MikroElektronika GLCD Font Creator Help · In mikroBasic, mikroPascal and mikroC, GLCD Lib is the...
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Introduction mikroElektronika GLCD Font Creator Version 1.2.0 The ultimate Solution to Create Personalized Fonts, Symbols and Icons for Graphic LCD GLCD Font Creator is the ultimate font creation utility for embedded systems. It lets you create fonts for Liquid Crystal Displays (HD44780 LCD) and Graphics LCD. It provides a very nice and intuitive user interface. GLCD Font Creator lets you create fonts and symbols from scratch, or by
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Transcript of MikroElektronika GLCD Font Creator Help · In mikroBasic, mikroPascal and mikroC, GLCD Lib is the...
Introduction
mikroElektronikaGLCDFontCreatorVersion1.2.0
TheultimateSolutiontoCreatePersonalizedFonts,Symbolsand
IconsforGraphicLCD
GLCDFontCreatoristheultimatefontcreationutilityforembeddedsystems.ItletsyoucreatefontsforLiquidCrystalDisplays(HD44780LCD)andGraphicsLCD.Itprovidesaveryniceandintuitiveuserinterface.GLCDFontCreatorletsyoucreatefontsandsymbolsfromscratch,orby
importingexistingfontsonyoursystem.UnicodeFontsarefullysupported.Itletsyoumodifyandadjustthemforyourneeds,applyeffectstothem,andfinallyexportthemassourcecodeforuseinyourfavoritelanguagecompiler.
Features
CreateFonts,SymbolsandIconsforLiquidCrystalDisplays(LCD)andGraphicLCDfromscratch.
CreateFontsforyourHD44780alphanumericLCD.
ImportWindowsFontsandinstantlygetreadyfontsforyourGLCD.
ImportofUNICODEFontsandcharsaresupported.
Modifycharsforyourconvenience.
Applyeffectslikevideoinversion,outlining,shifting,...toeachcharorautomaticallytothewholefont.
Veryniceandintuitiveuserinterface.
FullsupportforMikroElektronikamikroBasicPRO,mikroPascalPROandmikroCPROcompilers.
FullX-GLCDLibrary(mikroPascal,mikroBasicandmikroCversion)thatenableslargefontsupportonMikroElektronikaPROcompilersforallplatforms(PIC,PIC32,dsPIC30/30andPIC24,AVRand8051).
FrequentlyAsquedQuestions
WhatisMikroElektronikaGLCDFontCreator?MikroElektronikaGLCDFontCreatorisatooltodrawfontsandexportthemforMikroElektronikacompilers.
CanIimporttheinstalledfontsonmyPC?
Yes,youcancreatefontsusingthefuntionnality:"NewProject:ByImportingSystemFont".
Whatareallthecompilerssupportedforexport?
Actually,thesupportedcompilersareALLMikroElektronikaProcompilers,mikroBasicPRO,mikroPascalPRO,mikroCPRO,forPIC,PIC32,dsPIC30/30andPIC24,AVRand8051.
Therearesomeuselesswhitespaceabovethecharacters,howtoremoveit?
It'seasy.YoucandeleteblanksoncharsusingDeleteRoworColumnfunctionfromanysideofyourchars.YoucanalsouseAutomaticOptimisationDialogtoletGLCDFontCreatorautomaticallydoitforyou.
CanIcreatefontswithvariablecharswidth?
Yesofcourse.Butindesigntime,allcharsarethesamewidth.AtEXPORTTIMEyoucanchoosetoexportyourfontsinFIXEDfontwidthorinPROPORTIONALfontwidth(inthislatercase,jumptablesare
automaticallycomputedandinsertedingeneratedsourcecode).WhatisXGlcdLibrary?
InmikroBasic,mikroPascalandmikroC,GLCDLibisthelibrarythatletusersdrawandpaintongraphicsLCD.Thislibraryislimitedtopaintingtextsonpages,i.e.onpositionsmultipleof8pixels.ThislimitationisduetothehardwareconfigurationofphysicalGLCDs.Thesecondlimitationisthefactthatthislibislimitedtofontswithamaximumof8pixelsheight.XGlcdLibisbreaksalltheselimitations.It'sawrapperarroundMikroElektronikaGLCDLib.ItletyoudrawfontsofanyheightatanypixelpositiononGLCDs.
