Microchip Graphics Suite Harmony 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
- MPLAB® Discover
This repository contains the MPLAB® Harmony 3 Support Package for Microchip Graphics Suite (MGS). The suite supports a free fast to market, graphics software development environment for Microchip MPLAB® 32-bit SAM and PIC® microcontroller and microprocessor devices. Refer to the following graphics links for release notes, home page, training materials, framework and application help.
For feature-rich, professional Microchip Graphics Suite demonstrations and demonstrations from third-party graphics libaries, refer to user guides on Microchip Developer Help or search for “Microchip Graphcis Suite” on MPLAB® Discover.
Examples for display bring-up can be found at various device-family specific repositories
- Release Notes
- MPLAB® Harmony License
- User Guides on Microchip Graphics Suite Harmony
- Professional Designs on Microchip Graphics Suite Development Kits
Features
The key features of the Microchip Graphics Suite (MGS) are the following:
- Hardware optimized for use with Microchip 32-bit SAM and PIC® devices
- Compatible component for use with MPLAB Code Configurator (MCC)
- MGS Harmony Composer WYSWYG UI designer tool for Windows, Linux and Mac
- MGS Simulator A tool to generate simulated GUI designs to run on Windows, Linux and Mac
- Written in C with MISRA C (Mandatory) compliancy
- RTOS (FreeRTOS, ThreadX) 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
- Fluid-UI support for alpha-blending, animations, scaling
- Pixel format support for RGBA8888, RGB888, RGB565, RGB5551, RGB332, GS8, YrBrCr
- 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
- Segmented LCD support
- LVDS-interface display support
- MIPI-DSI display support
- 3rd-Party Graphics Vendor support
Contents Summary
MGS Harmony Composer
MGS Harmony Composer is a software tool that helps users create and manage GUI elements for their applications. It is part of MGS, which is a comprehensive, easy-to-use set of graphics tools for developing GUIs for Microchip’s 32-bit microcontrollers (MCUs) and microprocessors (MPUs).
For additional information, visit the MGS Harmony Composer User Guide at Microchip Develop Help.
MGS Simulator
MGS Harmony Simulator allows developers to prototype and debug graphics applications on a PC, before deploying them on the actual hardware. It emulates the graphics controller of an MCU/MPU, allowing you to see the output of your code in real-time.
For information on how to download and use the Simulator as a productivity tools to shorten development time and reduce the overall cost of your embedded GUI designs, visit the MGS Simulator User Guide at Microchip Develop Help.
MGS Harmony Library (also known as Legato)
The bare-metal graphics library for Microchip Graphics Suite. Supports Microchip PIC32 and SAM microcontrollers and microprocessors
| Category | Item | Description | Release Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| drivers | 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 external display controllers | | |
| 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 | | |
| xlcdc | Driver for the XLCDC display controller peripheral |  | |
| dsi | Driver for the MIPI-DSI display interface | | |
| lvdsc | Driver for the LVDS display interface | | |
| library | legato | MGS Harmony library |  |
| designer | MGC Harmony | MGS Harmony Composer |  |
NOTE: ssd1963 and the ili9488 drivers are deprecated. Their functionality are replaced by external controller driver. All applications using these drivers must transition to external controller driver.
Blank Library Interface
Blank Library Interface - the library interface which easily allows a third-party graphics library direct access to the display framebuffer. Blank library applications are available at various device-family specific repositories.
3rd-Party Graphics Vendor Support
LVGL - demonstrations interfacing with LVGL are available for the SAM 9x60 Family, the SAM 9x7 Family, the SAM D5x/E5x Family, and the PIC32MZ DA Family.
Tara Embedded Wizard - demonstrations interfacing with Tara Embedded Wizard are available for the SAM A5D2 Family, the SAM 9x60 Family, and the SAM 9x7 Family
Image Sensor Support
Image Sensor Controller Drivers for SAM microprocessors and Image Sensor Drivers
NOTE: Starting from Harmony 3 Graphics release v3.14.0 and over the next several releases, image sensor support will be gradually removed from the Graphics release and repositioned in releases of Harmony 3 Vision Package.
This chart shows which drivers are located in which repository.
| Category | Item | Description | Release Status | Repository |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| drivers | isi | Driver for the Image Sensor Interface peripheral | |  |
| cam | Driver for the OV5640 image sensor module for ISI | | | |
| isc | Driver for the Image Sensor Controller peripheral |  |  |
Segmented LCD Support
Controller Drivers for Segemented LCDs for SAM microcontrollers
| Category | Item | Description | Release Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| drivers | slcc | Low-Cost Controllerless Driver for the Segmented LCD displays | |
| slcd | Driver for the SAM L22 Segmented LCD display controller peripheral | | |
| slcdc | Driver for the PIC32CX MT Segmented LCD display controller peripheral | |
Aria Graphics
The legacy graphics facilities for MPLAB® Harmony Graphics Suite. Supports Microchip PIC32 and SAM microcontrollers.
As of Graphics release v3.8.0, Aria Graphics has been deprecated and removed from this repository. A snapshot of all previously published applications, tools, middleware and drivers related to Harmony 3 Aria Graphics are available at this archive repository.
