[ep user]

I know the basics of the Arduino Uno board, but need a way to generate it's code.

I would provide input info such as:
One 0-10V linear.
Two on/off.
One clock.

And output info:

Six 0-10V linear, labelled #1 through #6.

And logic description:

"When the first on/off is ON, and the second on/of is OFF, and the time is between 1 pm and 10 pm, and the 0-10V linear input is greater than 5V, then output #4 is 8V.

Does Arduino or anyone else provide a ways to do this?

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[Martaine2005]

I know the basics of the Arduino Uno board, but need a way to generate it's code.

You don’t generate its code, you write it.
C or C++. But there are 10s of thousands already written on sites like Arduino or github. YouTube is a great source for Arduino programming. Even chatgpt will attempt writing your code.
Obviously, someone else’s code will need to be changed to exactly what you want.

 

[danadak]

The uno board cant generate 0-10V for starters. You would need to amp up a pwm or DAC output
for that purpose. Its 6 channels limited to 8 bit resolution.

An ESP32 can give you 6 PWMs, up to 20 bits, that you could use as DACs, but you have not stated any
needed accuracy/resolution specs for the analog side of things.

If you are not a programmer a good entry way is to do block programming.

Check out this chat

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chatgpt.com

I would consider blockly as one of the above to do the programming. Note ESP32 can do a web server as well,
so design could be managed over web or its Bluetooth capability.

You still need to gain up the PWM outputs, a OPAMP would manage that.

 

[bidrohini]

Tools such as Visuino or Flowcode can generate Arduino code from graphical logic, but the Uno cannot directly accept or output 0-10 V.

You will need a protected voltage divider for the input, a DS3231 clock module, and six DAC channels with 0–10 V amplifier stages. This ATmega328 analog I/O project shows how external ADC/DAC circuitry can interface an Arduino-compatible controller with +-10 V signals.

For an industrial application, a small PLC with native 0-10 V I/O may be simpler and safer.

 

[ep user]

Thanks. My example was not to spec, and was just to get the idea across. Since Uno is the only board I currently know, and my needs are very basic, I like the idea of Flowcode, seems the simplest.

 

[danadak]

Using a PWM as DAC :

https://www.nxp.com/docs/en/application-note/AN14520.pdf

https://www.ti.com/lit/an/sloa030a/sloa030a.pdf Page 6

Helpful to pick a RRIO OpAmp.

 

[thaohuyenvovan]

Flowcode probably makes the most sense here if you want to keep things simple.

For the 0–10 V outputs, I wouldn’t try to do everything directly from the Uno. An external DAC and op-amp stage would make it much easier and give you cleaner analog outputs.

 

[Harald Kapp]

For the 0–10 V outputs, I wouldn’t try to do everything directly from the Uno. An external DAC and op-amp stage would make it much easier and give you cleaner analog outputs.

There's no use in repeating what others have said before. Apart from that remark, it is not a matter of ease or cleanliness: an Arduino simply can't put out 10 V.