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: main.h
- Revision:
- 0:fa952828e34c
--- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/main.h Sun May 10 10:44:31 2020 +0000 @@ -0,0 +1,72 @@ +/* USER CODE BEGIN Header */ +/** + ****************************************************************************** + * @file : main.h + * @brief : Header for main.c file. + * This file contains the common defines of the application. + ****************************************************************************** + * @attention + * + * <h2><center>© Copyright (c) 2020 STMicroelectronics. + * All rights reserved.</center></h2> + * + * This software component is licensed by ST under BSD 3-Clause license, + * the "License"; You may not use this file except in compliance with the + * License. You may obtain a copy of the License at: + * opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause + * + ****************************************************************************** + */ +/* USER CODE END Header */ + +/* Define to prevent recursive inclusion -------------------------------------*/ +#ifndef __MAIN_H +#define __MAIN_H + +#ifdef __cplusplus +extern "C" { +#endif + +/* Includes ------------------------------------------------------------------*/ +#include "stm32f4xx_hal.h" + +/* Private includes ----------------------------------------------------------*/ +/* USER CODE BEGIN Includes */ + +/* USER CODE END Includes */ + +/* Exported types ------------------------------------------------------------*/ +/* USER CODE BEGIN ET */ + +/* USER CODE END ET */ + +/* Exported constants --------------------------------------------------------*/ +/* USER CODE BEGIN EC */ + +/* USER CODE END EC */ + +/* Exported macro ------------------------------------------------------------*/ +/* USER CODE BEGIN EM */ + +/* USER CODE END EM */ + +/* Exported functions prototypes ---------------------------------------------*/ +void Error_Handler(void); + +/* USER CODE BEGIN EFP */ + +/* USER CODE END EFP */ + +/* Private defines -----------------------------------------------------------*/ +/* USER CODE BEGIN Private defines */ + +/* USER CODE END Private defines */ + +#ifdef __cplusplus +} +#endif + +#endif /* __MAIN_H */ + +/************************ (C) COPYRIGHT STMicroelectronics *****END OF FILE****/ +