How to: Nokia 6100 LCD (english version)
Upgrading your AVR-microcontroller with a graphical color lcd is much easier then you think. So here is what you’ll need:
- the lcd: go to ebay and look for the Nokia 6100 LCD, note that there are two different version, one with a green pcb, the other with a brown one
- then you need some further hardware, of course a microcontroller (e.g. ATmega32L) and I recommend you the breakout board form sparkfun.com http://www.sparkfun.com/
- and last but not least some software drivers, depending on the lcd version (mentioned above: green or brown pcb), you should use one of these drivers:
brown pcb
green pcb
But the driver sourcecode doesn’t help you, when you want to convert a picture to a format, that Nokia lcd can understand. No need to worry anyway, we have a solution for that - the “Bitmap to RGB8 Converter”-tool.
It generates an .h-file from a bitmap, which you can easily include in your project. Inside the .h-file is an array that contains all the bitmap-information in the RGB8-format.
Downloads:
Bitmap to RGB8 Converter
bmp.h file
(please note: to run the converter program, you need the latest .net-runtime, also note the licence-file)
/*
Sample Code
includes code from the website http://www.e-dsp.com/controlling-a-
color-graphic-lcd-epson-s1d15g10-controller-with-an-atmel-avr-atmega32l/
*/
#include "bmp.h" //the converted image
/* ... */
int main {
/* initialize your mcu and lcd here */
/* ... */
//create bitmap
for (y = 0; y < (image_width); y++)
{
for (x = image_height; x > 0; x–)
{
LCD_put_pixel(0×0, x-1, y);
}
}
/* … */
}
hi, can you write me a piece of code for example for view image on display nokia with controller pcf 8833 philips.
don’ right coordinates x,y because my display don’t enter setting swap or mirror x,y.can you help me?
i don’t understand “c” but now study with my son!
bye.
Fabio Leghorn Italy (tuscany)
Echt cooler Beirag. Danke für die Infos.
This is cool but what micro controller pins do you hook the LCD to?
@Peter:
You should use the SPI-pins of your uC.