{

    numberFormat = numberFormatId;

    switch(numberFormat)

    {

        case NumberFormat_uint8:

            sampleSize = 1;

            readSample = &DataFormatPanel::readSampleAs<quint8>;

            break;

        case NumberFormat_int8:

            sampleSize = 1;

            readSample = &DataFormatPanel::readSampleAs<qint8>;

            break;

        case NumberFormat_uint16:

            sampleSize = 2;

            readSample = &DataFormatPanel::readSampleAs<quint16>;

            break;

        case NumberFormat_int16:

            sampleSize = 2;

            readSample = &DataFormatPanel::readSampleAs<qint16>;

            break;

        case NumberFormat_uint32:

            sampleSize = 4;

            readSample = &DataFormatPanel::readSampleAs<quint32>;

            break;

        case NumberFormat_int32:

            sampleSize = 4;

            readSample = &DataFormatPanel::readSampleAs<qint32>;

            break;

        case NumberFormat_float:

            sampleSize = 4;

            readSample = &DataFormatPanel::readSampleAs<float>;

            break;

        case NumberFormat_ASCII:

            sampleSize = 0;    // these two members should not be used

            readSample = NULL; // in this mode

            break;

    }

    if (numberFormat == NumberFormat_ASCII)

    {

        QObject::disconnect(serialPort, &QSerialPort::readyRead, 0, 0);

        QObject::connect(this->serialPort, &QSerialPort::readyRead,

                         this, &DataFormatPanel::onDataReadyASCII);

    }

    else

    {

        QObject::disconnect(serialPort, &QSerialPort::readyRead, 0, 0);

        QObject::connect(serialPort, &QSerialPort::readyRead,

                         this, &DataFormatPanel::onDataReady);

    }

    emit skipByteEnabledChanged(skipByteEnabled());

}

bool DataFormatPanel::skipByteEnabled()

{

    return numberFormat != NumberFormat_ASCII;

}

unsigned DataFormatPanel::numOfChannels()

{

    return _numOfChannels;

}

void DataFormatPanel::onNumOfChannelsSP(int value)

{

    _numOfChannels = value;

    emit numOfChannelsChanged(value);

}

void DataFormatPanel::requestSkipByte()

{

    skipByteRequested = true;

}

void DataFormatPanel::pause(bool enabled)

{

    paused = enabled;

}

void DataFormatPanel::enableDemo(bool enabled)

{

    if (enabled)

    {

        demoTimer.start();

    }

    else

    {

        demoTimer.stop();

    }

}

void DataFormatPanel::spsTimerTimeout()

{

    unsigned currentSps = _samplesPerSecond;

    if (currentSps != _samplesPerSecond)

    {

        emit samplesPerSecondChanged(_samplesPerSecond);

    }

    sampleCount = 0;

}

void DataFormatPanel::demoTimerTimeout()

{

    const double period = 100;

    demoCount++;

    if (demoCount >= 100) demoCount = 0;

    if (!paused)

    {

        for (unsigned ci = 0; ci < _numOfChannels; ci++)

        {

            // we are calculating the fourier components of square wave

            double value = 4*sin(2*M_PI*double((ci+1)*demoCount)/period)/((2*(ci+1))*M_PI);

            addChannelData(ci, &value, 1);

        }

        emit dataAdded();

    }

}

void DataFormatPanel::onDataReady()

{

    // a package is a set of channel data like {CHAN0_SAMPLE, CHAN1_SAMPLE...}

    int packageSize = sampleSize * _numOfChannels;

    int bytesAvailable = serialPort->bytesAvailable();

    int numOfPackagesToRead =

        (bytesAvailable - (bytesAvailable % packageSize)) / packageSize;

    if (paused)

    {

        // read and discard data

        serialPort->read(numOfPackagesToRead*packageSize);

        return;

    }

    if (bytesAvailable > 0 && skipByteRequested)

    {

        serialPort->read(1);

        skipByteRequested = false;

        bytesAvailable--;

    }

    if (bytesAvailable < packageSize) return;

    double* channelSamples = new double[numOfPackagesToRead*_numOfChannels];

    for (int i = 0; i < numOfPackagesToRead; i++)

    {

        for (unsigned int ci = 0; ci < _numOfChannels; ci++)

