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We all know that values are assigned to variables using the assign (:=) operator. But do you know that the assign operator may be used...

You already know how to add new functions, function blocks and data types using the script. It is easy - just import the related text...

Introspection means extracting semantic (meaningful) information from the code. For example: getting variable names, type names, default...

When you need to compare two integers for equality you use the equality (=) operator in SCL. This is so intuitive that it hardly needs to...

Scripting is nice. I think we all agree with this statement. It would be even nicer if we can automate the process of creating scripts....

I get this question from time to time. At first I was puzzled. It is so natural for a debugger to be implemented this way. What do they...

How does text highlighting work in an integrated development environment? Tough question ... The straight-forward approach would be to...

Now that we have the distance sensor available, we can extend its usage and implement a velocity sensor (radar). Just like the distance...

How do we check if the position of a 3D point is above or below a given 3D plane? This is a classic math problem and it has a well known...

It has been a while since we allow the usage of arrays in SCL but initialization was a pain until now. Usually you had to populate the...

Traffic lights are simple devices that are quite common but do you know how they work? In this post I'll try to implement a traffic light...

To continue the topic of motion profiles I would like to present a type of sigmoid function that is kind of useful in the area of...

Set/Reset latches are quite common building blocks. They are also known as bi-stable multivibrators since they maintain two stable...

Finding errors can be overwhelming when working with complex piece of code. So many statements ... tricky logic ... How is this even...

Pick and place operations are quite common in the industry. They are often used in high-volume manufacturing. Let's see how we can...

I create some of my posts based on real customer questions. This one is a perfect example. The question was: Why is the IS_PICKED...

While working on SCL I got this idea of doing OLP with scripts. If you think about it the scripting approach is a direct match for...

To continue the topic of custom motion profiles I'll try to implement the built-in MOVE_JOINT_TO_VALUE FB with a script. The script will...

Recently I got into an interesting dilemma. The MOVE_JOINT_TO_VALUE FB is meant to be the way to move a joint based on the standard...

Ever since we introduced the CREATE_PART_APPEARANCE/ DELETE_PART_APPEARANCE SCL functions, we had a problem - how to get the names of the...