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WhiteWizzard
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I assume you did this by scaling???

If so, how about two scale parameters: an x-scale factor AND a y-scale factor? This way you could have tall & thin as well as short & fat fonts

(I'm only suggesting these things as I can genuinely see very valid uses by lots of people - i.e. not just a 'niche' suggestion that may be used by the odd person).

(Bet you wish you'd never asked for my feedback now!)
 
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I LIKE IT!!!


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  Quote  how about two scale parameters


What - like this



 
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Ok now the 'ball is back in my side of the court'!!

First of all, is this scaled with x & y scale factors? (I assume it is but would appreciate confirmation).

I also assume colour and invert are included (I think maybe mentioned on page1 of this thread).

So something to keep you occupied for another few minutes: how about an 'angle' parameter in deg?
 
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looks like the 1 and the 4 are not the same size as the other NumbersEdited by plasma 2015-03-17
 
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  Quote  First of all, is this scaled with x & y scale factors? (I assume it is but would appreciate confirmation).

I also assume colour and invert are included (I think maybe mentioned on page1 of this thread).


The syntax is:

DISPLAY font, xstart, ystart, foreground colour, background colour, textstring, (optional x-scale, or x and y if only this parameter specified),(Optional y-scale)

so if you want black on red the syntax would be


dim integer BLACK = &H0000 ' Color definitions: 16 bit (RGB565) colour palette so these are just examples
const BLUE = &H001F
const RED = &HF800
const GREEN = &H07E0
const CYAN = &H07FF
const MAGENTA=&HF81F
const YELLOW= &HFFE0
const WHITE = &HFFFF
'
cls red
display 9,0,0,black,red,"123456",2,4




Edited by matherp 2015-03-17
 
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  Quote  looks like the 1 and the 4 are not the same size as the other Numbers


Think about it . It is a pseudo 7-segment font
 
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Man...

All of this stuff will now be inside the core, and to use it takes very little coding work in basic... Life is good..!!
 
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Can I just confirm that these fonts and scaling features etc, will only be available on the STM port of MMBASIC, correct?

I expect that the 470, even though it is a powerful beast, probably does not have the memory for all the font data etc.

And, fantastic work going on here guys.
The larger fonts in the demo shot in the last page, are of a size I expect I could use for reading from a distance, which is what I need in my application.

"7-inch TFT! 7-inch TFT! Where for art thou, 7-inch TFT?"
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@matherp

Awesome, when this FW will available?


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aargee
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Matherp: That was me looking for a large display. For a "day" clock design for my mother.

Do you have a link or will anything like this one work?
For crying out loud, all I wanted to do was flash this blasted LED.
 
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@ aargee - I have one of these exact 7" screens coming, and I will be testing it first with the 470 using matherp's drivers. I do not have an ARMmite board - yet.(but will be getting one very soon, so I can play around with the ARM version of MMBASIC)
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Ok... Just ordered the 7" like one above...
I noticed it also seems to have a SD card socket too..
That should work out later (hopefully)..
 
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Yes, the SD card connections are routed to the I/O pins, so you could make use of that, if the ARMmite ever integrates a filesystem. Not sure it would though, as we are still talking MCU territory here, rather then computer with filesystem.

I expect a filesystem would gobble up a reasonable chunk of available flash, yes?

...perhaps not...
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  Grogster said  "7-inch TFT! 7-inch TFT! Where for art thou, 7-inch TFT?"


In the same spirit that Plasma above noted that the "1" and the "4" look short, I have to tell you Grogs that "where for art though" should be "wherefore art though".

GregEdited by paceman 2015-03-18
 
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  paceman said  
  Grogster said  "7-inch TFT! 7-inch TFT! Where for art thou, 7-inch TFT?"


In the same spirit that Plasma above noted that the "1" and the "4" look short, I have to tell you Grogs that "where for art though" should be "wherefore art though".

Greg

I think you mean "wherefore art thou"

(thou = you)

Modern English would be where are you I suppose. Even northerners don't use thee, thou, thine etc much now.

John
 
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  Quote  Awesome, when this FW will available


I'll post ASASP but need to do some documentation of the new features first to make them usable
 
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Thanks for the update.
ARM board has arrived eagerly awaiting the new firmware

Jman
 
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  paceman said  
  Grogster said  "7-inch TFT! 7-inch TFT! Where for art thou, 7-inch TFT?"

In the same spirit that Plasma above noted that the "1" and the "4" look short, I have to tell you Grogs that "where for art though" should be "wherefore art though".
Greg

I think you mean "wherefore art thou"
John

Err yeah, dead right John. We Oztralians shouldn't try to correct a kiwi. Best to leave it to a proper Brit.
 
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"7-inch TFT! 7-inch TFT! Where the hell are you, 7-inch TFT!"

Satisfied?


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