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/SPI8.h
- Revision:
- 0:fa952828e34c
--- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/UniGraphic/Protocols/SPI8.h Sun May 10 10:44:31 2020 +0000 @@ -0,0 +1,148 @@ +#ifndef SPI8_H +#define SPI8_H + +//#define NDEBUG // avoid MBED_ASSERT to halt process when PinName DC==NC + +#include "mbed.h" +#include "Protocols.h" +//#include "GraphicsDisplay.h" + +/** SPI 8bit interface +*/ +class SPI8 : public Protocols +{ + public: + + /** Create an SPI 8bit display interface with 3 control pins + * + * @param SPI mosi + * @param SPI miso + * @param SPI sclk + * @param CS pin connected to CS of display + * @param reset pin connected to RESET of display + * @param DC pin connected to data/command of display + */ + SPI8(int Hz, PinName mosi, PinName miso, PinName sclk, PinName CS, PinName reset, PinName DC=NC); + +protected: + + /** Send 8bit command to display controller + * + * @param cmd: byte to send + * + */ + virtual void wr_cmd8(unsigned char cmd); + + /** Send 8bit data to display controller + * + * @param data: byte to send + * + */ + virtual void wr_data8(unsigned char data); + + /** Send 2x8bit command to display controller + * + * @param cmd: halfword to send + */ + virtual void wr_cmd16(unsigned short cmd); + + /** Send 2x8bit data to display controller + * + * @param data: halfword to send + * + */ + virtual void wr_data16(unsigned short data); + + /** Send 16bit pixeldata to display controller + * + * @param data: halfword to send + * + */ + virtual void wr_gram(unsigned short data); + + /** 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); + + /** 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); + + /** 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); + + /** 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); + + /** 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); + + /** 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 (); + + /** 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); + + /** 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); + + /** ILI932x specific, read register + * + * @param reg register to be read + * @returns 16bit register value + */ + virtual unsigned short reg_read(unsigned char reg); + + /** HW reset sequence (without display init commands) + */ + virtual void hw_reset(); + + /** Set ChipSelect high or low + * @param enable 0/1 + */ + virtual void BusEnable(bool enable); + + DigitalOut _CS; + +private: + + SPI _spi; + DigitalOut _reset; + DigitalOut _DC; + +}; +#endif