NHD-7.0-800480EF-ATXL interfaced to a LPC 1788

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  • Michael_L

    Hello saphira,

    Unfortunately, we do not have any sample projects to share for that controller, but hopefully someone that stumbles upon this thread will!  What we do have available is our example program code for the controller that we use for our TFTs, and that is the SSD1963.  Here are two links to them:
    https://newhavendisplay.com/content/app_notes/TFT_7_0.txt
    https://newhavendisplay.com/content/app_notes/Arduino_nhd-7_0-800480EF.txt

    For reference for the initialization commands/parameters, you may also refer to the SSD1963 datasheet, here: https://newhavendisplay.com/content/app_notes/SSD1963.pdf

    Here is a bit of code that should help out with interfacing the capacitive touch panel:

    //---------------------------------------------------------
    /*
    CTP_Register_Test_mega.ino
    Program for writing/reading to/from Newhaven Display Capacitive Touch Panel with FocalTech FT5x06 controller
    Please refer to the below URLs for the touch panel controller documentation:
    http://www.newhavendisplay.com/app_notes/FT5x06.pdf
    http://www.newhavendisplay.com/app_notes/FT5x06_registers.pdf

    (c)2014 Mike LaVine - Newhaven Display International, LLC.

            This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
            it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
            the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
            (at your option) any later version.

            This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
            but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
            MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
            GNU General Public License for more details.
    */
    //---------------------------------------------------------
    #include <Wire.h>

    int WAKE = 14;    //WAKE signal is connected to digital pin 14 on the Arduino Mega2560
    int INT = 15;     //INT signal is connected to digital pin 15 on the Arduino Mega2560

    //SDA line is connected to digital pin 20 (SDA) on the Arduino Mega2560
    //SCL line is connected to digital pin 21 (SCL) on the Arduino Mega2560

    unsigned char dummy, gesture, numpoints, t1xh, t1xl, t1yh, t1yl;
    unsigned char x, read1, read2, read3, read4;
    unsigned int t1x, t1y;

    const char slave = 0x38;    //slave address of 0x70 shifted over 1 bit

    void init_CTP()
    {
    digitalWrite(WAKE, HIGH);
            delay(100);
    digitalWrite(INT, HIGH);
    delay(100);
            digitalWrite(WAKE, LOW);
            delay(200);
            digitalWrite(WAKE, HIGH);
            delay(200);
    }
         
    void i2c_read(char addr, unsigned char reg)                  //function for reading a specified register
    {
      unsigned char x;
      Wire.beginTransmission(addr);
      Wire.write(reg);
      Wire.endTransmission();
      Wire.requestFrom(addr, 1);
      while(Wire.available())
      {
        x = Wire.read();
        Serial.println(x, DEC);
      }
    }

    void i2c_read4times(char addr, unsigned char reg)           //function for reading 4 registers in a row, starting from specified register
    {
      unsigned char x;
      Wire.beginTransmission(addr);
      Wire.write(reg);
      Wire.endTransmission();
      Wire.requestFrom(addr, 4);
      while(Wire.available())
      {
        read1 = Wire.read();
        read2 = Wire.read();
        read3 = Wire.read();
        read4 = Wire.read();
      }
    }
    /*****************************************************/
    /*****************************************************/
    void setup()
    {
            pinMode(WAKE, OUTPUT);
            pinMode(INT, INPUT);
            init_CTP();
            Wire.begin();
            Serial.begin(9600);       
    }
    void loop()
    {
        while((digitalRead(INT)) == LOW)
        {
            i2c_read4times(slave, 0x00);
            dummy = read1;                               //dummy read
            gesture = read2;                             //which gesture register read
            numpoints = read3;                           //how many touch points register read
            t1xh = read4;                                //upper 8 bits of X-axis touch location
            i2c_read4times(slave, 0x04);
            t1xl = read1;                                //lower 8 bits of X-axis touch location
            t1yh = read2;                                //upper 8 bits of Y-axis touch location
            t1yl = read3;                                //lower 8 bits of X-axis touch location
            dummy = read4;                               //dummy read
            t1x = t1xl | (t1xh << 8);                    //get the 16 bit X-axis touch location
            t1y = t1yl | (t1yh << 8);                    //get the 16 bit Y-axis touch location
           
        //****************************************************************************//
        //  UNCOMMENT THE LINE BELOW THAT YOU WANT TO BE SHOWN ON THE SERIAL MONITOR  //
        //****************************************************************************//
           
            //Serial.println(gesture, HEX);delay(25);    //show gesture value
            //Serial.println(numpoints, HEX);delay(25);  //show how many touch points
            //Serial.println(t1x, HEX);delay(25);        //show 16 bit X-axis touch location
            //Serial.println(t1y, HEX);delay(25);        //show 16 bit Y-axis touch location
           
            //delays are only used here to slow down scrolling in the serial monitor
            //********************************************************************//
        }   
    }

    For any specific electrical/timing information on the LCD itself, please refer to our datasheet, here: https://newhavendisplay.com/content/specs/NHD-7.0-800480EF-ATXL-CTP.pdf

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  • saphira

    Hi Michael,
    Thanks for the reply.
    Is it possible to get the required driver files as i need to bring the LCD up by interfacing it to LPC1788 and to test the touch panel. OR can u tell me the list of required driver files which needs to be integrated in the project.

    Thanks

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  • Michael_L

    We do not have any driver files available for the display.  As I have previously posted, what we do have is code to initialize and write to the display using the SSD1963 controller.  If you are using a different controller, you would need to refer to that controller's documentation for example initialization code, or search the web for some.  If you are not using a TFT controller, and instead using a 24-bit RGB interface directly, there wouldn't be any initialization code.  You would just need to set the correct timing, shown in the datasheet for the display.

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