Can Stellaris Graphics library be ported over to Energia?

[lightaiyee 0]

Hi Energia experts,

 

I installed StellarisWare and there are 2 important libraries. One is the Peripheral driver library. Energia did a good job replacing the peripheral driver library with the Arduino API. However, the Stellaris Graphics library has no equivalent in Energia. Is it possible to port this library over in the first place? 

[jscrane 12]

I guess I have the same question :-)

 

I have an ST7735 (1.8" TFT, Adafruit-alike) and I'm trying to use it under Energia on Stellaris: I'm _very_confused by the available options for graphics libraries...

 

(I also have a 2.4" TFT with touchpad and SD slot but thought I'd try for the SPI-based one first as it was easy to get going on Arduino.)

 

Thanks,

Steve

[bluehash 1,581]

The Energia guys will get back.. just give them some time.

[Rei Vilo 695]

There's already a library for the ST7735 tested on the Stellaris / Tiva, see [Energia Library] Colour LCD BoosterPack Library

 

The Colour LCD BoosterPack was a universal board for many different screens and controllers. 

 

The 2.2" colour LCD based on the ILI9225B also has its library, see [Energia Library] Colour LCD 2.2" Touch Library for LaunchPad + StellarPad

 

What is the reference of your 2.4" TFT with touchpad and SD slot?

 

I bought one 2.8" for USD12 with touch based on the ILI9320.

 

I'm consolidating all those libraries, as the line, rectangle, circle, text, ... primitives are the same. Only initialisation, area selection and display, point selection and display change from one display to another. It gave me the opportunity to work on a virtual class.

[L293D 11]

Regarding "There's already a library for the ST7735 tested on the Stellaris / Tiva, see [Energia Library] Colour LCD BoosterPack Library"

 

Quick question - in RobG's orginal code there were defines for whatever LCD controller you were using.  Maybe I am looking at the wrong thing...but I can't seem to find that anywhere in the code this points to....OR...does that library now ONLY work with the ST7735?

 

Thanks!

[hvontres 22]

 

Hi Energia experts,

 

I installed StellarisWare and there are 2 important libraries. One is the Peripheral driver library. Energia did a good job replacing the peripheral driver library with the Arduino API. However, the Stellaris Graphics library has no equivalent in Energia. Is it possible to port this library over in the first place? 

 

There may be licensing issues. The peripheral driver is licensed under a BSD license, but the Grlib and USBlib fall under the "Ti Clickwrap license". this license includes the following clause:

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This might be keeping that library out of Energia.

[Rei Vilo 695]

Regarding "There's already a library for the ST7735 tested on the Stellaris / Tiva, see [Energia Library] Colour LCD BoosterPack Library"

 

Quick question - in RobG's orginal code there were defines for whatever LCD controller you were using.  Maybe I am looking at the wrong thing...but I can't seem to find that anywhere in the code this points to....OR...does that library now ONLY work with the ST7735?

 

Thanks!

The library I've released only works for the ST7735 controller, as the screen I bought has this controller.

 

Now, adapting the library to other controllers isn't difficult: just take the controller specific code from RobG's original code and paste it into the library for Energia.

[Rei Vilo 695]

 

Hi Energia experts,

 

I installed StellarisWare and there are 2 important libraries. One is the Peripheral driver library. Energia did a good job replacing the peripheral driver library with the Arduino API. However, the Stellaris Graphics library has no equivalent in Energia. Is it possible to port this library over in the first place? 

 

 

I'm currently working on a library suite for display and touch, the LCD_screen Library Suite.

 

As at today, it supports the following screens:

• Universal Colour LCD BoosterPack
• LCD 2.2" With Touch BoosterPack
• The 2.8" HY28A LCD Screen
• and soon the Kentec 3.5" BoosterPack for Stellaris.

The library features graphics and GUI elements.

 

 

 

The dedicated thread is http://forum.stellarisiti.com/topic/643-energia-library-lcd-screen-library-suite