New SpinCAD Designer release with major usability improvements

[Cybercow]

Yeah, same thing happens in Windows. The Block Control Panels will not open a 2nd time.

 

[Digital Larry]

Were you running the simulator display? try turning that off and see what happens.

DL

 

[Cybercow]

Simulator display? Is that the ASM sidebar?

Even with the ASM sidebar unopened, several blocks still only allow their Control Panels to be opened once.

 

[Digital Larry]

It's when you go into the Simulator menu and click on "enable display", then you get the waveform on top when you run the simulator. In any case, I think that's resolved, just cramming some more features in here, will update in a bit.

 

[Digital Larry]

Here's version 1066, "Bayeux" Battle of Hastings and all that. Has a new feature "Scope Probe" under "Special" menu where the feedback loop used to live, under "Loop" well it's still there. When the scope probe is in the layout, optimization is disabled for simulation. It will still optimize if you save to SPN, Clipboard, or HEX.

Connect any pins to the scope probe then you can see them on the scope display. Really handy for looking at control signals.

Pin muting should work now. Have a startup check for Java 8.

Obviously I'm going at warp speed here and the automated testing really only covers file loading and simulation basics, so whatever problems you can come up with are quite helpful.

Thanks,

DL

 

[Cybercow]

Ran thru a bunch of stuff and no more Control Panel issues. Everything else I touched seems to work fine too.
In the Simulator Options dialog box, it would be nice to see the "Enable Display" option read as "Enable Scope Display". I had no idea what "Display" was till I opened it.

More tomorrow when I'm not so tired. Thanks DL!

Oh yea . . . . .