White Paper Discuss: .NET (2.0) Composite Dashboard Viewer

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The 2008 Control Library has a few .NET 2.0 dashboard controls. All controls are updated using the Value property. The controls will render themselves to fill space provided. If the size is invalid it may display an exception in the designer. You can clear the exception in the designer by resizing the control to valid dimensions and reopening the designer. The compass will always render as a square and the gyro will render as a rectangle with 2:1 aspect ratio.

1) CompassControl - displays a heading value. Use the MinValue and MaxValue properties to set the upper and lower bounds. Use ArrowDirection to adjust for clockwise/counter-clockwise rotation (value is 1 or -1). Use ArrowOffset property to adjust where the min value is rendered.

2) PwmControl - displays PWM value as a double-headed arrow.

3) GyroControl - displays an analog value that has a zero value centered in the total range. Use the MinValue and MaxValue properties to set the range displayed.

4) RangeControl - displays range information. Use the Invert property to display the inverse depending on the sensor being used. Use the MinValue and MaxValue properties to set the range.