ADC MCP320x Component

[p.erasmus]

HI Ben/leigh,

I am making a component for the MCP320x ADC which has an SPI interface ,I would like to ask some ideas regarding the simulation of the device(chip)

I have made makros which read the slider value(Voltage ) and then output a corresponding bit value as the ADC would do ,this functions ok as I then place the bit value to 2 ports and works correctly and yes I also read the slider voltage value and the sim can use the bit value of the voltage value.
my confusion is that it is not possible to simulate the actual chip inner workings so what I am doing is basically that -- Correct?

secondly should I use 4 sliders for the component to represent the 4 channels or is there away to only use 1 slider and link it in code to a user selected CH1-4 ,this is actually how the real code works it selects the channel to read ,any hints Ideas will be appreciated

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[p.erasmus]

Hi Team.

I am not sure this the reason I am asking ,as you will see below I place a Sim Makro call and it show this green icon with the curved sides when I enter the call code then on closing the makro window it changes to the Icon as shown in orange is this normal ?

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Thanks all help appreciated

[Steve-Matrix]

This is a bug that will be fixed soon.

[p.erasmus]

Thanks Steve

[p.erasmus]

Hi Team.

Maybe I am just stupid, however It seems the old style slider is removed or replaced by the new look one ,is this correct or did I not look properly

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Thanks as always all help appreciated

[Steve-Matrix]

It seems the old style slider is removed or replaced by the new look one

I believe a decision was taken to limit which components are displayed in the App Developer mode. You can search for the other slider control in the component search and add it from there:

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[p.erasmus]

Thanks Steve this helps me forward

[p.erasmus]

Hi Ben,

I have the code working on real HW and the simulation also is working now I want to add a property to the component VREF I did add the property
as you will see here,the variable name is adcVref can you help me how do I access this variable from my macro as parameter or inside my macro ,
is this a float variable or a string variable .At the moment I pass the Vref (value 4.95) as float to my macro as parameter but would be better if it is a property and not a parameter the user must enter every time he calls the macro

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[BenR]

Hello Peter,

Double click the property and set the Property Type to Floating Point.

Then just reference the Property variable in your program like you would any other float variable and it should work as expected.

[p.erasmus]

Hallo Ben,

Thank you very much