punkieys17
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Hi guys and gals,
I'm helping out a friend who is developing a new pump system. It has a complex control system that needs rapid response to input and output to be part of a closed loop control system.
We've worked out the flow diagram of the control softwar and now have to move to programming a computer controller to execute.
We initially looked at a high end Progammable Logic Controller - but the progranmming is a nightmare and is a bif step from what is a simple flow diagram.
I've programmed in the bast in basic (don't laugh please - it shows my age), fortran and Pascal, but can pick up anything pretty quickly.
I am tending towards a PC with a digital IO board due to the simplicity (need some 8 input and 8 outputs, potentially more with the next version) and am stuck on what programming language to go with.
Are there any languages out there with compilrs that can take a flowchart?
I like the idea as the friend is a genius - but not in tech so a visual program is easier to talk through.
Your suggestions would be very, very welcome,
Julian
I'm helping out a friend who is developing a new pump system. It has a complex control system that needs rapid response to input and output to be part of a closed loop control system.
We've worked out the flow diagram of the control softwar and now have to move to programming a computer controller to execute.
We initially looked at a high end Progammable Logic Controller - but the progranmming is a nightmare and is a bif step from what is a simple flow diagram.
I've programmed in the bast in basic (don't laugh please - it shows my age), fortran and Pascal, but can pick up anything pretty quickly.
I am tending towards a PC with a digital IO board due to the simplicity (need some 8 input and 8 outputs, potentially more with the next version) and am stuck on what programming language to go with.
Are there any languages out there with compilrs that can take a flowchart?
I like the idea as the friend is a genius - but not in tech so a visual program is easier to talk through.
Your suggestions would be very, very welcome,
Julian