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MPLAB® Harmony 3 Graphics Support Package

MPLAB® Harmony 3 is an extension of the MPLAB ecosystem for creating embedded firmware solutions for Microchip 32-bit SAM and PIC microcontroller and microprocessor devices. Refer to the following links for more information:

• Microchip 32-bit MCUs
• Microchip 32-bit MPUs
• Microchip MPLAB® X IDE
• Microchip MPLAB® Harmony
• Microchip MPLAB® Harmony Pages

This repository contains the MPLAB Harmony Graphics Suite. The suite supports a free fast to market, graphics software development environment for Microchip MPLAB 32-bit SAM and PIC microprocessor devices. Refer to the following graphics links for release notes, home page, training materials, framework and application help. Find multiple graphics application examples in the gfx_apps repository.

• Release Notes
• MPLAB® Harmony License
• MPLAB® Harmony 3 Graphics Wiki
• MPLAB® Harmony 3 Graphics Videos
• MPLAB® Harmony 3 Graphics Suite Documentation

Features

The key features of the MPLAB Harmony Graphics Suite are the following:

• Hardware optimized for use with Microchip 32-bit SAM and PIC devices
• Compatible component for use with Microchip Harmony 3 Configurator (MHC)
• Written in C with MISRA C (Mandatory) compliancy
• RTOS and non-RTOS support
• Configurable widget building blocks buttons, labels, lists, sliders, and images
• Rich tool set: Heap Estimator, Event Manager, Palette generator, Asset Manager, String and Font interface, DDR memory organizer
• Hardware integrated for Microchip GPU and display controller peripherals
• Support for single and double frame buffers
• Multi-language font support
• External input support for use with capacitive, resistive and other devices
• UI design editor for what-you-see-what-you-get (WYSWYG) graphics layouts
• Fluid-UI support for alpha-blending, animations, scaling
• Pixel format support for RGBA8888, RGB888, RGB565, RGB5551, RGB332, GS8
• Multi-image support for industry standard formats, compression choices, external memory accessibility
• Fully functional demonstrations and quick-starts to enable new development
• Low memory and low power configurable

Contents Summary

Folder	Description
Legato	Legato graphics library, drivers, applications, and tools.
Aria	Aria graphics library, drivers, applications, and tools
Blank	Blank graphics interface for third-party graphics libraries

Legato graphics

The performance improved graphics for MPLAB Harmony Graphics Suite. Supports Microchip PIC32 and SAM microcontrollers.

Category	Item	Description	Release Type
apps	legato_adventure	Parallax and sprite animation example
	legato_benchmark	Performance utility example
	legato_climate_control	Climate control UI example
	legato_cooker	Appliance cooker UI example
	legato_dashboard	Vehicle dashboard example
	legato_flash	Flash writer example
	legato_monitor	Health monitor example
	legato_quickstart	Legato UI library quickstart example
	legato_quickstart_ext_res	Legato UI library external resource example
	legato_showcase	Widgets and advance capabilities example
drivers	external_controller	User generate-able external display driver
	glcd	Driver for the GLCD display controller peripheral
	2dgpu	Driver for the 2DGPU graphics processor
	lcc	Driver for the LCC software display controller
	gfx2d	Driver for the GFX2D graphics processor
	lcdc	Driver for the LCDC display controller peripheral
	external controller	Driver generator for a third-party external display controller
	ssd1963	Driver for the ssd1963 display controller
	ili9488	Display Driver for the ili9488 controller
	parallel_ebi	Interface to the parallel EBI registers
	parallel_portgroup	Inteface to the parallel portgroup registers
	parallel_smc	Interface to the parallel smc registers
	spi	Interface to the spi registers
library	legato	Graphics library
designer	legato MHGC	Harmony graphics composer for Legato

Aria graphics

The legacy graphics facilities for MPLAB Harmony Graphics Suite. Supports Microchip PIC32 and SAM microcontrollers.

Category	Item	Description	Release Type
apps	aria_adventure	Parallax and sprite animation example
	aria_benchmark	Performance utility
	aria_dashboard	Vehicle dashboard example
	aria_flash	Aria flash writer utility
	aria_image_viewer	Aria image viewer example
	aria_infotainment	Aria info/entertainment example
	aria_mxt_configure	Aria maXtouch configuration example
	aria_oven_controller	Aria oven controller example
	aria_radial_menu	Aria radial menu example
	aria_quickstart	Aria UI library quickstart reference
	aria_quickstart_ext_res	Aria UI library external resource utility
	aria_showcase	Aria showcase of widgets example
	aria_showcase_reloaded	Aria showcase of cicular widgets example
	aria_thermostat	Aria thermostat menu example
	aria_weather_forecast	Aria weather menu example
drivers	external_controller	User generate-able external display driver
	glcd	Driver for the GLCD display controller peripheral
	2dgpu	Driver for the 2DGPU graphics processor
	lcc	Display Driver for the LCC software display controller
	gfx2d	Driver for the GFX2D graphics processor
	lcdc	Driver for the LCDC display controller peripheral
	external controller	Driver generator for a third-party external display controller
	parallel_ebi	Interface to the parallel EBI registers
	parallel_portgroup	Inteface to the parallel portgroup registers
	parallel_smc	Interface to the parallel smc registers
	spi	Interface to the spi registers
hal	hal	Aria hardware abstraction layer
library	Aria	Graphics library
designer	Aria MHGC	Harmony graphics composer for Aria

Blank library interface

Blank library interface - the library interface which easily allows a third-party graphics library direct access to the display framebuffer.

Category	Item	Description	Release Type
apps	blank_quickstart	Blank UI-less library quickstart example

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