2C Module into Start mode | |
| - BYTE
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Channel |
| Channel Index: Range 0 - I2C Bus Count - 1 | |
| - VOID
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Return |
I2CStop
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I2CStop |
| Put the I2C Module into Stop mode | |
| - BYTE
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Channel |
| - VOID
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Return |
I2CTransInit
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I2CTransInit |
| Initialises the I2C Transaction mode with the 7-bit device address | |
| - BYTE
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Channel |
| Channel Index: Range 0 - I2C Bus Count - 1 | |
| - BYTE
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DeviceAddress |
| 7-bit Device Address | |
| - BYTE
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Baud |
| 0=100KHz, 1=400KHz, 2=1MHz | |
| - VOID
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Return |
I2CTransReceive
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I2CTransReceive |
| Receives an I2C Transaction on the selected I2C channel. Returns the number of bytes received. | |
| - BYTE
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Channel |
| Channel Index: Range 0 - I2C Bus Count - 1 | |
| - BYTE
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Data |
| Data variable to receive into | |
| - UINT
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Count |
| Number of bytes to receive | |
| - UINT
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Return |
I2CTransSend
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I2CTransSend |
| Sends an I2C Transaction on the selected I2C channel. Returns the number of bytes sent. | |
| - BYTE
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Channel |
| Channel Index: Range 0 - I2C Bus Count - 1 | |
| - BYTE
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Data |
| Data to send | |
| - UINT
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Count |
| Number of bytes to send out, MS bit 0x8000 signifies no Stop if set | |
| - UINT
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Return |
IOGetInputPin
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IOGetInputPin |
| Sets the selected digital pin to an input and reads the input state. | |
| - BYTE
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Pin |
| Range: 0-19 | |
| - BOOL
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Return |
IOSetOutputPin
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IOSetOutputPin |
| Sets the selected digital pin to an output and assigns the output state. | |
| - BYTE
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Pin |
| Range: 0-19 | |
| - BOOL
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State |
| Range: 0-1 | |
| - VOID
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Return |
Initialise
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Initialise |
| Initialise the comms to the Arduino board ready for commands to be sent. | |
| - VOID
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Return |
OneWireBusReset
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OneWireBusReset |
| Issue a 'ping' on the bus. If there is at least one sensor on the bus then it will generate a presence pulse. Returns 0 if a presense pulse was detected Returns 1 no device was detected | |
| - BYTE
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Channel |
| Channel Index: Range 0 - I2C Bus Count - 1 | |
| - BOOL
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Return |
OneWireGetDeviceCount
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OneWireGetDeviceCount |
| Returns the number of devices found by the last ScanBus operation. | |
| - BYTE
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Channel |
| Channel Index: Range 0 - I2C Bus Count - 1 | |
| - BYTE
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Return |
OneWireGetIDByte
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OneWireGetIDByte |
| Returns a single byte of the 64-Bit lasered ROM code, 255 on error | |
| - BYTE
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Channel |
| Channel Index: Range 0 - I2C Bus Count - 1 | |
| - BYTE
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Device |
| Device ID - Range: 0 - NumDevices - 1 | |
| - BYTE
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ByteIndex |
| Index of the data byte. 0=FamilyCode, 1-6=Serial, 7=CRC | |
| - BYTE
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Return |
OneWireInitialise
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OneWireInitialise |
| Initialise the OneWire module ready for communications | |
| - BYTE
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Channel |
| Channel Index: Range 0 - I2C Bus Count - 1 | |
| - VOID
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Return |
OneWireMatchROM
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OneWireMatchROM |
| Performs a reset followed by the MatchROM code and then the 8-bit ROM code. | |
| - BYTE
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Channel |
| Channel Index: Range 0 - I2C Bus Count - 1 | |
| - BYTE
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FamilyCode |
| - BYTE
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SerialNumber |
| - VOID
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Return |
OneWireReceiveByte
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OneWireReceiveByte |
| Receives a byte from the one wire bus a bit at a time | |
| - BYTE
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Channel |
| Channel Index: Range 0 - I2C Bus Count - 1 | |
| - BYTE
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Return |
OneWireScanBus
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OneWireScanBus |
| Scans the one wire bus to detect all connected devices. Returns the number of one wire devices found. | |
| - BYTE
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Channel |
| Channel Index: Range 0 - I2C Bus Count - 1 | |
| - BYTE
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Return |
OneWireSkipROM
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OneWireSkipROM |
| Performs a bus reset and the sends the SkipROM command byte | |
| - BYTE
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Channel |
| Channel Index: Range 0 - I2C Bus Count - 1 | |
| - VOID
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Return |
OneWireTransmitByte
