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                                                                                                                                                                             Flowcode Embedded helps students learn to develop              MODULE 2.0
                                                                                                                                                                             complex embedded systems. It allows students to progress
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                                                                                                                                                                             faster and go further than other programming languages.
                                                                                                                                                                              •  Create highly functional microcontroller projects using Rpi,
                                                                                                                                                                                Arduino, PIC, ESP, ARM and AVR processors
                                                                                                                                                                              •  Graphical programming: use flowcharts, state diagrams and data   MODULE 4.0
                                                                                                                                                                                flow techniques
                                                                                                                                                                              •  Full simulation – electrical and mechanical
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          Flowcode App Developer allows students to easily develop                                                                                                            •  Hugh library of parts and subroutines
          highly functional projects for Windows computers and tablets
          using low cost hardware interfaces.

          •  Create great Windows Human Machine interfaces for control and                                                       Design                                                                                                     MODULE 5.0
            data gathering using Rpi, Arduino, PIC, ESP
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          •  Graphical programming: use flowcharts, state diagrams and data                                                      Design your electronic system on screen:
            flow techniques                                                                                                      •  Choose a microcontroller that has the characteristics your
          •  Comprehensive library of dials, switches, indicators, graphs and                                                      application needs.
            other components                                                                                                     •  Develop a model of the electronic system using the 2D or 3D
                                                                                                                                   panels.                                                                                                  MODULE 8.0
                                                                                                                                 •  Add components from the library or create your own. Link to a
                                                                             General input output interface for Arduino            mechanical model exported from Solidworks.
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                                                      Design                                                                     •  Design a program using flow chart, Blocks, Pseudo-code, C code
                                                                                                                                   or state machine diagrams.
                                                      Design your electronic system on screen:                                   •  Develop a Human Machine Interface to provide a good visual test
                                                                                                                                   bed.                                                                  Flowcode design example            MODULE 11.0
                                                       •  Choose the Input Output device(s) that has the characteristics
                                                         your application needs from four types of device
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                                                       •  Choose from one of our own low cost hardware interfaces or use                                                     Simulate
                                                         any third party hardware
                                                       •  Add other instruments and systems that have Application                                                            Simulate your design to see how it functions:
                                                         Programming Interfaces you can work with like signal generators,                                                     •  Use on-board digital switches and analogue sliders to change real
                                                         environmental chambers etc                                                                                             world parameters and see how your system copes.
                                                       •  Drag local (USB/Bluetooth) and remote (Wi-fi/LAN/Internet)                                                          •  Use the Meters, Oscilloscope, Data Recorder, Console or Graph to
                                                         hardware components onto the 2D panel                                                                                  verify your system’s performance.
                                                       •  Add components from the library to create a distributed                                                             •  Use test signal injectors to send streams of comms data in any
                                                         electronic system                                                                                                      protocol to see how your system responds.
            Control system with USB, LAN, Wi-fi and  Bluetooth connection
                                                       •  Design a program using flow chart, Blocks, Pseudo-code, or state                                                    •  Link to Solidworks to see your 3D hardware model move on
                                                         machine diagrams                                                                                                       screen under control of your program.
                                                                                                                                              Simulation with a robot arm
          Test
          Test your design to make sure it functions like you want it to:                                                        Test
                                                                                                                                 Test your design to make sure it functions like you want it to:
          •  Link your design to low cost local or remote hardware interfaces
          •  ‘Play’ the program or step through the program one command at                                                       •  Compile your design to hex for a microcontroller.
            a time to make sure it works                                                                                         •  Using Matrix In-Circuit-Debug hardware step through the
          •  Use the on-screen instruments to see the variables in your                                                            program in the chip one icon at a time or let the program run.
            system                                                                                                               •  Use Matrix Ghost to view pin and variable status on the
          •  Use the Data Recorder and Console to monitor your program and                                                         Oscilloscope.
            see how it is working                                                                                                •  Use the Data Recorder and Console to decode comms serial
          •  Use the Graph plotter to document the performance of your                                                             buses and check message integrity.
            system in real time                                                                                                  •  Verify your design’s performance using Flowcode App developer
                                                                          Process Control software built with App  Developer
                                                                                                                                   via USB, Bluetooth or the internet.                                  Flowcode scope for testing


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