Category: BSA

BSA – PLD Flow Editing

This diagram example consist of two different component types. The PLD state/event symbols have a free connection and atop-down flow, while the ComLink have 5 fixed connections in horisontal path with clear marking on where the events are. To connect you just click on the event circle and drag the mouse to the next symbol…

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Mobile PLC

I have lately had the priviledge of working with two vendors of mobile, electrical vehichles – one used a self-developed system designed for volume production series, the other was a larger industrial vehiche on prototy level where they started with a standard PLC and a small cabinet. Usage of a standard PLC “kind of works”,…

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BSA – Example Application

This application is done manually, but I will re-generate it from BSA later. The picture shown is a classic demo application for a 9 – Valve ValvePack. You control 27 PWM signals and 13 analogue signals in this example with 9 proportional 3-Way Valves. These are quite common in subsea systems used in the oil…

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BSA – New Gauge

Just playing around with a Torque Tool Gauge. Bit work in progress, but using a wide band as needle rather than a classic needle and due to how my gauges are build up I can easely get them adapted to various stiles. This provides 4 gauges at the space of one – a bit work…

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BSA – Save/Load

As mentioned before it is easier to blog about HW than SW, more to show. But, that is about to change because BSA is very visual once it runs. The screen below is just a demo/test for Save/Load functionality and once that is working I can easier blog actual about diagrams. I must admit it…

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BSA – Using a PLC PWM Module

Using a PLC module (or any component) in BSA is straight forward – you simply declare an UML State symbol with the input/output events you need and set this as external with the selected interface protocol and addressing scheme. The protocol can be anything because BSA is after all just a visual specification, so the…

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BSA – Using the PLC

BSA will see the PLC modules as a named tree and the diagrams send/receive messages using those names as addresses. You will have the option to design and/or detect a tree. easyIPC contains a config system allowing new, unknow modules to be reported and the user can then assign that module to a named position…

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BSA – Line Plot

I have about a days work left and the plot is ok. The performance issue means I have limitations, but for most applications this will be more than ok. More important is that coding up the rest of the plot is about re-using components from the linear bar. I need to modify range to support…

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