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Practical No. 02 Date:

Interfacing of Graphical LCD with LPC1768

OBJECTIVE

• To study the features of LPC1768 core and graphical LCD

• To interface graphical LCD with the LPC1768 development board

• To explore the slow GPIO structure of LPC2148

EQUIPMENTS

• LPC1768 Micro–A748 Development Board

• Keil µvision IDE enabled PC

• Graphical LCD Display

THEORY
Graphical LCD module interfaced with LPC1768 Micro–A748 development
board,following are some specification of GLCD

• 128 × 64 dots/pixel

• 8-bit parallel interface

• 8 data lines
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Figure 1: Interfacing of graphical

LCD

Graphical LCD Signals

• LCD Data Lines : D0 – D7

– 8 bit bidirectional data bus

– Used to send information to the GLCD
– Read the contents of internal registers

• LCD Control Lines

RS : Select data or command/status register

R/W : Read / Write select control line

E : Latches information

CS1 & CS2 : Chip SelectSignals

RESET : LCD Reset signal

Registers of GLCD

1. GLCD Input Register

It is used while giving instructions and writing data to LCD. It holds the
data/instruction temporarily before writing to the DDRAM (Data Display
RAM)
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2. GLCD Output Register

It is used to read data from DDRAM and to check status data (busy check)

3. When LCD is in active mode (CS1 & CS2 are high), the registers can
beselected by sending bits on RS and RW pins as shown in the table below

Figure 2: Graphical LCD

Registers

Figure 3: GLCD Pin Configuration

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Basic Operations of GLCD

1. GLCD Initialization

• CS1=1, CS2=1 (to activate display of both halves)

• RS=0, R/W=0 (to select the instruction mode)
• EN=1, Delay, EN=0 (to latch data into the input register)

2. Column Selection

• RS=0, R/W=0 (to select the instruction mode)

• EN=1, Delay, EN=0 (to latch data into the input register)
• The corresponding controller (CS1 or CS2) is selected depending on the
Column number

3. Data Display

• RS=1 and R/W=0 (to select write mode of LCD)

• EN=1, Delay, EN=0 (to latch data into the input register)

To display Image

• For an image to be displayed on GLCD, the image must have following features:

– It should be in BitMap (.bmp) format

– It should be black and white (1 bit per pixel)
– The image is not compressed
– Its size should be 128 x 64 pixels

• The hex code for an image can be generated from any of the bitmap code
generating software available on internet.

• These codes are stored in an array and the array is stored in a header file with
‘.H’ extension.

• This header file must be included in main program

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Figure 4: GLCD Data Format

INTERFACING DETAILS/CONNECTIONS
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REFERENCES

1. Andrew Sloss, Dominic Symes, Chris Wright, “ARM System Developer’s

Guide
– Designing and Optimizing System Software, ELSEVIER.

2. LPC 176x User manual (UM10360) : www.nxp.com

3. ARM architecture reference manual : www.arm.com

PROGRAM

#include "lpc1768_Includes.h"
#include "temp1.h"

#define datalines 0x00000FF0 // data lines

#define en 1<<26 // p1.26
#define rs 1<<25 // register select p1.25
#define CS1 1<<27 // chip select CS1 p1.27
#define CS2 1<<28 // chip select CS2 p1.28
#define rw 1<<29 // p1.29

void Glcdcmd(unsigned int);

void Glcddata(unsigned int);
void MSDelay(unsigned int);
void Glcd_disp(const unsigned char *);
int main()
{
PINSEL3=0x00000000;
PINSEL0=0x00000000;
FIO1DIR= 0x3E000000 ;
// o/p port 1 cntrl lines 29,28,27,26,25,0011 1110000
FIO0DIR= 0x00000FF0 ;
// o/p port 0 data lines 4, 5, 6, 7,8, 9, 10, 11

FIO1SET=CS1;
FIO1SET=CS2;
Glcdcmd(0x3F); //Display ON
MSDelay (10);
Glcdcmd(0x40); //Set Y address as 0(range 0-63)
MSDelay (10);
Glcdcmd(0xB8); //Set X add- 0(page adds)(range 0-7)
MSDelay (10);
Glcdcmd(0xC0); //Set Z address (start line=0)
MSDelay (10);

Glcd_disp(audi);
//Calling display function, abc is name of array
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MSDelay (10);
}

void Glcd_disp(const unsigned char *temp1) //display routine

{
int i,j;
for(i=0;i<8;i++) //page
{
FIO1SET = CS1; //select controller 1
FIO1CLR = CS2;
Glcdcmd(0xB8 | i); // Increment page address
Glcdcmd(0x40);
for(j=0;j<64;j++) //display controller 1 data
{
Glcddata(temp1[(i*128)+j]);
}

FIO1CLR = CS1; //select controller 2

FIO1SET = CS2;
Glcdcmd(0xB8 | i); // Increment page address
Glcdcmd(0x40);
for(j=64;j<128;j++) //display controller 2 data
{
Glcddata(temp1[(i*128)+j]);
}

}
}

void Glcdcmd(unsigned int cmd)

{
FIO0CLR=datalines;
FIO0SET=cmd<<4; //LCD_SHIFT;
FIO1CLR=rs; // rs=0 command register
FIO1CLR=rw; // R/W=0
FIO1SET=en;
MSDelay(10);
FIO1CLR=en;
}
void Glcddata(unsigned int data)
{
FIO0CLR=datalines;
FIO0SET=data<<4; //LCD_SHIFT;
FIO1SET=rs;
FIO1CLR=rw;
FIO1SET=en;
MSDelay(10);
FIO1CLR=en;
}
void MSDelay(unsigned int itime)
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{
unsigned int i,j;
for(i=0;i<itime;i++)
for(j=0;j<10;j++);

OUTPUT:
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CONCLUSION: