Velleman K8000 - [K8000 Applications] - [Power WinPLC]
Power WinPLC is a freeware program to control the Velleman K8000 ( http://www.velleman.be). The K8000 is a computer interface board, allowing you to control electrical/electrical devices with the computer. This includes setting lights, dimmers, relays, reading temperatures, controlling stepper motors, ...
The K8000 is controlled by software on your computer. Programmers can create their own applications, using libraries and sample code that is provided by Velleman. This programming is done in the common programming languages like Visual Basic and Pascal. Not everyone is capable to program in these languages, so they can't use the K8000 card. Unless they use a program that has been written by someone else. But most software for the K8000 is very application-specific.
This made me decide to write a software tool, allowing people to create their own K8000 applications. The result of this work is: 'Power WinPLC'. WinPLC is a program, where you can construct K8000 applications very quickly, with very few commands. WinPLC offers you a sort of programming (scripting) language, but the language is easy to learn.
Visit the WinPLC website (http://winplc.bvsystems.be) for more information.