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CNNNJ Programming Hardware With Visual Basic

The document discusses creating a virtual control console using Visual Basic to control hardware. It describes using Visual Basic components to design a user interface with sliders, labels and other controls to set color values that are transmitted via an RS-232 connection to control a 4-channel RGB device. The goals are met by designing the virtual console form visually using controls, writing code to transmit color data via a serial port to the hardware when the slider values change.

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CNNNJ Programming Hardware With Visual Basic

The document discusses creating a virtual control console using Visual Basic to control hardware. It describes using Visual Basic components to design a user interface with sliders, labels and other controls to set color values that are transmitted via an RS-232 connection to control a 4-channel RGB device. The goals are met by designing the virtual console form visually using controls, writing code to transmit color data via a serial port to the hardware when the slider values change.

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Creating a Virtual Control Console for Hardware using Visual Basic

Presented by William Koch Kochworx, Ltd. October 24, 2002

Summary

Goals Hardware & Interface Visual Basic Concepts Solution Development Demonstration

Goals

Create a Virtual Console to Demonstrate Hardware Describe Visual Basic Concepts Use the RS-232 Port

Hardware & Interface

Virtual Hardware the RGB Beast 4 Addressable Channels Each Channel has 0-FF settings for Red, Green, Blue Settings Tx Via RS-232 Interface Start Sequence = 4 $FF Data Sequence = Channel# R G B Sample: FF FF FF FF 01 C0 FF D6

RGB Beast Virtuware

Software to Hardware Connection

Serial Port (RS-232)

NULL Modem

Serial Port (RS-232) RGB Beast Virtual Hardware

Hardware Control Console (VB Software)

Visual Basic Concepts

Basis of all Visual Tools is Object Oriented Design Functionality is Encapsulated in Controls Properties, Methods & Events provide programming hooks VB is powerful because of Reusable Components

Solution Development

Begin a Project as a Standard EXE Add Controls for Project to the Toolbox (ex. MSCOMM Control 6.0) Design the Form Visually by Adding Controls and Setting Properties Write Code to Interact with Visual Objects

Constructing Virtual Console

Add a Label and a Slider Control to Form Set Slider Properties, Label Properties Replicate for Blue, Green Add a Timer, MSCOMM Control Write Code to Transmit Data

Simple Control Console

Coding the Timer

Must send 4 FFs, Channel#, R, G, B When Byte Stream Ready, Send Timers specified in milliseconds Finest granularity is ~55ms, max is 65535ms (60K=1 minute)

Adding a Channel Selector

Textbox Spinner Control Command Buttons Radio Buttons many options available Hook the Channel Selector Into Data Stream

Other Visual Controls

Microsoft Standard Controls 3rd Party Controls for just about anything

Summary

Goal was to create a Virtual Console to control a hardware device Hardware was a 4-Channel addressable RGB display device VB Components encapsulate large amounts of functionality Drag/Drop Development of UI Demonstrated Hardware Control

Questions (?)

William Koch wkoch@kochworx.com www.kochworx.com 973.534.6367

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