The Virtual Plotter is a X,Y plotting device. The internal controller receives an X,Y direction signal and a moves a printing head which can be ON or OFF. A sample driver running on the PIC16F877 drives the Plotter to create a series of rectangles.
| Filename | Version | Description |
| Plotter.pjt | MPLAB Project of sample rectangle plotter driver | |
| Plotter.asm | PIC16F877 Assembler code of sample rectangle plotter driver for the Virtual Plotter component | |
| plotter.bmp | The bitmap used as the icon for the Virtual Plotter in a Virtual Breadboard. | |
| Plotter.lst | Compiled LST of plotter sample driver | |
| Plotter.HEX | Compiled HEX of plotter sample driver | |
| VirtualPlotter.vbp | Visual Basic Project for building the VirtualPlotter external component | |
| VirtualPlotter.exe | VirtualPlotter executable external component | |
| tut3.frm | The main Visual Basic form of the VirtualPlotter Visual Basic Project. | |
| tut3.frx | The main Visual Basic form binary image property bag | |
| PlotterController.cls | Visual Basic class file responsible for decoding and interpreting the incoming signals and co-ordinating the Virtual Plotters actions | |
| tut3.vbb | Virtual Breadboard example using the Virtual Plotter and the Plotter.hex sample driver |
Start Virtual Breadboard and open the <your path>\Tutorial 3\tut3.vbb file from Virtual Breadboard and click RUN
Code Walkthrough
Features
Project Idea's
Build a Vector Graphics Driver to receive serial graphics commands and draw them
onto the Virtual Plotter