GLCD Font Creator 1.1.0 - mikroElektronika Edition

[octal]

Hello,
I'm glad to annouce the publication of a new edition of GLCD Font Creator:




GLCD Font Creator 1.1.0 - mikroElektronika Edition

This edition has is free of charge for all MikroElektronika compilers's users.

You can download this version from http://www.pocketmt.com

List of improvements and new features:
- New version 1.1.0 mikroElektronika Edition Free of Charge for Mikroelektronika compilers' users.
- Full Unicode fonts import support.
- Creation and modification of Hitachi HD44780 alphanumeric LCD custom chars.
- Compatibility with ALL MikroElektronika PRO compilers on PIC, AVR and 8051.
- improved import speed.
- few bugs correction.

XGLCD and X-SPI GLCD Library:
- New source codes of XGLCD/XSPI-GLCD Library v1.0.0 compatible with ALL mikroElektronika PRO compilers on ALL supported platforms (PIC, AVR, 8051).
- All SOURCE CODES are provided in each language: mikroPascal Pro, mikroBasic Pro, mikroC Pro (Sources have been rewritten in each language, so no *.mcl provided but full sources).
- Example projects are also given for each Microcontroller and each compiler.

What's comming in a couple of weeks:
- The T6963c has already implemented in this version but it's disabled. A new version with this controller as target will be available in a couple of weeks with a full XGLCD and XSPI Glcd library to support big fonts on GLCD using Toshiba controllers.

- A new version of the Professionnal version of GLCD Font Creator will be also published (once tests finished) for registered users.

Any comments or bug reports are welcome.

Thanks to MikroElektronika's Marketing, Software and Hardware departments' teams who helped a lot in the development of this version by providing necessary hardware and software and support.

Best regards
octal

[p.erasmus]

Hi octal

Very nice and thank you I think that this will help many users of mE compilers.
This mE community is really going forward well by these type of actions between the users and mE ,
specially because of people like you,Janni and y2lio with you extended software libs and tools ,
Another person that gives a lot of help and valuable information is Bytex

Regards

[octal]

Hello p.erasmus !

You (and all other users) are welcome.
I'm glad you find this tool useful.
I invite everybody on this forum to give any comments or suggestions to let us enhance this tool the way it should be.

This tools is free, but it does not mean that it cost nothing. It's a huge amount of work, coding, tests on software, hardware, and a lot a lot of amount of time invested.
If users find it usefull, they can contribute in two ways:
1- Suggestions and bug reports
2- contribution to XGLCD library and tests on various platforms.

3- if you use this tool in your company, for making commercial products, think to make donations. Donations of any ammount are usefull to let us recover website hosting fees, hardware investments, ... You can find donation button on the Ordering Page on http://www.pocketmt.com/index.php?target=order
Feel free to use it as much as you want

MikroElektronika helped a lot (thank to the mE-Team), but I hope that companies using GLCD Font Creator and XGLD Library to shorten time to market schedules to think to provide support. Every donation makes life easier for people investing time and money to help the community.

Regards
octal

[FRM]

As a registered user of the professional version I am looking forward to the new pro version, especially as I'm thinking about using a T6963c type display.
I'd like to thank you for your contunued efforts and support for a very useful product.

[stevenindon]

Octal,

Great tool!! Thanks for all the effort to make our life easier.

[mbruck]

Hi!

This is great. Just great!

Would you be so kind to supply sample code for mikroPascalAVR PRO?

Since suppled sample is for PIC complilers.

I hardly wait T6963 to be fully included in...

Keep going...

[octal]

Hi!

Would you be so kind to supply sample code for mikroPascalAVR PRO?

Since suppled sample is for PIC complilers.

Sorry but if you download the XGLCD library 1.0.0 you'll get there ALL libs and ALL samples for ALL microcontrollers (PIC, AVR and 8051) .

when you decompress the ZIP you'll got a folder

XGLCD_Lib_1.0.0\XGLCD\Avr\ (look at the screenshot)




And specifically with AVR I got a little problem with flash memory space for Atmega16 when I wanted to put 4 or 5 font very big tables (arrays of const). So I have put two folders for mikroBasic and mikroPascal :

\mikroBasic
\mikroBasicAtmega32
\mikroPascal
\mikroPascalAtmega32


the normal folders are examples done and tested with Atmega16 on EasyAvr5A, in these examples I simply removed one font in order to make it possible to fit the code and tables in the flash.

Folders having Atmega32 as suffix are the same with all fonts active.
For mikroC pro for avr, the example with fonts compiled fine even on an Atmega16, so I didnt put Atmega32 version.

That's all


Check again the new XGLCD Lib version 1.0.0 I provided, ALL examples are for ALL microcontrollers PIC, AVR and 8051 !!!


Final note, I used mikroBasic/mikroPascal/mikroC in the name of folders for historical reason, but in fact they are really done using PRO versions of the compilers.
Regards

[California]

What's comming in a couple of weeks:
- The T6963c has already implemented in this version but it's disabled. A new version with this controller as target will be available in a couple of weeks with a full XGLCD and XSPI Glcd library to support big fonts on GLCD using Toshiba controllers

Hello octal, may I ask you when?

With best regards

[octal]

Hello California,
still some days. The T6963c lib needs more tests and some few tweaks.
I hope to publish everything by the end of this month (maybe last week of January).

Best regards

[California]

Thanks for your great work, I am looking forward for new releise.

Best Regards

[zdavesf]

Any news on the T6963 displays? Anything we can do to help (beta testing )
All the best
Dave

[California]

Hello octal, as you can see, we are waiting patiently for your new release.

Any news ?

Regards

[underworldman]

Hello Octal.

I've asked you something here:

http://www.mikroe.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=88&t=22432

[salwa]

but is its Unicode
i am tested but all character Arabic & china not display
only square

[octal]

but is its Unicode
i am tested but all character Arabic & china not display
only square

Yes GLCD Font Creator supports UNICODE fonts import (the screenshot on first post is an example !!!)

Just select a UNICODE Font that has all unicode blocs implemented, like SimSUN font for example, and at import time, select the correct interval (FROM ... TO) of chars, and the import will be correct!

PS. A new version will be published these days !!! (please be patient)
Regards