SparkFun Serial 7 Segment Dispaly

FlowStone now supports the SparkFun Serial 7 Segment Display. Send real-time numbers and letters to this cool little display module from your PC:

Here's the FlowStone project: http://www.dsprobotics.com/support/viewtopic.php?f=81&t=1143

Hexapod Programming for Robot Magazine

For the FlowStone Workshop 8 for Robot Magazine, DSPRobotics programmed a CrustCrawler Hexapod using FlowStone V3, Inverse Kinematics and an Xbox Controller!

Read the full article here:

http://www.dsprobotics.com/Files/FlowStoneWorkshop8Mag.pdf


 Here's a short video of this six legged beast coming to life:



Download the source code here:

http://www.dsprobotics.com/support/viewtopic.php?f=53&t=599

DSPRobotics release FlowStone V3

UK based DSPRobotics today released Version 3 of their popular FlowStone graphical programming language. This version marks a cornerstone in the company’s development as it now includes the entire feature set from their sister software SynthMaker as well as a host of new features, developments, and expanded Ruby Code support.

 

As of today both products will live on under the FlowStone brand and continue to support an ever expanding market including Rapid Software Development, Engineering, Robotics, Test and Measurement, Education, Home Automation, Audio/Video Signal Processing, and Music plug-in applications.

Existing users of the software, both FlowStone and SynthMaker, will be able to upgrade to V3 for only £149.00 including 12 months of upgrades, whilst new users will be able to buy the software for $249.00 including upgrades or just $149.00 with no upgrades or support.

For more information please visit: www.dsprobotics.com

FlowStone V3 Announced

Exciting times at DSPRobotics, V3 of their FlowStone software is announced for September/October 2012.

This marks the first version of FlowStone to fully incorporate the features of their sister application SynthMaker. FlowStone V3 will become the new replacement for SynthMaker and not only continue with the rapid development platform for EXE applications but also incorporate the VST plugin export features for making digital audio plugins.

FlowStone can be tried for free here:

http://www.dsprobotics.com/download.php

New Home Automation Modules

coming soon in FlowStone are several new modules to talk to Home Automation devices. One of the more interesting ranges is the Netvox range of wireless Zigbee interfaces.

These include things such as:

Security products (PIR's, door switches etc)
Sensors (Temp, humidity, light, smoke etc)

Here is an article comming out in robot Magazine about FlowStone and Home Automation:

There is also support for the Owl energy monitors and the existing support for Marmitek X10 products.

Xbox Controller Hack

Here's the XBugBot Robot as featured in Robot Magazine:

This is an autonomous robot made by hacking an Xbox controller!

Here is the PDF of the article

Here are the Project Files and Manual

MIDI to Ruby to MIDI

New -  the Ruby module in FlowStone now supports MIDI in and out. This allows you to make accurate timing for things like sequencers etc.