Component: gLCD Font Library (Graphical Library)
| Author | Matrix TSL |
| Version | 1.0 |
| Category | Graphical Library |
gLCD Font Library component
A component designed to simplify the task of creating dynamic fonts for use with graphical displays.
Detailed description
No detailed description exists yet for this component
Examples
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Downloadable macro reference
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ReadWidth |
| Gets the width of the ASCII character font data | |
 - BYTE
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Character |
| ASCII position so A = 'A' | |
| - BYTE
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Return |
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ReadFontStat |
| Collects a stat about the selected font | |
| - BYTE
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Index |
| 0=SpaceColumns, 1=CharacterHeight | |
| - BYTE
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Return |
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ReadASCIILUT |
| Gets a single pixel column byte from the selected ASCII character font data. | |
| - BYTE
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Character |
| ASCII position so A = 'A' | |
| - BYTE
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ByteIndex |
| Range: 0 to ((PixelWidth - 1) * BytesPerColumn) | |
| - BYTE
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Return |
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DrawEllipse |
| Draws an ellipse object on the display with the center of the ellipse at the location X,Y | |
 - UINT
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X |
| X Coordinate for the center of the circle | |
| - UINT
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Y |
| Y coordinate for the center of the circle | |
| - UINT
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XRadius |
| Radius of the circle on the X axis specified in pixels | |
| - UINT
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YRadius |
| Radius of the circle on the Y axis specified in pixels | |
| - BYTE
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Transparent |
| 0=Fill inside circle using background colour / 1=Draw outer circle only | |
| - BYTE
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Solid |
| 0=Use Transparent Setting / 1=Fill with foreground colour | |
 - VOID
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Return |
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SetDisplayOrientation |
| Controls the way data is printed out on the display allowing multiple different viewing orientations. Default is 0. | |
| - BYTE
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Orientation |
| 0=Default, 1=90°CW, 2=180°CW, 3=270°CW | |
| - VOID
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Return |
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BPlot |
| Sets a pixel with the current background colour at pixel location X, Y. | |
| - UINT
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X1 |
| - UINT
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Y1 |
| - VOID
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Return |
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| This macro prints a string of characters to the Graphical LCD. | |
 - STRING
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Str |
| String of characters to send to the display. | |
| - UINT
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X1 |
| X pixel coordinate to set the output string position. | |
| - UINT
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Y1 |
| Y pixel coordinate to set the output string position. | |
| - BYTE
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Font |
| Range: 0 to 31 - 0=5x8, 1=10x8, 2=10x16, 3=5x16, 4-31=Extended Sizes | |
| - BYTE
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Transparent |
| Specifies if the background of the text is drawn - 0 = Background colour is drawn, 1 = Background colour not drawn. | |
| - VOID
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Return |
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ClearDisplay |
| This macro clears the display of any previous output by overwriting the entire display with the background colour. | |
| - VOID
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Return |
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SetBackgroundColour |
| Specifies the colour of the foreground | |
| - BYTE
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R |
| - BYTE
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G |
| - BYTE
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B |
| - VOID
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Return |
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DrawCircle |
| Draws a circle object on the display with the center of the circle at the location X,Y | |
| - UINT
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X |
| X Coordinate for the center of the circle | |
| - UINT
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Y |
| Y coordinate for the center of the circle | |
| - UINT
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Radius |
| Radius of the circle specified in pixels | |
| - BYTE
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Transparent |
| 0=Fill inside circle using background colour / 1=Draw outer circle only | |
| - BYTE
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Solid |
| 0=Use Transparent Setting / 1=Fill with foreground colour | |
| - VOID
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Return |
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ReadASCIILUT |
| - VOID
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Return |
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SetForegroundColour |
| Specifies the colour of the foreground. | |
| - BYTE
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R |
| - BYTE
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G |
| - BYTE
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B |
| - VOID
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Return |
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DrawRectangle |
| Draws a rectangle with the current foreground colour from pixel loaction X1, Y1 to pixel location X2, Y2 | |
| - UINT
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X1 |
| - UINT
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Y1 |
| - UINT
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X2 |
| - UINT
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Y2 |
| - BYTE
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Transparent |
| Chooses the transparency of the box - 0 = Box contains background colour, 1 = Box contains previous pixel data. | |
| - BYTE
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Solid |
| Chooses to fill the box with colour - 0 = Box contains transparency data, 1 = Box contains foreground colour. | |
| - VOID
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Return |
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Initialise |
| The Init macro must be called once to initialise the Graphical LCD display before any other Graphical LCD component macros are called. | |
| - VOID
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Return |
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DrawRectangle |
| Draws a rectangle with the current foreground colour from pixel loaction X1, Y1 to pixel location X2, Y2 | |
| - UINT
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X1 |
| - UINT
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Y1 |
| - UINT
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X2 |
| - UINT
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Y2 |
| - BYTE
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Transparent |
| Chooses the transparency of the box - 0 = Box contains background colour, 1 = Box contains previous pixel data. | |
| - BYTE
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Solid |
| Chooses to fill the box with colour - 0 = Box contains transparency data, 1 = Box contains foreground colour. | |
| - VOID
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Return |
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Initialise |
| The Init macro must be called once to initialise the Graphical LCD display before any other Graphical LCD component macros are called. | |
| - VOID
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Return |
Property reference
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Properties |
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Embed Font Set |
| Specifies whether or not to add an embedded font set into the program memory. Some displays have their own in-built font set and so do not require an additional embedded font. | |
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Font |
| Font picker to decide which font to use on your display. | |
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Character Spacing |
| Sets the number of blank pixels between each character when printing text. Default 1. | |
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Space Width |
| Sets the number of horizontal pixels used to represent a space character. | |
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Width Fixed |
| Details if the font has fixed width characters or variable width characters. | |
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Pixel Width |
| Details the pixel width of the font for fixed width characters. | |
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Pixel Height |
| Details the pixel height of the font. | |
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First Character |
| Details the first printable ASCI character. | |
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Character Count |
| Details the number of characters available, different fonts may have different characters available. | |
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Bytes Per Column |
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Simulations |