Robotics
FlowStone can interface to various robotic products to provide decision making and control.
Interfaces include USB, Com Ports, TTL, analogue etc. the results of which can be sent to any robotic product and or displayed via a computer screen. Learn more...
Digital Signal Processing
FlowStone is an ideal application for developing Digital Signal Processing (DSP) algorithms for various type of signal analysis.
The software comes with a set of standard DSP modules to aid development such a IIR, FFT, PID, Correlation, Running Average etc. plus a low level code module allowing sample accurate DSP code to be written when necessary. Learn more...
Data Acquisition
FlowStone can be used for Data Acquisition applications using various hardware modules to extract real-time signals from the outside world and display them on the computer screen or store them to disk. Learn more...
Machine Control
The real-time nature of FlowStone makes it ideal for machine control. Embedded systems can be used with various input/output hardware to control motors, read sensors, actuate pneumatics etc.
Industrial touch screens can be used to provide visual feedback and machine control. Also hardware watchdog times can be activated on the embedded systems to provide added security when dealing with real machines. Learn more...
Audio Analysis
FlowStones roots were in Audio Analysis and continue to be a unique selling point of this product. Real-time multi-channel audio can be analyzed and modified using various filters, delays, compressors etc.
Applications such as, room acoustics, voice recognition, frequency analysis (FFT), phase analysis etc. are all possible. Learn more...
Home Automation
Home Automation is an ideal application for FlowStone. Using wireless technology applications to control your home can easily be built.
Such things as, home security, garage door and gate control, lighting, distributed music, heating control, curtain and shutter control, CCTV etc. are all good examples of what is possible. Also the use of IP internet control can be used to remotely access your home automation system. Learn more...
Embedded Systems
One benefit of FlowStone is that the end result is usually a stand alone Windows .EXE file. This can then be deployed to an Embedded single board computer running Windows Embedded.
A good example of an embedded system that we all know is a ATM cash machine, basically computer with a screen and keyboard etc. but totally closed to the outside user and runs a single application.
We can provide pre-loaded Windows Embedded single board OEM motherboards for rapid development where all you need to do is swap the default FlowStone EXE with your own creation. Learn more...
Data Logging
Since the core of any FlowStone application is the use of a PC, laptop or Embedded System, FlowStone applications are suited to data logging as there is always access to a disk drive for storage.
Logging can be in the form of text files, databases, XML, audio files etc. Also the networking features of FlowStone can be utilized to provide remote access to data. Learn more...
Test and Measurement
FlowStone is ideal for test and measurement applications. Using hi-resolution input transducers it is possible to read calibrated input signals and display the results on the computer screen. Learn more...
Education
FlowStone lends itself to education applications partly due to the fact that the base version is free of change. This can be used for students to develop and learn about small Robotic (using the Lego Mindstorm) and mathematical applications.
Class rooms can use the FREE version of FlowStone to develop the individual student programs and then use a single enterprise or professional version to compile the finished work down to a stand alone EXE file. Learn more...
Rapid Prototyping
One huge advantage of FlowStone is the real-time nature and flow of the programming environment. FlowStone applications can literally be built in real-time as you work so there is no need to continually keep compiling your work to test it.
It literally runs all the time right in from of you, you can keep adding modules as you work and see the result instantly. Also the simple graphical nature of FlowStone makes project management quick and easy. Learn more...
