Common Components

<sidebar>Sidebar: Controlling Electronic Devices With Flowcode</sidebar> Components commonly used in Flowcode, such as; Switches, LEDs, LCDs, 7 Segment Displays and Keypads all have a good range of components for suitable use in different fields and systems as well as strong base components to expand and create your own components for specific systems or for use across different systems and platforms.

The simplest type of component is a switch component is used as a trigger to send a command in a program, e.g. an on or off switch to initialize and disable or stop a program, process or system. Switch components come in two types; 'latching' such as an on/off switch or toggle switches, and 'momentary' such as a push button switch or a push-to-make switch.

Light-emitting diode (LED) components are also commonly used and are often matched / coupled with switch components to indicate if an element is powered on or functioning correctly. LEDs are mostly used as indicators in common applications and systems such as traffic lights and car indicators which are visual ques and indications to convey direction and processes.

Furthermore liquid-crystal display (LCD) components are used in a similar way to indicate processes albeit more clearly, displaying information such as the function or process of a DVD player e.g. opening and closing the disc tray, reading the disc, changing volume etc. or displaying ongoing information such as the time and date and other information such as news or current information.