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pfodGUIdesigner on Windows Pc

Developed By: Forward Computing and Control Pty.Ltd

License: Free

Rating: 5,0/5 - 1 votes

Last Updated: April 22, 2024

Compatible with Windows 10/11 PC & Laptop

App Details

Version	3.0
Size	2.3 MB
Release Date	November 15, 24
Category	Tools Apps
App Permissions: Allows access to the vibrator. [see more (1)]
What's New: Rev 4220 added API 33 devices [see more]
Description from Developer: pfodGUIdesigner for pfodApp (www.pfod.com.au) pfod™ (Protocol For Operations Discovery) See the tutorial at https://www.forward.com.au/pfod/pfodGUIdesigner/index.html There are tw... [read more]

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About this app

On this page you can download pfodGUIdesigner and install on Windows PC. pfodGUIdesigner is free Tools app, developed by Forward Computing and Control Pty.Ltd. Latest version of pfodGUIdesigner is 3.0, was released on 2024-11-15 (updated on 2024-04-22). Estimated number of the downloads is more than 100. Overall rating of pfodGUIdesigner is 5,0. Generally most of the top apps on Android Store have rating of 4+. This app had been rated by 1 users, 1 users had rated it 5*, 1 users had rated it 1*.

How to install pfodGUIdesigner on Windows?

Instruction on how to install pfodGUIdesigner on Windows 10 Windows 11 PC & Laptop

In this post, I am going to show you how to install pfodGUIdesigner on Windows PC by using Android App Player such as BlueStacks, LDPlayer, Nox, KOPlayer, ...

Before you start, you will need to download the APK/XAPK installer file, you can find download button on top of this page. Save it to easy-to-find location.

[Note] You can also download older versions of this app on bottom of this page.

Below you will find a detailed step-by-step guide, but I want to give you a fast overview of how it works. All you need is an emulator that will emulate an Android device on your Windows PC and then you can install applications and use it - you see you're playing it on Android, but this runs not on a smartphone or tablet, it runs on a PC.

If this doesn't work on your PC, or you cannot install, comment here and we will help you!

Install using BlueStacks
Install using NoxPlayer

Step By Step Guide To Install pfodGUIdesigner using BlueStacks

Download and Install BlueStacks at: https://www.bluestacks.com. The installation procedure is quite simple. After successful installation, open the Bluestacks emulator. It may take some time to load the Bluestacks app initially. Once it is opened, you should be able to see the Home screen of Bluestacks.
Open the APK/XAPK file: Double-click the APK/XAPK file to launch BlueStacks and install the application. If your APK/XAPK file doesn't automatically open BlueStacks, right-click on it and select Open with... Browse to the BlueStacks. You can also drag-and-drop the APK/XAPK file onto the BlueStacks home screen
Once installed, click "pfodGUIdesigner" icon on the home screen to start using, it'll work like a charm :D

[Note 1] For better performance and compatibility, choose BlueStacks 5 Nougat 64-bit read more

[Note 2] about Bluetooth: At the moment, support for Bluetooth is not available on BlueStacks. Hence, apps that require control of Bluetooth may not work on BlueStacks.

How to install pfodGUIdesigner on Windows PC using NoxPlayer

Download & Install NoxPlayer at: https://www.bignox.com. The installation is easy to carry out.
Drag the APK/XAPK file to the NoxPlayer interface and drop it to install
The installation process will take place quickly. After successful installation, you can find "pfodGUIdesigner" on the home screen of NoxPlayer, just click to open it.

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Download older versions

Other versions available: 3.0 , pfodGUIdesigner.

Download pfodGUIdesigner 3.0 on Windows PC – 2.3 MB

Download pfodGUIdesigner pfodGUIdesigner on Windows PC – 2.7 MB

pfodGUIdesigner for pfodApp (www.pfod.com.au)
pfod™ (Protocol For Operations Discovery)
See the tutorial at
https://www.forward.com.au/pfod/pfodGUIdesigner/index.html

There are two free companion app for pfodApp
https://www.forward.com.au/pfod/pfodGUIdesigner/index.html
and
https://www.forward.com.au/pfod/pfodDesigner/index.html

Both these free apps only generate the Arduino code. You need to purchase pfodApp to actually connect to the Arduino

pfodDesignerV2 to design menus/charts and generate Arduino code for a wide variety of boards and pfodGUIdesigner to design interactive GUI components, buttons, sliders, gauges etc and generate Arduino code.

This free Android app provides a drawing package where you can add dwg primatives to build an interactive GUI component.
It then generates the Arduino code need to display and interact with your component on pfodApp.

The dwg primatives are:-
rectangle, line, circle, arc and label, and touchZones which respond to the user's touch.
After you size and position the touchZone, you can associate actions with it that give the user immediate feedback as soon as they touch the screen before the associated cmd is send back to the pfodDevice (the microprocessor).
You can also trigger a popup dialog box to open when the user touches that zone, so that the user can enter text to be sent to the pfodDevice (the microprocessor)

When you have finished and tested your design, pfodGUIdesigner will generate the Arduino code classes to implement that GUI component and test code to display the component on pfodApp.
You can then add that object to a pfodApp menu drawing item and position and scale the component as needed.

See a detailed tutorial at https://www.forward.com.au/pfod/pfodGUIdesigner/index.html

pfodGUIdesigner generates Arduino test code for a number of boards, ESP32, ESP8266, nRF52832, Nano 33 etc.
You can use pfodDesignerV3 to generate pfodApp connection code for wide variety of other boards not covered by pfodGUIdesigner.

Note about pfodGUIdesigner app code:
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All pfodGUIdesigner is just an instance of pfodApp permanently connected to the GUI designer back end.

Rev 4220 added API 33 devices

Allows access to the vibrator.