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I would like to know the differnt type of touch glcd controllers, libraries, comunication Method (I2C, SPI, Parallel) that can best be used for the ECIO40P and flow code 5.X Pro. Are there crtain type of controllers that FC is more directd to. I am trying to make a touch screen graphics display with a clock callender. I allready have a Micro Chip MC7940 RTCC board built and kind of running using a LCD. I have not attched a key board or switchs to write to the RTCC yet. So I thought I might take it up a notch and use the latest touch screen GLCD technology.
Thanks,
Rick.

Hi
The only touch screen currently supplied by matrix is the EB076.(Other LCD screens are available, but not with touch)

This is a very nice screen. It is fully supported by flowcode 5. Macros are available for all the functions. It also has a microSD card socket on board.
Ive have used it for several projects including a 4 channel temperature monitor which uses an on screen numeric keypad, which is along the lines of what you are looking at.
I had to use a 18F4550 as the 16F877A I started with did not have enough memory for the project.
This is the link to my project.

http://www.matrixmultimedia.com/mmforum ... een#p34491

I have tried 3rd party screens that are programmed by I2C bus, but these are much more complex to use. The EB076 works very well

Thank you Mr John.
I will definitly look into this. Hope all goes well.

Mr. John.
I have purchased the EB076 GLCD board. I am interfacing it with ECIO-40P ( PIC18) and not using the multi programmer. Therefore, I am not using the DB9 as the pinout diagram is confusing, instead I have connected the ECIO to the display serial port. Every thing seems to be working fine, I am able to display time and date correctly and also get the touch coordinates. The resource on this GLCD is very limited. For example, I do not know what the font pixel size is, which color values create different colors. How do you clear a region of a screen without clearing the whole display as this is very slow. I am asking the question beacause If I am to call a MACRO to set time and date or other menue function, I want to change the font color or size, or draw a box around a region, box fill/unfill so that the user is guided correctly. How do you make certain text on the display flash. What size and type of SDCARD can I use to create a fixed background image or store DATA.
Thankyou
Rick.

Rick,

If you are using the EB076 component, please have a look at this thread http://www.matrixmultimedia.com/mmforum ... 46&t=11166

I have spent quite a bit of time with this component. It is a very nice unit and you can do everything you intend to do above but you may need to add additional macros which is very easy. You need to look through the 4D systems manual for the gLCD and all commands that you need are in there if they are not already incorporated into the Matrix macros.

If you need any help, let me know and I'll see if I can help with specific issues.

Cheers
Sefi

Sefi,
Thankyou, I will look into the thread. This is my first GLCD project and I am just overwhelmed compared to LCD programing.
Rick