Library to control a Graphics TFT connected to 4-wire SPI - revised for the Raio RA8875 Display Controller.

Dependents:   FRDM_RA8875_mPaint RA8875_Demo RA8875_KeyPadDemo SignalGenerator ... more

Fork of SPI_TFT by Peter Drescher

See Components - RA8875 Based Display

Enhanced touch-screen support - where it previous supported both the Resistive Touch and Capacitive Touch based on the FT5206 Touch Controller, now it also has support for the GSL1680 Touch Controller.

Offline Help Manual (Windows chm)

/media/uploads/WiredHome/ra8875.zip.bin (download, rename to .zip and unzip)

Revision:
24:8ca861acf12d
Parent:
23:a50ded45dbaf
Child:
25:9556a3a9b7cc
--- a/RA8875.cpp	Wed Jan 15 12:24:54 2014 +0000
+++ b/RA8875.cpp	Fri Jan 17 02:10:18 2014 +0000
@@ -192,20 +192,39 @@
     return noerror;
 }
 
-RetCode_t RA8875::SetTextCursorControl(bool visible, bool blink)
+RetCode_t RA8875::SetTextCursorControl(cursor_t cursor, bool blink)
 {
     unsigned char mwcr0 = ReadCommand(0x40) & 0x0F; // retain direction, auto-increase
+    unsigned char horz = 0;
+    unsigned char vert = 0;
     
-    mwcr0 |= 0x80;      // text mode
-    if (visible)
-        mwcr0 |= 0x40;
+    mwcr0 |= 0x80;                  // text mode
+    if (cursor != NOCURSOR)
+        mwcr0 |= 0x40;              // visible
     if (blink)
-        mwcr0 |= 0x20;
+        mwcr0 |= 0x20;              // blink
     WriteCommand(0x40, mwcr0);      // configure the cursor
     WriteCommand(0x41, 0x00);       // close the graphics cursor
-    WriteCommand(0x44,0x1f);        //The cursor flashing cycle
-    WriteCommand(0x4e,0x1f);        //The cursor size
-    WriteCommand(0x4f,0x1f);        //The cursor size
+    WriteCommand(0x44, 0x1f);       // The cursor flashing cycle
+    switch (cursor) {
+        case IBEAM:
+            horz = 0x01;
+            vert = 0x1F;
+            break;
+        case UNDER:
+            horz = 0x07;
+            vert = 0x01;
+            break;
+        case BLOCK:
+            horz = 0x07;
+            vert = 0x1F;
+            break;
+        case NOCURSOR:
+        default:
+            break;
+    }
+    WriteCommand(0x4e, horz);       // The cursor size horz
+    WriteCommand(0x4f, vert);       // The cursor size vert
     return noerror;
 }
 
@@ -277,7 +296,10 @@
             WriteCommand(0x2D, y >> 8);
         } else {
             if (font == NULL) {
-                WriteCommand(0x40,0x80);
+                unsigned char mwcr0 = ReadCommand(0x40);
+                
+                if (mwcr0 & 0x80 == 0x00)
+                    WriteCommand(0x40,0x80);
                 WriteCommand(0x02);
                 select(true);
                 WriteData(c);
@@ -861,6 +883,7 @@
 
     // Clear ram image
     SetWindow(0,0, width(), height());          // Initialize to full screen
+    SetTextCursorControl();
     foreground(Black);
     background(Black);
     cls();
@@ -918,7 +941,10 @@
 
 void TextCursorTest(RA8875 & display, Serial & pc)
 {
-    const char * visCursor = "The cursor should be visible for this text.";
+    const char * iCursor = "The I-Beam cursor should be visible for this text, but it should not be blinking while writing this text.\r\n";
+    const char * uCursor = "The Underscore cursor should be visible for this text, but it should not be blinking while writing this text.\r\n";
+    const char * bCursor = "The Block cursor should be visible for this text, but it should not be blinking while writing this text.\r\n";
+    const char * bbCursor = "The Blinking Block cursor should be visible for this text, and it should be blinking while writing this text.\r\n";
     const char * p;
     
     pc.printf("Text Cursor Test\r\n");
@@ -929,13 +955,36 @@
     display.puts(0,0, "Text Cursor Test.");
     
     // visible, non-blinking
-    display.SetTextCursorControl(true, false);
-    display.SetTextCursor(0,40);
-    p = visCursor;
+    display.SetTextCursor(0,20);
+    display.SetTextCursorControl(IBEAM, false);
+    p = iCursor;
     while (*p) {
-        display.putc(*p++);
+        display._putc(*p++);
+        wait_ms(100);
+    }
+
+    display.SetTextCursorControl(UNDER, false);
+    p = uCursor;
+    while (*p) {
+        display._putc(*p++);
         wait_ms(100);
     }
+    
+    display.SetTextCursorControl(BLOCK, false);
+    p = bCursor;
+    while (*p) {
+        display._putc(*p++);
+        wait_ms(100);
+    }
+
+    display.SetTextCursorControl(BLOCK, true);
+    p = bbCursor;
+    while (*p) {
+        display._putc(*p++);
+        wait_ms(100);
+    }
+    wait_ms(2000);
+    display.SetTextCursorControl(NOCURSOR, false);
 }
 
 void BacklightTest(RA8875 & display, Serial & pc, float ramptime)