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/Protocols/Protocols.h
- Revision:
- 0:fa952828e34c
--- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/UniGraphic/Protocols/Protocols.h Sun May 10 10:44:31 2020 +0000 @@ -0,0 +1,166 @@ + /* mbed UniGraphic library - Abstract protocol class + * Copyright (c) 2015 Giuliano Dianda + * Released under the MIT License: http://mbed.org/license/mit + */ + +/** @file Protocols.h +*/ +#ifndef Protocols_H +#define Protocols_H + +#include "mbed.h" + +#define RGB24to16(r,g,b) (((r&0xF8)<<8)|((g&0xFC)<<3)|((b&0xF8)>>3)) //5 red | 6 green | 5 blue +#define BGR2RGB(color) (((color&0x1F)<<11) | (color&0x7E0) | ((color&0xF800)>>11)) + +#define FLIP_NONE 0 +#define FLIP_X 1 +#define FLIP_Y 2 + +//#define USE_CS + +/** Protocol types +*/ +#include "platform.h" + +#if DEVICE_PORTINOUT +enum proto_t { + PAR_8 /**< Parallel 8bit, port pins 0 to 7 */ + ,PAR_16 /**< Parallel 16bit, port pins 0 to 15 */ + ,BUS_8 /**< Parallel 8bit, scattered pins */ + ,BUS_16 /**< Parallel 16bit, scattered pins */ + ,SPI_8 /**< SPI 8bit */ + ,SPI_16 /**< SPI 16bit */ + ,I2C_ /**< I2C */ + ,FSMC_8 /**< FSMC 8bit */ +}; +#else +enum proto_t { + BUS_8 /**< Parallel 8bit, scattered pins */ + ,BUS_16 /**< Parallel 16bit, scattered pins */ + ,SPI_8 /**< SPI 8bit */ + ,SPI_16 /**< SPI 16bit */ + ,I2C_ /**< I2C */ +}; +#endif + + +/** Abstract interface class for spi and parallel protocols +*/ +class Protocols +{ + public: + + /** Send 8bit command to display controller + * + * @param cmd: byte to send + * + */ + virtual void wr_cmd8(unsigned char cmd) = 0; + + /** Send 8bit data to display controller + * + * @param data: byte to send + * + */ + virtual void wr_data8(unsigned char data) = 0; + + /** Send 2x8bit command to display controller + * + * @param cmd: halfword to send + * + */ + virtual void wr_cmd16(unsigned short cmd) = 0; + + /** Send 2x8bit data to display controller + * + * @param data: halfword to send + * + */ + virtual void wr_data16(unsigned short data) = 0; + + /** Send 16bit pixeldata to display controller + * + * @param data: halfword to send + * + */ + virtual void wr_gram(unsigned short data) = 0; + + /** Send same 16bit pixeldata to display controller multiple times + * + * @param data: halfword to send + * @param count: how many + * + */ + virtual void wr_gram(unsigned short data, unsigned int count) = 0; + + /** Send array of pixeldata shorts to display controller + * + * @param data: unsigned short pixeldata array + * @param lenght: lenght (in shorts) + * + */ + virtual void wr_grambuf(unsigned short* data, unsigned int lenght) = 0; + + /** Read 16bit pixeldata from display controller (with dummy cycle) + * + * @param convert true/false. Convert 18bit to 16bit, some controllers returns 18bit + * @returns 16bit color + */ + virtual unsigned short rd_gram(bool convert) = 0; + + /** Read 4x8bit register data (with dummy cycle) + * @param reg the register to read + * @returns data as uint + * + */ + virtual unsigned int rd_reg_data32(unsigned char reg) = 0; + + /** Read 3x8bit ExtendedCommands register data + * @param reg the register to read + * @param SPIreadenablecmd vendor/device specific cmd to read EXTC registers + * @returns data as uint + * @note EXTC regs (0xB0 to 0xFF) are read/write registers but needs special cmd to be read in SPI mode + */ + virtual unsigned int rd_extcreg_data32(unsigned char reg, unsigned char SPIreadenablecmd) = 0; + + /** ILI932x specific, does a dummy read cycle, number of bits is protocol dependent + * for PAR protocols: a signle RD bit toggle + * for SPI8: 8clocks + * for SPI16: 16 clocks + */ + virtual void dummyread () = 0; + + /** ILI932x specific, select register for a successive write or read + * + * @param reg register to be selected + * @param forread false = a write next (default), true = a read next + * @note forread only used by SPI protocols + */ + virtual void reg_select(unsigned char reg, bool forread =false) = 0; + + /** ILI932x specific, write register with data + * + * @param reg register to write + * @param data 16bit data + */ + virtual void reg_write(unsigned char reg, unsigned short data) = 0; + + /** ILI932x specific, read register + * + * @param reg register to be read + * @returns 16bit register value + */ + virtual unsigned short reg_read(unsigned char reg) = 0; + + /** HW reset sequence (without display init commands) + */ + virtual void hw_reset() = 0; + + /** Set ChipSelect high or low + * @param enable 0/1 + */ + virtual void BusEnable(bool enable) = 0; + +}; +#endif