Useful Thoughts and Actions Taken

.fbm  – Fab Master
.CMP  – Component side
.SOL  – solder side
.PLC  – Silkscreen component
.STC  – stop mask component
.STS  – stop mask solder
.SLC  – Stencil component
.CLC  – Coordinate component
.mil  – Milling file
.GPI  – Gerber report

Other Design Packages

Printed Circuit Board Glossary

events-MultiListenerProject    

Microsoft purposefully obfuscates their code. If you want to populate a .xls or .xlsx you need some help.  The Apache POI project is exactly what you need.  

Libraries required include

• poi
• poi-ooxml
• poi-ooxml-schemas
• xbean
• dom4j

This project takes Input.xlsx and writes a value of 13 to a cell and outputs the file as Output.xlsx

Source code & libraries here

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Zip Archive of Source code:  TextBoxWithFileOps

 Type and edit normally in the text box.  Load a file if you wish first. Then save off to file.   Includes the use of a filechooser and a menu.

In the code below

1. Main calls the class FileOpGUI and sets it visible.  This must invoke all the following steps
2. FileOpGUI assumes the name and initializes all the constituent pieces.
3. Code at the bottom declares all the parts and pieces
4. Next code after the Class declaration instantiates parts / pieces using the NEW syntax
5. Some properties of the bits and pieces are set like titles
6. Menu code in automatically entered but the programmer has to fill in what they do.  In this case simple file ops like SAVE, OPEN

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Java is not stable enough for industrial control so far as I have seen. .

Part of the Java Pages

Serial Port Links

• com0com on sourceforge
• The Java Communications API: A Working Example – By Rick Proctor
• Serial Port Sniffer in Java – uses a windows kernel mode driver – not java!   uses com0com – CodeProject page explaining use of com0com with example   Arduino project that uses it
• tty0tty – linux null modem 
• Another windows monitor control that can be used in a project
• Serial Port Sniffer – Java only – not sure if it eavesdrops or it just listens on the port
• List of Serial Related Java Projects
• Serial Port Analyzer – Gambino & Crovatto
• RxTx replaces JavaComm which appears to be very weakly supported
• SerTerm
• SimpleWrite.java – allows you to set port parameters – RxTx page on SimpleWrite.java
• RealTerm – very nice serial port tool – will do serial port spy.  Written for windows in C++
• BirdTerm – Java based serial terminal in Eclipse environment