why use pin signals?

[juliancox]

Almost all of the pins on my MC9s08 CPU are associated with a component (Processor Expert) and in the component properties I have given each one a pin signal. e.g. for Bit1.BitIO the pin signal is Button_1. How can I use the Pin Signal to make my code more readable? For example: - can I use "if (Button_1)....." instead of "if (Bit1.GetVal()).....". If the answer is no, what is the purpose of Pin Signals?

[juliancox · Accepted solution]

Thanks Erich, I did not realise that I could change the component name, so now I will change all of the names. I have 15 BitIO components and I keep forgetting which one does what - so problem solved`!

[BlackNight]

Hi Julian,

the signal name is used for documentation purpose only, see the signals text file inside the generated Documentation folder.

But you can give the component any name you want:

So you could name it 'Button1' and then you can use 'Button1_GetVal()' and so on.

I hope this helps,

Erich