3.5" inch TFT LCD Display Module 480X320 driven with FSMC.
TFT LCD Display Module 480X320 driven with FSMC
I have recently bought a 3.5" inch TFT LCD Touch Screen Display Module 480X320 with a www.mcufriend.com
label on the back side. The display was equipped with an 8bit parallel interface. First I decided to test it with the UniGraphic library using the BUS_8
protocol. The display was very slow but improved when I switched to the PAR_8
protocol. Because I heard about the possibility to use a Flexible Static Memory Controller (FSMC), built into some STM MCU's, to drive LCD's (read/write to LCD's memory rather than to an external SRAM) I thought it would be a fun to try it out.
Below is the brief story of what I did:
- Created a project for my STM32F407VE board in the STM32CubeIDE
- Set the
Clock Configuration
to match the one used by Mbed for the Seeed Arch Max board:
- Selected
FSMC
in theConnectivity
category and configured it as below: - Let the
STM32CubeIDE
generate the code (files). - Created a new program for the Seeed Arch Max target in the Mbed Online Compiler by selecting a
mbed os blinky
template. - Replaced the
main.cpp
with themain.c
content of theSTM32CubeIDE
project. Copy & Pasted
the other files with codes from theSTM32CubeIDE
project to the online compiler project.- Renamed and modified:
"stm32f4xx_it.h" to "stm32f4xx_it_msp.h"
"stm32f4xx_it.c" to "stm32f4xx_it_msp.c" - Added the UniGraphic library to the online compiler project.
- Extended the
UniGraphic
library with aFSMC_8
protocol and replaced theTFT::set_orientation(int orient)
function with the one used bymcufriend
for arduino. - Modified the
main.cpp
as needed.
Wiring
STM32F407VE | TFT LCD module |
---|---|
+3.3V | 3V3 |
GND | GND |
PB_12 | LCD_RST |
GND | LCD_CS |
PD_13 (RS) | LCD_RS |
PD_5 (WR) | LCD_WR |
PD_4 (RD) | LCD_RD |
PD_14 (DB00) | LCD_D0 |
PD_15 (DB01) | LCD_D1 |
PD_0 (DB02) | LCD_D2 |
PD_1 (DB03) | LCD_D3 |
PE_7 (DB04) | LCD_D4 |
PE_8 (DB05) | LCD_D5 |
PE_9 (DB06) | LCD_D6 |
PE_10 (DB07) | LCD_D7 |
Results
Execution times | ||
---|---|---|
Used protocol | BUS_8 | FSMC_8 |
Operation \ Time | ms | ms |
Clear | 2283.980 | 38.454 |
Plot | 192.066 | 11.365 |
8bit BMP | 63.805 | 41.338 |
Large Font | 163.872 | 7.895 |
Sparce pixels | 2072.265/1458.051 | 74.107/52.168 |
16bit BMP | 2288.589 | 59.904 |
Diff: UniGraphic/Graphics/TextDisplay.h
- Revision:
- 0:fa952828e34c
- Child:
- 1:47c996032a9e
--- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/UniGraphic/Graphics/TextDisplay.h Sun May 10 10:44:31 2020 +0000 @@ -0,0 +1,106 @@ +/* mbed TextDisplay Library Base Class + * Copyright (c) 2007-2009 sford + * Released under the MIT License: http://mbed.org/license/mit + * + * A common base class for Text displays + * To port a new display, derive from this class and implement + * the constructor (setup the display), character (put a character + * at a location), rows and columns (number of rows/cols) functions. + * Everything else (locate, printf, putc, cls) will come for free + * + * The model is the display will wrap at the right and bottom, so you can + * keep writing and will always get valid characters. The location is + * maintained internally to the class to make this easy + */ + +#ifndef MBED_TEXTDISPLAY_H +#define MBED_TEXTDISPLAY_H + +#include "mbed.h" + +/** A common base class for Text displays +*/ +class TextDisplay : public Stream { +public: + + // functions needing implementation in derived implementation class + // ---------------------------------------------------------------- + /** Create a TextDisplay interface + * @param name The name used in the path to access the strean through the filesystem + */ + TextDisplay(const char *name = NULL); + + /** output a character at the given position + * + * @param column column where charater must be written + * @param row where character must be written + * @param c the character to be written to the TextDisplay + * @note this method may be overridden in a derived class. + */ + virtual void character(int column, int row, int c) = 0; + + /** return number of rows on TextDisplay + * @result number of rows + * @note this method must be supported in the derived class. + */ + virtual int rows() = 0; + + /** return number of columns on TextDisplay + * @result number of columns + * @note this method must be supported in the derived class. + */ + virtual int columns() = 0; + + // functions that come for free, but can be overwritten + // ---------------------------------------------------- + /** redirect output from a stream (stoud, sterr) to display + * @param stream stream that shall be redirected to the TextDisplay + * @note this method may be overridden in a derived class. + * @returns true if the claim succeeded. + */ + virtual bool claim (FILE *stream); + + /** clear the entire screen + * @note this method may be overridden in a derived class. + */ + virtual void cls(); + + /** locate the cursor at a character position. + * Based on the currently active font, locate the cursor on screen. + * @note this method may be overridden in a derived class. + * @param column is the horizontal offset from the left side. + * @param row is the vertical offset from the top. + */ + virtual void locate(int column, int row); + + /** set the foreground color + * @note this method may be overridden in a derived class. + * @param color is color to use for foreground drawing. + */ + virtual void foreground(uint16_t colour); + + /** set the background color + * @note this method may be overridden in a derived class. + * @param color is color to use for background drawing. + */ + virtual void background(uint16_t colour); + + // putc (from Stream) + // printf (from Stream) + +protected: + + virtual int _putc(int value); + virtual int _getc(); + + // character location + int _column; + int _row; + + // colours + volatile uint16_t _foreground; + volatile uint16_t _background; + char *_path; +}; + +#endif