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Thanks Marko.. what LCD controllers does your visualTFT UI support? - Can we use it on a custom board. - What is the licence cost? For the demo limit.. by 7 components, what do you mean.. can you explain?

Are you from mikroE.. if you are, then good! We can ask you questions.

Where did he get that boosterPack from?

Looks like an LM3SXXX. No idea which one. Code: http://www.github.com/TKJElectronics/Multimedia_Streaming_Client http://www.libstock.com/projects/view/366/multimedia-streaming-client

Hi Ivitro, Welcome...which ARM core do you work on?

Another good tutorial from Andy Brown... details wiring as well as communication protocol between the STM32 and the ILI9481 display driver.

Andy Brown has a wonderful article on interfacing a touch screen with the STM32 (M3 version)... but it can be easily ported to other cores. The touch screen driver is an ADS7843 resistive chip from TI.. which is pretty common. The display is a 320x240 LCD with an ILI9325 controller. He shares his calibration routine too.

Is there a writeup for this anywhere? Thanks.

There was a commenter on an earlier posted post explaining just this. He does say he's using a Discovery kit. Hopefully this helps you. All credit goes to "Tony": /* * Test code for the Discovery Board. In this version we use the DMA to store the information * of two converted channels (channel 14 and channel 15) into a pre-defined variable. The method * is continuous and the value of the ADC are continuously stored in the variable. */ //==Includes== #include "stm32f10x.h" #include "STM32vldiscovery.h" //==Definitions== #define ADC1_DR_Address ((uint32_t)0x4001244C) //==Global Variable declerations== uint16_t ADC_Val; //Stores the calculated ADC value double voltage1; //Used to store the actual voltage calculated by ADC for the 1st channel double voltage2; //Used to store the actual voltage calculated by ADC for the 2nd channel __IO uint16_t ADCConvertedValue[2]; //Array that is used to store the calculated DMA values for ADC1 /* * This function sets up the pins connected to the LED's as outputs; the blue LED * is connected to pin 8 (Port C) and the green LED is connected to pin 9 (Port C). */ void Configure_LED_Pins() { //==Configure the pins connected to the LED's to be outputs== //Blue LED is on pin 8 of Port C and Green LED is on pin 9 of Port C //Enable the clock for the port, by default this is off i.e. Enable GPIOC Clock RCC->APB2ENR |= RCC_APB2Periph_GPIOC; //APB2 indicates we dealing with the high speed bus //ENR means we want to enable the register //Specify the pins as either inputs or outputs GPIOC->CRL = 0x11111111; //This is definition for pins 0 - 7; each pin is configured with respect to CONTROL:MODE //All pins set to output mode (general purpose output push-pull) GPIOC->CRH = 0x44444433; //This is definition for pins 8 - 15; pin 8 and 9 set as output (50Mhz), general purpose output //Set all pins to 0V GPIOC->ODR = 0x0000; //The output port only uses the first 16 bits; the last 16 isn't used... //Here we are turning off all the pins... }//end Configure_LED_Pins /* * Sets up Pin.C4 (Channel 14) and Pin.C5 (Channel 15) to be used as analog inputs. The first channel * of the DMA is also setup to be used with ADC1. ADC1 is setup to continuously output data to the * array "ADCConvertedValue" */ void ADC_DMA_Configuration() { GPIO_InitTypeDef GPIO_InitStructure; //Variable used to setup the GPIO pins DMA_InitTypeDef DMA_InitStructure; //Variable used to setup the DMA ADC_InitTypeDef ADC_InitStructure; //Variable used to setup the ADC //==Configure the systems clocks for the ADC and DMA== //ADCCLK = PCLK2 / 4 RCC_ADCCLKConfig(RCC_PCLK2_Div4); //Defines the ADC clock divider. This clock is derived from the APB2 clock (PCLK2). The //ADCs are clocked by the clock of the high speed domian (APB2) dibivied by 2/4/6/8. The //frequency can never be bigger than 14MHz!!!! //--Enable DMA1 clock-- RCC_AHBPeriphClockCmd(RCC_AHBPeriph_DMA1, ENABLE); //--Enable ADC1 and GPIOC-- RCC_APB2PeriphClockCmd(RCC_APB2Periph_ADC1 | RCC_APB2Periph_GPIOC, ENABLE); //==Configure ADC pins (PC.04 -> Channel 14 and PC.05 -> Channel 15) as analog inputs== GPIO_StructInit(&GPIO_InitStructure); // Reset init structure, if not it can cause issues... GPIO_InitStructure.GPIO_Pin = GPIO_Pin_4 | GPIO_Pin_5; GPIO_InitStructure.GPIO_Mode = GPIO_Mode_AIN; GPIO_Init(GPIOC, &GPIO_InitStructure); //==Configure DMA1 - Channel1== DMA_DeInit(DMA1_Channel1); //Set