emWin 5.46 and FlexColor

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EvPa_264126
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I tried to use emWin5.46 to work with QVGA 2.2 TFT SPI 240x320 (ILI9341)

Color, coordinates, orientation do not match ...

The result you can see in the photo.

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Everything turned out to be simple:

It is noticeable that the problem appears when working with a large number of  data.

I had to rewrite the function void TFT_SendArray (unsigned char * Data, int byteCount); in the LCD_ILI9341.c file

I used the function void SPIM_PutArray (const uint8 / uint16 buffer [], uint8 byteCount)

uint8 byteCount is a problem, it is not enough for emWin.

I just changed it to int.

It seems everything worked as it should.

Thanks for the help.
Eugene

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MotooTanaka
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Hi,

I tried your project and noticed that there are at least two problems

(1) In GUI_Init() a window command which limit the drawing area has used to

     limit the drawing area to the upper half.

(2) TFT_orientation is wrong.

So for a quick fix for (2) is adding  "TFT_SetOrientation(1)  in MainTak()

like below, then at least we can read the letters.

========================

void MainTask(void) {

   

  TFT_SetOrientation(1) ; // <----- here

  GUI_Init();

  TFT_SetOrientation(1) ; // <--- here again

  GUI_SetBkColor(GUI_BLACK);

  GUI_SetColor(GUI_WHITE);

  GUI_Clear();

  GUI_SetColor(GUI_WHITE);

  GUI_SetFont(&GUI_Font24_ASCII);

  GUI_DispStringHCenterAt("COLOR_DemoLUT - Sample", 160, 5);

  _DemoLUT();

}

========================

IMG_3057.JPG

But to fix the problem (1) you have to go and fix the library, since all is done in GUI_Init().

moto

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MotooTanaka
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Hi,

Just for fun.

Attached is my TFT Library demo for ILI9341,

(You need to re-assign device and pins)

Although without support for RTOS, much lighter than the one you are using.

moto

Thanks.

Now I am trying to learn emWin5.46, in particular FlexColor and SPI.

I'm trying to figure out how to use emWin settings for FlexColor.

for example  DISPLAY_ORIENTATION (....) and etc, but  I see no effect

An example of a simple test:

int main(void)

{

CyGlobalIntEnable; /* Enable global interrupts. */

SPIM_Start();     

TFT_SetOrientation(1) ;

GUI_Init();

TFT_SetOrientation(1) ;

GUI_Clear();

GUI_SetFont(&GUI_Font32_ASCII);

GUI_DispStringHCenterAt("Hello world", 0, 0);

GUI_DrawRect(50,50,200,100);

for(;;)

    {

    GUI_Delay(200); 

    }

}/* [] END OF FILE */

Result:

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MotooTanaka
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Hi,

I found another source of problem,

which is that in the project the TFT driver was not get reset.

So I added another GPIO output and reset the TFT before starting initialization.

Meantime, although I tried to check LCD_ILI9341.c,

it seems that there is/are something flipping the TFT rotation inside GUI_Init(),

which is a black box library function.

So I still need to have TFT_SetOrientation(1) before and after GUI_Init().

part of main() in main.c

========================

int main(void)

{

CyGlobalIntEnable; /* Enable global interrupts. */

SPIM_Start();    

   TFT_BL_Write(0) ; /* Turn Backlight off */

   TFT_nRESET_Write(0) ; /* reset TFT */

   CyDelay(1000) ;

   TFT_nRESET_Write(1) ; /* release reset */

   TFT_SetOrientation(1) ;

   GUI_Init();

   TFT_SetOrientation(1) ;

   GUI_Clear();

   TFT_BL_Write(1) ; /* Turn Backlight on */

     MainTask() ;

========================

MainTask() in header01.h

========================

void MainTask(void) {

  GUI_SetBkColor(GUI_BLACK);

  GUI_SetColor(GUI_WHITE);

  GUI_Clear();

  GUI_SetColor(GUI_WHITE);

  GUI_SetFont(&GUI_Font24_ASCII);

  GUI_DispStringHCenterAt("COLOR_DemoLUT - Sample", 160, 5);

  _DemoLUT();

}

========================

Anyway after these struggles my modified project seems to do what was expected initially.

