So jealous of this now, as I just started back tinkering with MPLABX,=20
XC32, Harmony specifically to use the graphics libraries. More=20
coincidentally, I dug up an older  Mikromedia MX4 dev board I've had for=20
some time -- it uses the same PIC32MX460F512L chip.

Curious -- where do I find the list of graphics controllers Harmony=20
supports?  Also, are the slides/presentations from this course available=20
anywhere online that I can see them?

Cheers,
-Neil.


On 10/19/2015 11:29 PM, Brent Brown wrote:
> Graphics Workshop was last week, have had some time to digest now. It was=
 very
> well presented, good content, good value. All software was provided thoug=
h we
> were encouraged to pre-install MPLABX and XC32 beforehand to speed things=
 up.
> Harmony was provided on the day, to ensure we got board support for the
> Mikromedia board we used. Presenter was Microhip FAE from Australia speci=
alising
> in graphics, and indeed the developer of the course/lab/notes.
>
> Split into learning sessions and hands-on lab sessions (read: race to see=
 who could
> get the example working the quickest and not end up looking dumb). First =
up was
> an intro to Harmony and it's configurator, with a lab to get an LED flash=
ing
> employing a timer interrupt.
>
> Next up was graphics. A lengthy but good overview of graphic LCDs was giv=
en,
> covering the different interfaces, with and without controllers, with and=
 without frame
> buffer memory, CPU requirements etc. Lab was built on previous code and
> implemented a green/black flashing dot on the LCD... the graphics analog =
of the
> flashing LED.
>
> Third lab used the Microchip Harmony Graphics Composer (MHGC) tool, resul=
ting
> in a full colour background picture on the LCD and a timer counting in mi=
nutes and
> seconds in a large font.
>
> Fourth lab added a touch screen button to reset the timer. Plenty of info=
 in the lab
> notes to go over it later and really learn the details. The Mikromedia bo=
ard comes
> with a bootloader, but they hadn't figured out how to make the code produ=
ced in the
> labs compatible with it, so programming was with PICKIT3's which they pro=
vided
> (but not for keeps).
>
> Take homes were a Mikromedia dev board (with 2.8" 320x240 resistive touch=
 LCD,
> PIC32MX460F512L, USB, serial flash, accelerometer, uSD, MP3 audio decoder=
),
> 16GB USB drive with the labs/software/datasheets etc, laptop/tablet sleev=
e, and a
> Microchip back-pack. And lunch, did I mention there was lunch? Still a bi=
g jump to
> my first project using a PIC32, and Harmony, and graphic LCD, and touch -=
 but
> have the confidence now to tackle it. Would recommend the workshop to any=
body
> interested.
>
> Didn't ask how they got around the NZ tax issue, perhaps they could claim=
 the
> attendees pre-purchased a USD100 dev kit tax free from the US, and the
> presenters hand delivered it along with a free seminar ;-)
>
>
>

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