DMA registers to default values DMA_InitStructure.DMA_PeripheralBaseAddr = ADC1_DR_Address; //Address of peripheral the DMA must map to DMA_InitStructure.DMA_MemoryBaseAddr = (uint32_t) & ADCConvertedValue; //Variable to which ADC values will be stored DMA_InitStructure.DMA_DIR = DMA_DIR_PeripheralSRC; DMA_InitStructure.DMA_BufferSize = 2; //Buffer size (2 because we using two channels) DMA_InitStructure.DMA_PeripheralInc = DMA_PeripheralInc_Disable; DMA_InitStructure.DMA_MemoryInc = DMA_MemoryInc_Enable; DMA_InitStructure.DMA_PeripheralDataSize = DMA_PeripheralDataSize_HalfWord; DMA_InitStructure.DMA_MemoryDataSize = DMA_MemoryDataSize_HalfWord; DMA_InitStructure.DMA_Mode = DMA_Mode_Circular; DMA_InitStructure.DMA_Priority = DMA_Priority_High; DMA_InitStructure.DMA_M2M = DMA_M2M_Disable; DMA_Init(DMA1_Channel1, &DMA_InitStructure); //Initialise the DMA DMA_Cmd(DMA1_Channel1, ENABLE); //Enable the DMA1 - Channel1 //==Configure ADC1 - Channel 14 and Channel 15== ADC_InitStructure.ADC_Mode = ADC_Mode_Independent; ADC_InitStructure.ADC_ScanConvMode = ENABLE; ADC_InitStructure.ADC_ContinuousConvMode = ENABLE; ADC_InitStructure.ADC_ExternalTrigConv = ADC_ExternalTrigConv_None; ADC_InitStructure.ADC_DataAlign = ADC_DataAlign_Right; ADC_InitStructure.ADC_NbrOfChannel = 2; //We using two channels ADC_Init(ADC1, &ADC_InitStructure); //Initialise ADC1 //Setup order in which the Channels are sampled.... ADC_RegularChannelConfig(ADC1, ADC_Channel_14, 1, ADC_SampleTime_55Cycles5); ADC_RegularChannelConfig(ADC1, ADC_Channel_15, 2, ADC_SampleTime_55Cycles5); ADC_DMACmd(ADC1, ENABLE); //Enable ADC1 DMA ADC_Cmd(ADC1, ENABLE); //Enable ADC1 //==Calibrate ADC1== //Enable ADC1 reset calibaration register ADC_ResetCalibration(ADC1); while (ADC_GetResetCalibrationStatus(ADC1)); //Check the end of ADC1 reset calibration register //Start ADC1 calibaration ADC_StartCalibration(ADC1); while (ADC_GetCalibrationStatus(ADC1)); //Check the end of ADC1 calibration }//end ADC_Configuration /* * Simple program that reads our AD port, in this case pin 4 on port C. The following program does the following: * The converted voltage is stored in the global variable 'voltage'; the following things are done when the voltage value is * obtained: * 0.000 < = V No LEDs on * 0.825 <= V Green LED on; Blue LED off * 1.650 <= V Blue LED on; Green LED off * 2.475 <= V Green LED on; Blue LED on * * Since the variable 'voltage' is a global variable, its value can be checked when debugging the code.... */ void ADC_DMA_Test_Program() { /* Start ADC1 Software Conversion */ ADC_SoftwareStartConvCmd(ADC1, ENABLE); while (1) { //==Get the ADC value of channel 14== ADC_Val = ADCConvertedValue[0]; voltage1 = (2.984 * ADC_Val) / 4096; //==Get the ADC value of channel 15== ADC_Val = ADCConvertedValue[1]; voltage2 = (2.984 * ADC_Val) / 4096; if ((voltage1 >= 0) && (voltage1 < 0.825)) { ODR = 0b0000000000000000; //Turn off both LED's } else if ((voltage1 >= 0.825) && (voltage1 < 1.65)) { ODR = 0b0000001000000000; //Turn on the green LED } else if ((voltage1 >= 1.65) && (voltage1 < 2.475)) { ODR = 0b0000000100000000; //Turn on the blue LED } else {//voltage1 >= 2.475 && voltage ODR = 0b0000001100000000; //Turn on both LED's } }//end while(1) }//end ADC_Test_Program /* * Main program start */ int main(void) { //**Micro clock settings** //Done by default from startup_stm32f10x_xx.s before coming to main! You can edit SystemInit() in system_stm32f10x.c Configure_LED_Pins(); ADC_DMA_Configuration(); ADC_DMA_Test_Program(); return 0; }//end main Read more: http://www.micromouseonline.com/2009/05/26/simple-adc-use-on-the-stm32/#ixzz1z6KvzrLv

Like the title suggests, does anyone have the Stellaris m4 kit? Looks like the demo software has alot to offer. It even has an OLED-color onboard,...It's like a tiny scope.

Looking to what to do with my Discovery kit( not forgetting my Stellaris kit), came across this nice design of using a master 8x8 rgb block to control similar blocks around it. It is driven by a STM32F4105 microcontroller. Below is another project inspired by it:

Thanks!

ooh I can help! Make sure "Enable Support for GCC Extensions" box is checked. Properties->Build->TMS470 Compiler->Language Options. Let me know!

@Fred, they are all ARM microcontrollers. It's nice to see what others have.

OSH Park or Open Source Hardware Park is a new pcb service from Laen who handles dorkbotPDX- Yeayyyy more purple. Most of you must be familiar with it.