EZ Math

[Perfect Human Interface]

Update April 3 (v 1.3):

Guts set to purgeable to reduce footprint (thanks Nubeat7, RJHollins, tulamide).

Update Feb 12:

"EZ Math" prim-style modules for fast, compact prototyping

Current features (v 1.2):
-green and stream versions
-select from a list of operations
-type in operand value or use the built-in knobs
-knob settings available in properties and can be switched on/off
-fully rescaleable
-hideable output readout on green version

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I welcome any feedback or suggestions.



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I just made these compact "EZ Multipliers" thinking they might save a little time/space, especially during prototyping, and thought I'd share. They're very simple, but let me know if you think they're useful or if there's anything you'd change.



There's a type-in edit box as well as an embedded knob. You can use either.

[RJHollins]

Always handy ! and can make for easier schematic viewing.

Thanks

[martinvicanek]

How cool is that? Love them!

[Perfect Human Interface]

Glad you like them guys. Actually you could very easily make them work with any other math prims. I figured multiplication was what I would have use for most often but... that gives me an idea. I'll be back with an update.

[Perfect Human Interface]

Ok, kind of went all-out with this. I'm looking for feedback. I had a little trouble with naming things and such, haha. But please take a look at this and tell me what you think or if I should do anything differently. I can do the Stream version later.

It's the same thing except instead of just multiplying it does basically all the maths and comparators. Use the properties to select the mode.

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[RJHollins]

I've seen some similar examples like this .... BUT ...

None of them have been so conveniently arranged into a single primitive like this.

Really, really nice. Thanks for sharing these

[Perfect Human Interface]

Working on updates... I made the module resizeable. It works great, but now whenever you use the knob or edit the value when the module isn't selected, it draws over the connectors and the Properties button. You could call it cosmetic but it's driving me crazy.

Does anyone know if this bug is fixable or if it's inherent to Flowstone (still on 3.0.4)?

I will do the stream version after I finish the green version.

[Perfect Human Interface]

Updated; see first post.

I added some features, put together the stream version, and fixed a major bug.

I'm looking for feedback on something specific from those who are in the know about this stuff: if you check out inside the module labelled "operations," I wired up everything with trigger blockers and then routed the triggers to the output. I believe I was thinking it would keep the thing from calculating every operation out, but I'm not sure that was necessary. Also I rigged up one of the "divisions" using a invert prim and multiplying, hoping to avoid excess divisions. If anyone could let me know if these things are making sense or not that would be great.

Also, I didn't add the comparative functions to the stream version because I don't know enough about stream boolean to know if it would be a good idea or not. Any thoughts on that are welcomed as well. Suggestions in general are of course welcome.

Thanks

[RJHollins]

I'll bow to the experts to check your questions ... but just wanted to say your previous release is a definite toolbox add-in. I'll be trying out the latest post.

Thanks for sharing !

[Walter Sommerfeld]

YUP - right into the toolbox!!!

Thanks from me 2
Walter