These PDF application notes show you how E-blocks and Flowcode can be used as a basis of developing electronics projects. Accompanying Flowcode software files are available on request. Many of these articles appeared in copies of Elektor Electronics magazine.

Application notes

• Prototyping with E-blocks (740Kb)

This article looks at how you can develop a prototype using E-blocks and then turn it into a fully working electronic system.

• Making waves

This article looks at how you can use a simple SPI bus D/A converter to make a sinusoidal waveform.

• Making waves at C

This article builds on the previous article and shows how it is possible to speed up the performance of Flowcode by embedding C code into a Flowcode program.

• X-10 home automation and E-blocks (250Kb)

This article looks at how it is possible to use E-blocks to develop a complete home automation system - using 220V domestic wiring networks - based on E-blocks.

• Using Visual Basic with E-blocks (210Kb) Click here for VB article software files.

This article looks at how you can develop projects that use Visual Basic (or other PC based languages) to control and communicate with E-blocks systems via the PC's USB port..

• Creating FCD Files for Flowcode V3 (18Kb)

This article looks at how you can develop FCD files for new target PICmicro microcontrollers, NOTE you will need either your own programming hardware or an update for PPP to actually program the newly created device.

• PID Control for Flowcode V3 (36Kb)

This article looks at how you can create a simple PID control algorythm using Flowcode. The example shown uses the duty cycle of a PWM channel to effectively charge and decharge a capacitor with proportional, integral and derivative control