IMG_3059.JPG

So, I hope that rest is you work!

moto

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DrawRect, DrawString functions seem to be working,

but some adjustment for color would be required.

Please refer to the manual of emWin for details.

====================

   TFT_BL_Write(0) ; /* Turn Backlight off */

   TFT_nRESET_Write(0) ; /* reset TFT */

   CyDelay(1000) ;

   TFT_nRESET_Write(1) ; /* release reset */

   TFT_SetOrientation(1) ;

   GUI_Init();

   TFT_SetOrientation(1) ;

   GUI_Clear();

   TFT_BL_Write(1) ; /* Turn Backlight on */

GUI_SetFont(&GUI_Font32_ASCII);

GUI_DispStringHCenterAt("Hello world", 160, 0);

GUI_DrawRect(50,50,100,100);

GUI_SetColor(GUI_BLACK) ;

GUI_DrawRect(180, 150, 230, 200) ;

GUI_SetBkColor(GUI_WHITE) ;

GUI_DispStringAt("Here you go!", 10, 130) ;

for(;;) {

    GUI_Delay(200);

}

====================

IMG_3060.JPG

moto

Thank you, I will add a reset later.

I see that the colors are inverted.

Temporary change in the LCD_ILI9341.C file

// Display Function Control

TFT_SendCMD (0xB6);

TFT_WriteData (0x08); // 0x0A

TFT_WriteData (0x82); // 02 A2

---------------------------------

It seems yes - is there a problem with initialization (GUI_Init () ??)

I do not see a complete screen  ( only half of the screen)

and I can’t draw a rectangle with a side of more than 128

int main(void)

{
.......

GUI_Clear();   //   MainTask();

TFT_SetOrientation(1);

GUI_SetFont(&GUI_Font32_ASCII);

GUI_SetBkColor(GUI_YELLOW); GUI_SetColor(GUI_RED);

for(data=0;data<240;data++)    {GUI_DrawLine(0,0,320,data);  }

for(data=0;data<320;data++)    {GUI_DrawLine(0,0,data,240);  }

GUI_DrawRoundedRect(5,10,155,100,10);

GUI_SetColor(GUI_BLUE);

GUI_ClearRect(0,0,320,240);// only half of the screen

GUI_DispStringAt("Hello world",0,0);

GUI_DrawRect(50,50,200,100);

..................
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MotooTanaka
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> It seems yes - is there a problem with initialization (GUI_Init () ??)

I added a UART and dumped SPI transaction, GUI_Init() is sending following command

after calling TFT_Init(orient) ;

==================

TFT_Init_Done           This is the end part of TFT_Init()

TFT_SendCmd(0x00) No Operation

TFT_SendCmd(0x36) Memory Access Control

TFT_WriteData(0xA0) 1010_0000 MY=1, MX=0, MV=1, ML=0, BGR=0, MH=0 <--- This line is causing our head ache!

TFT_SendCmd(0x00)       No Operation  // following two blocks are specifying the display size, seems to be ok

TFT_SendCmd(0x2A) Column Address Set

TFT_WriteData(0x00)     SC[15:8] = 0x00    SC = 0x0000

TFT_WriteData(0x00)     SC[7:0]  = 0x00

TFT_WriteData(0x01)     EC[15:0] = 0x01    EC = 0x013F = 319

TFT_WriteData(0x3F)     EC[7:0]  = 0x3F

TFT_SendCmd(0x00)       No Operation

TFT_SendCmd(0x2B)       Page Address Set

TFT_WriteData(0x00)     SP[15:8] = 0x00

TFT_WriteData(0x00)     SP[7:0]  = 0x00

TFT_WriteData(0x00)     EP[15:8] = 0x00

TFT_WriteData(0xEF)     EP[7:0]  = 0xEF = 239

TFT_SendCmd(0x00)       No Operation

TFT_SendCmd(0x2C)       Memory Write

==================

> I do not see a complete screen  ( only half of the screen)

> and I can’t draw a rectangle with a side of more than 128

I also encountered this problem, but after implementing nRESET sequence

it was solved. So I recommend you to connect a GPIO to the reset pin and

assert reset, wait a while (I'm waiting 1sec, probably too much), then de-assert reset.

