Eclipse 4diac Weekly #39

Update on what development happened across the Eclipse 4diac project in the week from June 6 to June 13, 2025.

This week brings improvements to 4diac IDE and 4diac FORTE, including support for the new adapter architecture and enhanced openPOWERLINK integration. Additionally, legacy code cleanup and validation improvements strengthen overall code quality and maintainability.

Enhancements and Fixes in 4diac IDE

• Improved Adapter Export and Validation

  • Updated Function Block (FB) exporter to support the new adapter design.
  • Updated adapter code generator to follow the new architecture used in 4diac FORTE.
  • Added validation to prevent illegal use of variable-length variables.

• openPOWERLINK Support for 4diac 3.0.0

  • Added missing FBs for openPOWERLINK integration and ensured proper package naming.

Enhancements and Fixes in 4diac FORTE

• Refactoring and Cleanup

  • Removed single linked list from the Windows Sercomm layer.
  • Dropped support for the RCX operating system.

• New Adapter Concept

  • Introduced a first prototype for the redesigned adapter system.
  • Demonstrates usage of the new adapter infrastructure and interface.

• Improved Connection Handling

  • Added support for delegating connections to member access points.

Many thanks to all contributors for their work and their feedback!

Cheers,
The Eclipse 4diac Team