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 |
UniGraphic/Protocols/BUS16.h
- Committer:
- hudakz
- Date:
- 2020-09-25
- Revision:
- 1:47c996032a9e
- Parent:
- 0:fa952828e34c
File content as of revision 1:47c996032a9e:
#ifndef BUS16_H #define BUS16_H #include "mbed.h" #include "Protocols.h" //#include "GraphicsDisplay.h" /** Parallel 16bit interface */ class BUS16 : public Protocols { public: /** Create a BUS16 display interface with scattered pins and 5 control pins * * @param buspins array of PinNames to group as Bus * @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 * @param WR pin connected to SDI of display * @param RD pin connected to RS of display */ BUS16(PinName* buspins, PinName CS, PinName reset, PinName DC, PinName WR, PinName RD); 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 * @note 2cycles using pins[7:0] */ virtual void wr_cmd16(unsigned short cmd); /** Send 2x8bit data to display controller * * @param data: halfword to send * @note 2cycles using pins[7:0], only gram write cmd uses pins[15:8] */ virtual void wr_data16(unsigned short data); /** Send 16bit pixeldata to display controller * * @param data: halfword to send * @note here using all pins[15:0] */ 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 * @note here using all pins[15:0] */ 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) * @note here using all pins[15:0] */ 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 * @returns data as uint * @note EXTC regs (0xB0 to 0xFF) are read/write registers, for Parallel mode directly accessible in both directions */ 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); private: BusInOut _bus; DigitalOut _CS; DigitalOut _reset; DigitalOut _DC; DigitalOut _WR; DigitalOut _RD; }; #endif