The stm32f4discovery is the ARM Cortex M4 evaluation board from ST Microelectronics. I’ve been following the progress of the Cortex M4 since its launch, looking for the right time to dip in give the new MCU a test drive. That opportunity came with the launch of the stm32f4discovery...
stm32f4discovery: Up and running with the ARM Cortex M4
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Reverse engineering the Nokia 2730 QVGA LCD
posted by Andy
You may have noticed that I have a bit of a ‘thing’ for the little TFT displays that you can commonly get on ebay. There’s something satisfying about writing your own driver code and seeing one of these little panels come alive with your graphics. Why the 2730 LCD? It’s high resolution (320×240, 200ppi) which means that graphics will look good. It’s used in a lot of models: Nokia 5000, 2730, 5130, 5220, 7100. Good for availability. It’s cheap, as low as £3.99 on ebay. It supports 262K (18-bit) colour mode. It looks like I can find the connector for it. Don’t underestimate the difficulty of...
stm32plus: ILI9325 TFT driver
posted by Andy
The code presented in this article requires a minimum of version 3.0.0 of my stm32plus library. The ILI9325 controller This second article in the series of documentation-by-example posts will present a C++ driver for 320×240 (QVGA) TFT LCD panels that have an ILI9325...
stm32plus: HX8347A TFT driver
posted by Andy
The code presented in this article requires a minimum of version 3.0.0 of my stm32plus library. The HX8347A controller I have written a C++ driver for 320×240 (QVGA) TFT LCD panels that have an HX8347A controller built in to them. This driver is included with my open...
