3.2" 480 x 320 TFT LCD Shield, install UTFT library and test with Arduino Mega 2560

It's 3.2" 480 x 320 TFT color screen support Arduino Mega 2560, named QDM320B.

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According to the seller:

Overview
QD320DB16NT8357RA module is 3.2" TFT LCD with 262K color 480x320 resolutions.
The controller of this LCD module is HX8357B, it supports 16-wires DataBus interface. Moreover, this module includes the 5V -3.3V power conversion circuit and Level Level conversion circuit, This Module can Directly inserted into the Arduino Mega2560 Board, it also includes the SD card socket and SPI FLASH circuit.

Features

• Support Arduino Mega2560 Directly inserted
• With Full-angle IPS TFT panel
• OnBorad level conversion chip for 5V/3.3V MCU
• Compatible with 3.3/5V operation voltage level
• Compatible with Arduino-Series development Board.
• Compatible with UTFT / UTFT_Buttons /Utouch Library for arduino.
• provided 12-examples with Arduino ,3-examples with STM32 
• With SD Card Socket
• With SPI FLASH circuit

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This video show how to install UTFT library (from http://www.rinkydinkelectronics.com/) and test example on Arduino Mega 2560.


More examples:
- Draw bitmap on 3.2" 480 x 320 TFT LCD Shield using UTFT
- Arduino Mega read string from Serial, display on 3.2" 480 x 320 TFT LCD Shield

Setup Eclipse with GCC ARM Embedded on 32 bit Ubuntu 16.04 i386

As I have a NUCLEO F401RE Development Board on the way, I try to setup Eclipse with GCC ARM Embedded on Ubuntu 16.04/VirtualBox. It's not my target development platform, just to evaluate Eclipse + GCC ARM Embedded, so I setup on VirtualBox. No flash program will be included.

In the beginning, I tried to do it on 64 bit Ubuntu, but found something wrong in the compiler, such as "Type 'uint32_t' could not be resolved"! I found many suggestion on Internet, but no perfect solution. Then I tried on 32 bit Ubuntu 16.04 i386. It can compile the example code without any problem.

- Ubuntu 16.04 come with gcc, g++ and make installed by default.

- To install Eclipse, jdk is required. To install Oracle Java 8 on Ubuntu, enter the commands:

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java

$ sudo apt-get update

$ sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-installer

This video show how to, but on 64 bit Ubuntu (same procedure):

- Install Eclipse IDE for C/C++ Developers:
Visit http://www.eclipse.org/ to download the 32 bit Eclipse Installer


- Download GCC ARM Embedded
https://launchpad.net/gcc-arm-embedded/+download


- Add GNU ARM Plug-ins to Eclipse IDE
http://gnuarmeclipse.sourceforge.net/updates


- Finally, you can try to new a ARM project in Eclipse
You have to enter the path to the "Cross GNU ARM Toolchain", it's the bin folder of the GCC ARM Embedded downloaded before.

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Cross-post in my another blogspot Embedded things.

NUCLEO-F401RE Nucleo STM32 Development Board STM32F401RE Integrate ST-LINK/V2-1 Debugger/Programmer Support Arduino

Waveshare STM32 Kit NUCLEO-F401RE Nucleo STM32 Development Board STM32F401RE Integrate ST-LINK/V2-1 Debugger/Programmer Support Arduino
Description

The STM32 Nucleo board provides an affordable and flexible way for users to try out new ideas and build prototypes with any STM32 microcontroller line, choosing from the various combinations of performance, power consumption and features. The Arduino? connectivity support and ST Morpho headers make it easy to expand the functionality of the STM32 Nucleo open development platform with a wide choice of specialized shields.

The STM32 Nucleo board does not require any separate probe as it integrates the ST-LINK/V2-1 debugger/programmer.?

The STM32 Nucleo board comes with the STM32 comprehensive software HAL library together with various packaged software examples, as well as direct access to mbed online resources.

Key Features

- STM32 microcontroller with LQFP64 package

• STM32F401RE

- Two types of extension resources

• Arduino Uno Revision 3 connectivity
• STMicroelectronics Morpho extension pin headers for full access to all STM32 I/Os

- mbed-enabled (mbed.org)
- On-board ST-LINK/V2-1 debugger/programmer with SWD connector

• selection-mode switch to use the kit as a standalone ST-LINK/V2-1

- Flexible board power supply

• USB VBUS or external source(3.3 V, 5 V, 7 - 12 V)
• Power management access point