primary reason was to show how you use it to view the
data and instructions coming from your micro into
MakerPlot, mainly to debug your code. When you use the
Logs(Debug) Immediate window with the plotted data
alongside of it, you can acquire a more quantified idea of
what’s happening on the micro’s side in order to find a
coding error. The other reason we introduced you to the
Logs(Debug) Immediate window is to form a basis for the
next couple of articles on customizing MakerPlot; this is
where we’ll show you how to build your own Interface
screen from scratch (or nearly so).
We’d like you to think of MakerPlot as the software
equivalent to a hardware front panel. If you were to build
a hardware panel for your micro’s application, your “kit”
would include pushbuttons, switches, meters, and maybe
a graphic display. All of this is time-consuming, difficult to
implement, and probably expensive — not to mention cast
in stone once it’s all done.
The name MakerPlot came into existence once it
dawned on us that what it really does is act like a software
kit where you can graphically assemble any kind of front
panel you want in order to display and control your data.
That’s the real power within MakerPlot; that is, you can
customize it to your own needs, and that’s what we’ll get
into next time.
That’s all for now, so just remember: Got Data –
MakerPlot It! NV
Figure 11. Terminal
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