WhenIusetheXGlcdLibthecompileralsolinkstheGLCDlibfromMikroElekronika?
Yes,theXGlcdLibisjustawrapperarroundMikroElektronikaGLCDLib.AnewrewriteofthefullXGLCDlibisplannedinordertoimproveitsperformancesandmakeitathigherlevelofabstraction(nomorehasslewithmanagingphysicalpagesandsidesofGLCD).
X-GLCDLibrary
X-GLCDlibraryformikroBasic,mikroPascalandmikroC
Pleasereadalldetailsbeforeusingthislibrary!!!
XGLCDlibraryisaimedatprovidingasolutiontobreakthelimitsofGLCDlibprovidedbyMikroElektronika.GLCDLibisconstrainedbythephysicalstructureofK0108/K0107GLCDcontrollers.Inthesecontrollers,thescreenissplitontwosides.Youcanthinkofa128*64LCDasa1024bytememory,everybitofwhichisvisible.Thedisplayissplitlogicallyinhalf.Itcontainstwocontrollerswithcontroller#1(Chipselect1)controllingthelefthalfofthedisplayandcontroller#2(Chipselect2)controllingtherighthalf.Eachcontrollermustbeaddressedindependently.Eachhalfconsistsof8horizontalpageswhichare8bits(1byte)high.Thepageaddresses,0-7,specifyoneofthe8pages.Thatisillustratedinthedrawingbelow.
BelowaretheKS0108&HD61202commands.Thesecontrollersdonothavetextcapabilityandthecommandsarefewandsimple.
Yaddress(0-63YaddresscounterdesignatesaddressoftheinternalDDRAM.Anaddressissetbyinstructionandisincreasedby1automaticallybyreadorwriteoperationsofdisplaydata.Yaddress0istheleftmostbayt,andYaddress63istherightmostbyteofapage.Xaddress(0-7):Thisisthepageaddressandhasnocountfunction.Displaystartline(0-63):ThedisplaystartlineregisterspecifiesthelineinRAMwhichcorrespondstothetoplineofLCDpanel,whendisplayingcontentsindisplaydataRAMontheLCDpanelTheGLCDLibfromMikroElektronikaletyou:
1- Chooseafontwithaheightof8bitsatmaximumbecauseofthehardwaredriverpages.
2- Writeonlyatpageslevel(8pages=8lines),soyoucantwriteforexampleastringatpixel3fromtopedge(Y=Multipleof8).
X-GLCDlibbreaksalltheselimitations.Itletyou
1- simplywriteanyfont,
2- withanysize(anyheight,evenbiggerthan8bits)
3- atanyPixelPositionwithtransparency(YhasNOTtobemultipleof8)
UnderstandtheExportFilterformikroBasic,mikroPascalandmicroC:Thisfilterletyouconvertanyfontyoucreated(evenfromscratchorimportedanexistingWindowsfont)toconstanttablesneededbyMikroElektronikacompilers.Thisfilteriseasytouse,justselectthetabcorrespondingtoyourfavoritelanguage(mikroBasic,mikroPascalormikroC)andthesourcecodeisautomaticallygeneratedforyou.BUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!FontsBiggerthant8bitsheight:ForfontsBiggerthan8bits(height):TheuseofX-GlcdLibraryismandatorytobeabletodrawthemonGLCD(seeX-GLCDsectionforusageguide).Forfontswithheightlessorequalto8bits:ThesefontscanberenderedusingeitherMikroElektronikaGLCDlib,orX-GLCDlib.GLCDlibisabitquickerthanX-GLCDlibwhenrenderingthesefonts.SoWhyuseX-GLCDlibwithfontswithheightlessorequalto8bits?Simplybecause
1- X-GLCDlibletyoudrawthesefontsatanyPIXELpositionfromtopandnotonlyatYpositionsmultipleof8bits(pages)
2- X-GLCDlibrendersfontswithPROPORTIONALcharwidth
X-GLCDlibusageguide:X-GLCDlibprovide3proceduresverysimilartotheoriginalGLCDLibprovidedbyMikroElektronika.
xGLCD_Set_Font()xGLCD_Write_Char()xGLCD_Write_Text()
theparametersareabsolutelythesameasGLCDlibequivalentfunctions/procedures.IMPORTANTNOTES:
1- TheCoordinatesystemisnotthesameasGLCDlibfromMikroElektronika!
