MICROCHIP DM320007

Creating professional-looking graphical user interfaces (GUI) on memory and cost efficient microcontrollers (MCU) has never been easier than with the MPLAB Harmony Graphics Composer (MHGC) tools suite and libraries. This tightly-integrated system of GUI-based tools and software were built by the leader in high-performance 32-bit graphics MCU’s, so there is less time and cost required in bug fixing and re-integration of code from outside tool sets and libraries. MHGC is “what you see is what you get”, or WYSIWYG, based GUI development system with loads of features that are both unique in the industry and completely free. The MPLAB Harmony Graphics Library is a free, modular library optimized for Microchip 32-bit microcontrollers. The library includes features such as alpha blending, gradient fills and antialiased fonts. Applications can take advantage of these features to enhance the user experience while delivering performance required by the application. The PIC32MZ “DA” series, with its integrated graphics controller, graphics processor and available on-chip 32 MB of DDR2 DRAM, lifts Graphical User Interface (GUI) designs to performance and quality levels not yet seen in embedded microcontroller applications. The PIC32MZ DA series provides microprocessor-like graphics quality with the ease of design of an MCU. Additionally, with MPLAB Harmony Graphics 2.0, you can finish and display your GUI design faster than you’d ever thought possible. Microchip’s PIC32 microcontrollers offer up to 2 MB Flash, up to 512 KB RAM, up to 330 DMIPS and high-performance DMA to render graphics directly to displays. All of Microchip’s PIC32 MCUs include a Parallel Master Port (PMP) which is used to connect external SRAM and LCD. This enables PIC32 devices to drive a display without an external graphics controller. The Multimedia Expansion Board II (MEB II) is a highly integrated, compact and flexible development platform which works with PIC32MZ Starter Kit. The MEB II kit features a 4.3" WQVGA PCAP touch display daughter board. The kit also has an on-board 24-bit stereo audio codec, VGA camera, 802.11 b/g wireless module, Bluetooth HCI transceiver, temperature sensor, microSD slot and analog accelerometer.

• Tightly Integrated Tools Environment - Tight integration between MHGC, MPLAB X, and MPLAB Harmony produces an enhanced, interactive development environment where design and debug can be focused on application-specific code, leading to shorter time-to-market, lower overall development costs, and higher quality products.
• Performance - MHGC was designed from the ground up to enable code portability across multiple 32-bit families while also making maximum use of available graphics processing units (GPU), multi-layer overlay graphics controllers, and DRAM available on Microchip’s high-performance 32-bit MCUs.
• Cost - MHGC is free to design with and free to use with Microchip’s 32-bit MCUs. It’s also royalty free. All components of MHGC are available in each public release of MPLAB Harmony, Microchips framework for 32-bit MCU development, and works with the free version of MPLAB XC32 compiler.
• Up to 24-bit or 16.7M Colors
• Parent-child tree system allows for modular assembly of advanced GUI design
• Modern input widgets which include graphing widgets, radial menu (3D), arc widgets (drawing, slider, gauges), list wheel
• Run-length encoding image compression and basic procedural motion
• Capacitive and resistive touch screen, keypad
• World-class multi-lingual localization system
• Extensive support available for external display controllers
• 3-Layer Graphics Controller capable of driving 24-bit color WVGA
• High-performance 2D Graphics Processing Unit (GPU)
• 32 MB integrated DDR2 DRAM or 128 MB externally addressable
• Up to 2 MB Flash and 640 KB RAM
• 12-bit ADC Throughput at 18 Msps
• Full-featured hardware crypto engine with Random Number Generator (RNG) for data encryption/decryption and authentication
• Uses < 5 MIPS and DMA to render graphics
• Direct interface to STN, TFT displays
• Integrated up to 512 KB RAM for frame buffering