I agree that blocks are the biggest time saving tool. We also have used VB code to make a software package that will plot automatically. Lets say you have 30 pages of prints, click this button, highlight the files, and all the opening, closing, and printing will be done for you in less than 5...
A few years ago I used DVT vision to read coordinates of object and report back offset position to Fanuc welding robot. I did this using binary outputs from the DVT to give a 'range' of offest for the part in reference to the original path of the robot. I found the challenging part was to...
If you are using this for an industrial application you can buy converters for this. They are easy to find, cheap, and mount in a panel (.25" x 1" in size).
I have did this before by using a 555 timer (use pullup resistor if trigger is rising edge) and capacitor for the trigger network. This will work to "filter" the trigger signal and will turn it off even if trigger is still activate. Good luck
