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Hi Matrix Team,

i`m using FC Version 3 very succesfull for now over 2 years and iΒ΄m realy happy with it!!

One point wich iΒ΄m missing in FC Version 3 is a floating point calculation without writing C-Code.
This would be very helpful because iΒ΄m doing a lot of voltage measurements with the PIC ADCΒ΄s and putting the result to the LCD.

Question will Version 4 support my need??

BR

Dirk

Hello Dirk

Yes Flowcode v4 for PIC and Flowcode for AVR and ARM have full floating point support built in as standard. Flowcode v4 for PIC uses Floating point functions similar to the string manipulation functions whereas AVR and ARM have standardised Float manipulation without the need for functions.

Hi Ben,

many thanks for the fast reply! Is there any example how it looks like??


BR

Dirk

Hello Dirk

There is a marketting datasheet on v4 available from here:
http://www.matrixmultimedia.com/datashe ... C-60-4.pdf

Hi Ben

i knew the datasheet but i thoght more into the direction of a documentation.

Is it possible to check the floating point function with Version 4 Demo Software??

BR

Dirk

Hi Dirk

Yes the floating point should work fine with the demo version. You can use the floating point functions when using the BoostC compiler or if you decide to switch to the HITECH compiler then the standard floating point operations are supported as they are in the AVR and ARM. See the articles section of the forum if you want to configure v4 for use with HITECH.

Hi Ben,

it works great in the Version 4 Demo. Exact what i need. I just have to reduce the number of digits on the right side of the comma, but that fine tweaking.
So i think i will purchase shortly a Version 4 prof.

Is it possible to use Version 4 under Windows-7 ?? Because i like to setup a new PC workstation!!

BR

Dirk

Yes - Flowcode works with Win7.

Hi Steve,

i assume Version 4 will run either in 32 or 64 Bit under Win-7!! Right??

BR

Dirk

It's a 32-bit application, but yes it does run in Win7 64bit.