Hi All
I wish to enquire about font IC's on TFT displays.
I am looking at 5" and 7" touch Screen Displays. Hoping to integrate it with ARM.
It is my 1st time doing any displays on mcu's (apart from the normal HD44780 LCD).
If I may post a link for a reference:
http://www.buydisplay.com/default/7...display-module-w-ssd1963-controller-board-mcu
At the bottom of the list one is able to choose a font chip. On other sites I have seen the display getting sold with no Font Chip.
Now there are quite a few GUI display software, I am looking at VisualTFT from MikroE (which I already purchased).
I want to draw good looking rounded buttons with background images and some text etc. Touch the on-screen button and a physical led turns on for example.
1) Is a font IC optional or mandatory?
2) Why does one need a font chip if one would like to draw graphics etc?
On another question, what GUI software does everyone use for creating Arduino based TFT?
Thanks
I wish to enquire about font IC's on TFT displays.
I am looking at 5" and 7" touch Screen Displays. Hoping to integrate it with ARM.
It is my 1st time doing any displays on mcu's (apart from the normal HD44780 LCD).
If I may post a link for a reference:
http://www.buydisplay.com/default/7...display-module-w-ssd1963-controller-board-mcu
At the bottom of the list one is able to choose a font chip. On other sites I have seen the display getting sold with no Font Chip.
Now there are quite a few GUI display software, I am looking at VisualTFT from MikroE (which I already purchased).
I want to draw good looking rounded buttons with background images and some text etc. Touch the on-screen button and a physical led turns on for example.
1) Is a font IC optional or mandatory?
2) Why does one need a font chip if one would like to draw graphics etc?
On another question, what GUI software does everyone use for creating Arduino based TFT?
Thanks