Serial Controlled Robots
Serial port communication in FlowStone allows you to connect to a wide range of low-cost robots.
You can use Inverse Kinematics (IK) & Proportional Integral Derivative (PID) modules to manage movement and create impressive interactive user interfaces to control everything.
Sensors
Phidgets are a set of plug and play building blocks for low cost USB sensing and control. FlowStone has 21 components built in which together provide you with direct access to the complete range of Phidgets products.
Using the components is as simple as dragging one into a schematic and triggering the Start input. It really is that simple. You can then start sending data to and retrieving data from your device by connecting other components in the usual way.
Cameras
FlowStone has video functions built in. You can easily connect to external webcams, record video to disk and perform complex tasks like motion, colour and face detection with ease.
Input Controllers
FlowStone has dedicated components for connecting to Wii, XBox 360 and PlayStation controllers. It couldn't be easier to connect to these input devices and have them controlling your applications.
The example below shows how a Wiimote can be used to control various performance characteristics of an audio synthesizer. Tilting the Wiimote alters the filter cutoff. The A and B buttons control delay effect and a step sequencer respectively.
DAQ Devices
FlowStone will talk to a wide variety of different USB based data acquisition devices from a number of manufacturers including Measurement Computing, Labjack and of course our very own FlowBoard.
The example here shows the Labjack U3-LV. One dedicated component in FlowStone will allow you to connect directly to the device. Within minutes you can be up and running, sending and receiving data without any need to worry about proprietry SDKs. FlowStone takes care of all of this leaving you free to focus on what you want to achieve.