        {

            // channelSamples[ci].replace(i, (this->*readSample)());

            channelSamples[ci*numOfPackagesToRead+i] = (this->*readSample)();

        }

    }

    for (unsigned int ci = 0; ci < _numOfChannels; ci++)

    {

        addChannelData(ci,

                       channelSamples + ci*numOfPackagesToRead,

                       numOfPackagesToRead);

    }

    emit dataAdded();

    delete channelSamples;

}

void DataFormatPanel::onDataReadyASCII()

{

    while(serialPort->canReadLine())

    {

        QByteArray line = serialPort->readLine();

        // discard data if paused

        if (paused)

        {

            return;

        }

        line = line.trimmed();

        auto separatedValues = line.split(',');

        int numReadChannels; // effective number of channels to read

        if (separatedValues.length() >= int(_numOfChannels))

        {

            numReadChannels = _numOfChannels;

        }

        else // there is missing channel data

        {

            numReadChannels = separatedValues.length();

            qWarning() << "Incoming data is missing data for some channels!";

    QObject::connect(ui->actionQuit, &QAction::triggered,

                     this, &MainWindow::close);

    // port control signals

    QObject::connect(&portControl, &PortControl::portToggled,

                     this, &MainWindow::onPortToggled);

    QObject::connect(&portControl, &PortControl::skipByteRequested,

                     &dataFormatPanel, &DataFormatPanel::requestSkipByte);

    QObject::connect(ui->spNumOfSamples, SELECT<int>::OVERLOAD_OF(&QSpinBox::valueChanged),

                     this, &MainWindow::onNumOfSamplesChanged);

    QObject::connect(ui->cbAutoScale, &QCheckBox::toggled,

                     this, &MainWindow::onAutoScaleChecked);

    QObject::connect(ui->spYmin, SIGNAL(valueChanged(double)),

                     this, SLOT(onYScaleChanged()));

    QObject::connect(ui->spYmax, SIGNAL(valueChanged(double)),

                     this, SLOT(onYScaleChanged()));

    QObject::connect(ui->actionClear, SIGNAL(triggered(bool)),

                     this, SLOT(clearPlot()));

    QObject::connect(snapshotMan.takeSnapshotAction(), &QAction::triggered,

                     ui->plot, &Plot::flashSnapshotOverlay);

    // init port signals

    QObject::connect(&(this->serialPort), SIGNAL(error(QSerialPort::SerialPortError)),

                     this, SLOT(onPortError(QSerialPort::SerialPortError)));

    // set limits for axis limit boxes

    ui->spYmin->setRange((-1) * std::numeric_limits<double>::max(),

                         std::numeric_limits<double>::max());

    ui->spYmax->setRange((-1) * std::numeric_limits<double>::max(),

                         std::numeric_limits<double>::max());

    // init data format and reader

    QObject::connect(&dataFormatPanel, &DataFormatPanel::dataAdded,

                     ui->plot, &QwtPlot::replot);

    QObject::connect(ui->actionPause, &QAction::triggered,

                     &dataFormatPanel, &DataFormatPanel::pause);

    // init data arrays and plot

    numOfSamples = ui->spNumOfSamples->value();

    unsigned numOfChannels = dataFormatPanel.numOfChannels();

    QObject::connect(&dataFormatPanel,

                     &DataFormatPanel::numOfChannelsChanged,

                     this,

                     &MainWindow::onNumOfChannelsChanged);

    // init channel data and curve list

    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < numOfChannels; i++)

    {

        channelBuffers.append(new FrameBuffer(numOfSamples));

        curves.append(new QwtPlotCurve(QString("Channel %1").arg(i+1)));

        curves[i]->setSamples(channelBuffers[i]);

        curves[i]->setPen(Plot::makeColor(i));

        curves[i]->attach(ui->plot);

    }

    // init auto scale

    ui->plot->setAxis(ui->cbAutoScale->isChecked(),

                      ui->spYmin->value(), ui->spYmax->value());

    // init scale range preset list

    for (int nbits = 8; nbits <= 24; nbits++) // signed binary formats

    {

        int rmax = pow(2, nbits-1)-1;

        int rmin = -rmax-1;