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OneWireTransmitByte |
| Transmit a byte to the one wire bus a bit at a time | |
| - BYTE
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Channel |
| Channel Index: Range 0 - I2C Bus Count - 1 | |
| - BYTE
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Data |
| - VOID
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Return |
PWMDisable
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PWMDisable |
| Disable a PWM output | |
| - BYTE
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Channel |
| Range: 0-5 | |
| - VOID
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Return |
PWMEnable
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PWMEnable |
| Enable a PWM output | |
| - BYTE
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Channel |
| Range: 0-5 | |
| - VOID
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Return |
PWMSetDuty
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PWMSetDuty |
| Sets the duty for the PWM output | |
| - BYTE
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Channel |
| Range: 0-5 | |
| - BYTE
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Duty |
| - VOID
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Return |
PWMSetPrescaler
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PWMSetPrescaler |
| Sets the prescaler for the PWM output | |
| - BYTE
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Channel |
| Range: 0-5 | |
| - BYTE
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Prescaler |
| - BYTE
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Period |
| Default 255 | |
| - VOID
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Return |
RegisterRead
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RegisterRead |
| Read one of the registers on-board the device | |
| - UINT
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RegisterAddress |
| The address of the register | |
| - BYTE
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Return |
RegisterWrite
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RegisterWrite |
| Writes to one of the registers on-board the device | |
| - UINT
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RegisterAddress |
| The address of the register | |
| - BYTE
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Data |
| The data value to assign to the register | |
| - VOID
|
Return |
SPIInitialise
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SPIInitialise |
| Initialsie the SPI module ready for communications | |
| - BYTE
|
Channel |
| Channel Index: Range 0 - SPI Bus Count - 1 | |
| - VOID
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Return |
SPIPrescaler
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SPIPrescaler |
| Modify the speed of the SPI bus | |
| - BYTE
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Channel |
| Channel Index: Range 0 - SPI Bus Count - 1 | |
| - BYTE
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Prescaler |
| Range: 0-2 | |
| - VOID
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Return |
SPITransfer
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SPITransfer |
| Transfer a byte using the SPI bus | |
| - BYTE
|
Channel |
| Channel Index: Range 0 - SPI Bus Count - 1 | |
| - BYTE
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DataOut |
| - BYTE
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Return |
SPITransferTrans
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SPITransferTrans |
| Transfer an array of bytes using the SPI bus | |
| - BYTE
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Channel |
| Channel Index: Range 0 - SPI Bus Count - 1 | |
| - UINT
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Count |
| Number of bytes to send and receive | |
| - BYTE
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DataOut |
| Outgoing data | |
| - BYTE
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DataIn |
| Incoming data | |
| - VOID
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Return |
ServoDisable
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ServoDisable |
| Disable a Servo output Ch0 to 7 = Pins 2 to 9 | |
| - BYTE
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Channel |
| Range: 0-7 | |
| - VOID
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Return |
ServoEnable
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ServoEnable |
| Enable a Servo output Ch0 to 7 = Pins 2 to 9 | |
| - BYTE
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Channel |
| Range: 0-7 | |
| - VOID
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Return |
ServoSetPosition8
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ServoSetPosition8 |
| Sets the position as an 8-bit value Ch0 to 7 = Pins 2 to 9 | |
| - BYTE
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Channel |
| Range: 0-7 | |
| - BYTE
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Position |
| Range: 0-255 | |
| - VOID
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Return |
Property reference
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Properties |
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Connection |
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COM Port |
| Lists all the current available COM port hardware on your PC. | |
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Refresh Ports |
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API Peripherals |
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Digital IO |
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Analog Input |
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Analog Output |
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PWM Output |
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I2C Bus |
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SPI Bus |
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UART |
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OneWire |
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SERVO |
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Console |
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Console Log |
| Create an automatic console log of the commands sent to the Arduino | |
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Log Mode |
| Controls how the console data is formatted. Fixed statistics gives an easy to read overview of the IO, Analog and PWM functionality Command Log gives a more in depth analysis of the outgoing commands and incoming returns | |