Anyway, we are getting close, I hope.

moto

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Hi,

With your modification, my color bar now looks ok.

IMG_3061.JPG

With my system, which has reset-pin addition, your test routine shows up like below

/*************************/

GUI_Clear();   //   MainTask();

TFT_SetOrientation(1);

GUI_SetFont(&GUI_Font32_ASCII);

GUI_SetBkColor(GUI_YELLOW); GUI_SetColor(GUI_RED);

for(data=0;data<240;data++)    {GUI_DrawLine(0,0,319,data);  }

for(data=0;data<320;data++)    {GUI_DrawLine(0,0,data,239);  }

GUI_SetColor(GUI_BLACK) ;

GUI_DrawRoundedRect(5,10,155,100,10);

GUI_SetColor(GUI_BLUE);

GUI_ClearRect(0,0,319,239);// only half of the screen

GUI_DispStringAt("Hello world",0,0);

GUI_DrawRect(50,50,200,100);

GUI_DrawRect(200, 150, 250, 200) ;

while(1)  ; /* stay here */

/*************************/

IMG_3062.JPG

The library seems to have some problem with drawing loooong rectangle.

Probably poor implementation of drawing a long line.

The shorter rectangle shows up OK.

moto

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Thanks for the help.

One more question:

Have you tried to read the display ID?   ( datasheet 8.3.23. Read ID4 )

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Everything turned out to be simple:

It is noticeable that the problem appears when working with a large number of  data.

I had to rewrite the function void TFT_SendArray (unsigned char * Data, int byteCount); in the LCD_ILI9341.c file

I used the function void SPIM_PutArray (const uint8 / uint16 buffer [], uint8 byteCount)

uint8 byteCount is a problem, it is not enough for emWin.

I just changed it to int.

It seems everything worked as it should.

Thanks for the help.
Eugene

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MotooTanaka
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Congratulations, you made it!

> SPIM_PutArray (const uint8 / uint16 buffer [], uint8 byteCount)

But I think this is almost a bug of Cypress Component.

For nowaday applications uint8 for length seems to be too short.

Anyway, I'm glad that hearing you can proceed now!

moto

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pavloven,

What screen update rate you get with emWin?

/odissey1

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The screen refresh rate is commensurate with projects without emWin.

A little later, I will report the time to execute the GUI_ClearRect somand (0,0,320,240);
or another?

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> One more question:

> Have you tried to read the display ID?   ( datasheet 8.3.23. Read ID4 )

I tried some, but all data came back as 0x00,

    ID1: 0x00 ID2: 0x00 ID3:0x00

    ID4: 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00

according to the datasheet EXTC must be high, but from the schematic

I could get for my Adafruit ILI9341 module does not show the connection

around the ILI9341, so, currently I can not tell if my program is doing ok or not.

Note: For my board, CPOL needed to be 1

SPI Format CPHA = 0, CPOL = 1

Display Power Mode came back as 0x00, 0x00, 0x65

Display Pixel Format came back as 0x00, 0x00, 0x4E

Display Signal Mode came back as 0x00, 0x00, 0x02, 0xFF...

SPI Format CPHA = 1, CPOL = 1

Display Power Mode came back as 0x00, 0x00, 0xCA

Display Pixel Format came back as 0x00, 0x00, 0x9C

Display Signal Mode came back as 0x00, 0x00, 0x05, 0xFF...

Anyway, FYI

moto

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for PLL_OUT = 64MHz    SPI Bit Rate = 32Mbps:

GUI_ClearRect (0,0,320,240) command execution time equals 56 mS

And so far I have not read a stack of anything from the display.