        Range r = {double(rmin),  double(rmax)};

        ui->cbRangePresets->addItem(

            QString().sprintf("Signed %d bits %d to +%d", nbits, rmin, rmax),

            QVariant::fromValue(r));

    }

    for (int nbits = 8; nbits <= 24; nbits++) // unsigned binary formats

    {

        int rmax = pow(2, nbits)-1;

        ui->cbRangePresets->addItem(

            QString().sprintf("Unsigned %d bits %d to +%d", nbits, 0, rmax),

            QVariant::fromValue(Range{0, double(rmax)}));

    }

    ui->cbRangePresets->addItem("-1 to +1", QVariant::fromValue(Range{-1, +1}));

    ui->cbRangePresets->addItem("0 to +1", QVariant::fromValue(Range{0, +1}));

    ui->cbRangePresets->addItem("-100 to +100", QVariant::fromValue(Range{-100, +100}));

    ui->cbRangePresets->addItem("0 to +100", QVariant::fromValue(Range{0, +100}));

    QObject::connect(ui->cbRangePresets, SIGNAL(activated(int)),

                     this, SLOT(onRangeSelected()));

    // Init sps (sample per second) counter

    spsLabel.setText("0sps");

    ui->statusBar->addPermanentWidget(&spsLabel);

    QObject::connect(&dataFormatPanel,

                     &DataFormatPanel::samplesPerSecondChanged,

                     this, &MainWindow::onSpsChanged);

    // init demo

    QObject::connect(ui->actionDemoMode, &QAction::toggled,

                     this, &MainWindow::enableDemo);

    {   // init demo indicator

        QwtText demoText(" DEMO RUNNING ");  // looks better with spaces

        demoText.setColor(QColor("white"));

        demoText.setBackgroundBrush(Qt::darkRed);

        demoText.setBorderRadius(4);

        demoText.setRenderFlags(Qt::AlignLeft | Qt::AlignTop);

        demoIndicator.setText(demoText);

        demoIndicator.hide();

        demoIndicator.attach(ui->plot);

    }

}

MainWindow::~MainWindow()

{

    for (auto curve : curves)

    {

        // also deletes respective FrameBuffer

        delete curve;

    }

    if (serialPort.isOpen())

    {

        serialPort.close();

    }

    delete ui;

    ui = NULL; // we check if ui is deleted in messageHandler

}

void MainWindow::setupAboutDialog()

{

    Ui_AboutDialog uiAboutDialog;

    uiAboutDialog.setupUi(&aboutDialog);

    QObject::connect(uiAboutDialog.pbAboutQt, &QPushButton::clicked,

                     [](){ QApplication::aboutQt();});

    QString aboutText = uiAboutDialog.lbAbout->text();

    aboutText.replace("$VERSION_STRING$", VERSION_STRING);

    aboutText.replace("$VERSION_REVISION$", VERSION_REVISION);

    uiAboutDialog.lbAbout->setText(aboutText);

}

void MainWindow::onPortToggled(bool open)

{

    // make sure demo mode is disabled

    if (open && isDemoRunning()) enableDemo(false);

    ui->actionDemoMode->setEnabled(!open);

}

void MainWindow::onPortError(QSerialPort::SerialPortError error)

{

    switch(error)

    {

        case QSerialPort::NoError :

            break;

        case QSerialPort::ResourceError :

            qWarning() << "Port error: resource unavaliable; most likely device removed.";

            if (serialPort.isOpen())

            {

                qWarning() << "Closing port on resource error: " << serialPort.portName();

                portControl.togglePort();

            }

            portControl.loadPortList();

            break;

        case QSerialPort::DeviceNotFoundError:

            qCritical() << "Device doesn't exists: " << serialPort.portName();

            break;

        case QSerialPort::PermissionError:

            qCritical() << "Permission denied. Either you don't have \

required privileges or device is already opened by another process.";

            break;

        case QSerialPort::OpenError:

            qWarning() << "Device is already opened!";

            break;

        case QSerialPort::NotOpenError:

            qCritical() << "Device is not open!";

            break;

        case QSerialPort::ParityError:

            qCritical() << "Parity error detected.";

            break;

        case QSerialPort::FramingError:

            qCritical() << "Framing error detected.";

            break;

        case QSerialPort::BreakConditionError:

            qCritical() << "Break condition is detected.";

            break;