aistudio-wpf-diagram/Live-Charts-master/Examples/WinForms/Cartesian/ConstantChanges/ConstantChanges.cs

using System;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using LiveCharts;
using LiveCharts.Configurations;
using LiveCharts.Wpf;

namespace Winforms.Cartesian.ConstantChanges
{
    public partial class ConstantChanges : Form
    {
        public ConstantChanges()
        {
            InitializeComponent();

            //To handle live data easily, in this case we built a specialized type
            //the MeasureModel class, it only contains 2 properties
            //DateTime and Value
            //We need to configure LiveCharts to handle MeasureModel class
            //The next code configures MEasureModel  globally, this means
            //that livecharts learns to plot MeasureModel and will use this config every time
            //a ChartValues instance uses this type.
            //this code ideally should only run once, when application starts is reccomended.
            //you can configure series in many ways, learn more at http://lvcharts.net/App/examples/v1/wpf/Types%20and%20Configuration

            var mapper = Mappers.Xy<MeasureModel>()
                .X(model => model.DateTime.Ticks)   //use DateTime.Ticks as X
                .Y(model => model.Value);           //use the value property as Y

            //lets save the mapper globally.
            Charting.For<MeasureModel>(mapper);

            //the ChartValues property will store our values array
            ChartValues = new ChartValues<MeasureModel>();
            cartesianChart1.Series = new SeriesCollection
            {
                new LineSeries
                {
                    Values = ChartValues,
                    PointGeometrySize = 18,
                    StrokeThickness = 4
                }
            };
            cartesianChart1.AxisX.Add(new Axis
            {
                DisableAnimations = true,
                LabelFormatter = value => new System.DateTime((long) value).ToString("mm:ss"),
                Separator = new Separator
                {
                    Step = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1).Ticks
                }
            });

            SetAxisLimits(System.DateTime.Now);

            //The next code simulates data changes every 500 ms
            Timer = new Timer
            {
                Interval = 500
            };
            Timer.Tick += TimerOnTick;
            R = new Random();
            Timer.Start();
        }

        public ChartValues<MeasureModel> ChartValues { get; set; }
        public Timer Timer { get; set; }
        public Random R { get; set; }

        private void SetAxisLimits(System.DateTime now)
        {
            cartesianChart1.AxisX[0].MaxValue = now.Ticks + TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1).Ticks; // lets force the axis to be 100ms ahead
            cartesianChart1.AxisX[0].MinValue = now.Ticks - TimeSpan.FromSeconds(8).Ticks; //we only care about the last 8 seconds
        }

        private void TimerOnTick(object sender, EventArgs eventArgs)
        {
            var now = System.DateTime.Now;

            ChartValues.Add(new MeasureModel
            {
                DateTime = now,
                Value = R.Next(0, 10)
            });

            SetAxisLimits(now);

            //lets only use the last 30 values
            if (ChartValues.Count > 30) ChartValues.RemoveAt(0);
        }
    }
}