1 Nov 2010

jGauge a 100% JavaScript dial gauge

jGauge 0.3.0 alpha 3

jGauge is a 100% JavaScript dial gauge I created to be a free, lightweight, and powerful alternative to Flash-based gauges. It can be used on web based dashboards like a speedometer / fuel gauge. Code base Google code (archive): https://code.google.com/p/jgauge/ Github (future development): https://github.com/dariancabot/jGauge Screenshot Changelog Version 0.4.0 – 20110511 Now hosted on GitHub Version […]

10 Oct 2010

jQuery: Automatic HTML element manipulation

Source code

When working on my latest project I discovered a feature of jQuery that wasn’t apparent to me in the API.  When using the .append() method I noticed it would automatically close HTML elements.  After taking a closer look at the jQuery 1.4.2 code, I found that .append() makes use of an internal function called domManip(). […]

17 Sep 2010

Connective Icon Calculator: iPhone app review

When I began in building controls engineering just six years ago, function block diagram programming was already an established engineering tool for may control systems.  I began my controls programming with an older technology control system that used mostly point-oriented boolean algebra which was surprising very powerful, but difficult to get an overview of the […]