2- FontsusedbyGLCDLibarenotcompatiblewithXGLCDlib!
X-GLCDlibaimsathidingthephysicalstructureorhardwareGLCD.SothebigdifferencebetweenX-GLCDandGLCDisthefactthatforcoordinates(X,Y)passedasparameterstoeachprocedure(xGLCD_Write_Char()andxGLCD_Write_Text())arethelogicalcoordinateyouwanttouseonthescreen.ThatmeansthattheXcoordinateisbetween0..127andtheYcoordinateisbetween0to63.IfyouwanttowriteacharatpositionX=69andY=72youhaveonlytocallxGLCD_Write_Char(myChar,69,72)WithX-GLCDLibYoudonothavetoworryaboutpagesorsides.Allisdoneautomaticallyforyou.
ThefutureofXGLCDlib:AfullrewriteofXGLCDlibisplanned(maybeinpureASM)tomakeitmoreuserfriendlyandmorequicker.ThefontsneededbyXGLCDlibwillcontainpre-computedjumptablessothatonlyreallyusebytesineachchararestoredinthetable,thiswillcompressthefonttablesbymorethan50%andmakeselectionofcharsquicker.SupportofBitmaps,iconsandsymbolsdrawingwillalsobeadded.ThenewXGLCDlibwillnotbebasedonGLCDLib.ItwillbereallystandaloneandwillofferfunctionsforLines,polygons,andotherstuff.Also,addressingthehardwareregistersofthegraphicalcontrollerwillmakeitreallyquicker.
UserInterfaceGLCDFontCreatorhasaveryniceandintuitiveinterface.
Themainscreenissplitin4majorzones.Almostallzonesaremoveableandcanbedisposedasyoufinditusefulforyourusage.
Zone1:CharEditorzone.Zone2:Thelistofcharsinthecurrentlyeditedfont.Zone3:ThecurrentlyeditedcharLCDViewer.Zone4:Thetoolspanelcontainsthemostusedtools.
ExportFiltersExportfiltersletyouexportyourfontsinsourcecodeformattobeusedinMikroelektronikacompilers.
mikroBasic,mikroPascalandmikroCfilterTheMikroElektronikacompilers'targetfilterletyouexportfontsinaformatcompatiblewithmikroBasic,mikroPascalandmikroC.ThisfilterisdirectlyrelatedtoX-GLCDlibrary.PleasereadthetopicrelatedtoX-GLCDlibfullytounderstandfullythisfilter.Fontswith8bitsheightorless:MikroelektronikaGLCDlibhandlesonlyfontswith8bitsheight.Sowhenyourfontis8bitsorlessinheight,invoquingthefilterforMikroElecktronikacompilerswillshowthefolowingscreen.
Inthisscreen,youhaveonlytochoosethetargetcompiler(language),tospecifytherangeofcharstoexportandeventuallythemodule/unitnametoaddtosourcecode.GeneratedsourcecodecanbecopiedtoclipboardandpastedinyourcompilerIDE,orcanbesaveddirectlytodisk.Themostimportantthingtonoteinthisscreenisthegroupofradio"GenerateCodeForUseWith"
miroBasic(ormikroPascalormikroC)GLCDLib:createsfontscompatiblewithMikroElektronikaGLCDLibrary.X-GLCDLib:createsfontscompatiblewithX-GLCDLibrary.TheusefulthingtonoteaboutX-GLCDlibisthatitletyoudrawfontsatanyYpositiononthescreenandnotonlyatpositionswithYisamultipleof8(becauseofthephysicalstructureofGLCDhardware).Fontswithheightbiggerthan8bits:GLCDlibraryfromMikroElektronikaisunabletohandlethesefonts.X-GLCDlibwaswrittenspeciallytohandlethem,andthusistheonlyoptionpossible.
PleasereadthetopicrelatedtoX-GLCDlibfullytounderstandfullythisfilter.
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