LCD

Introduction

ESP chips can generate various kinds of timings that needed by common LCDs on the market, like SPI LCD, I80 LCD (a.k.a Intel 8080 parallel LCD), RGB/SRGB LCD, I2C LCD, etc. The esp_lcd component is officially to support those LCDs with a group of universal APIs across chips.

Functional Overview

In esp_lcd, an LCD panel is represented by esp_lcd_panel_handle_t, which plays the role of an abstract frame buffer , regardless of the frame memory is allocated inside ESP chip or in external LCD controller. Based on the location of the frame buffer and the hardware connection interface, the LCD panel drivers are mainly grouped into the following categories:

Controller based LCD driver involves multiple steps to get a panel handle, like bus allocation, IO device registration and controller driver install. The frame buffer is located in the controller's internal GRAM (Graphical RAM). ESP-IDF provides only a limited number of LCD controller drivers out of the box (e.g., ST7789, SSD1306), More Controller Based LCD Drivers are maintained in the Espressif Component Registry.
SPI Interfaced LCD describes the steps to install the SPI LCD IO driver and then get the panel handle.
I2C Interfaced LCD describes the steps to install the I2C LCD IO driver and then get the panel handle.
I80 Interfaced LCD describes the steps to install the I80 LCD IO driver and then get the panel handle.
LCD Panel IO Operations - provides a set of APIs to operate the LCD panel, like turning on/off the display, setting the orientation, etc. These operations are common for either controller-based LCD panel driver or RGB LCD panel driver.

SPI Interfaced LCD

Create an SPI bus. Please refer to SPI Master API doc for more details.

spi_bus_config_t buscfg = {

    .sclk_io_num = EXAMPLE_PIN_NUM_SCLK,
    .mosi_io_num = EXAMPLE_PIN_NUM_MOSI,
    .miso_io_num = EXAMPLE_PIN_NUM_MISO,
    .quadwp_io_num = -1, // Quad SPI LCD driver is not yet supported
    .quadhd_io_num = -1, // Quad SPI LCD driver is not yet supported
    .max_transfer_sz = EXAMPLE_LCD_H_RES * 80 * sizeof(uint16_t), // transfer 80 lines of pixels (assume pixel is RGB565) at most in one SPI transaction
};
ESP_ERROR_CHECK(spi_bus_initialize(LCD_HOST, &buscfg, SPI_DMA_CH_AUTO)); // Enable the DMA feature

Allocate an LCD IO device handle from the SPI bus. In this step, you need to provide the following information:

 * `esp_lcd_panel_io_spi_config_t::dc_gpio_num`: Sets the gpio number for the DC signal line (some LCD calls this `RS` line). The LCD driver uses this GPIO to switch between sending command and sending data.

 * `esp_lcd_panel_io_spi_config_t::cs_gpio_num`: Sets the gpio number for the CS signal line. The LCD driver uses this GPIO to select the LCD chip. If the SPI bus only has one device attached (i.e., this LCD), you can set the gpio number to `-1` to occupy the bus exclusively.

 * `esp_lcd_panel_io_spi_config_t::pclk_hz` sets the frequency of the pixel clock, in Hz. The value should not exceed the range recommended in the LCD spec.

 * `esp_lcd_panel_io_spi_config_t::spi_mode` sets the SPI mode. The LCD driver uses this mode to communicate with the LCD. For the meaning of the SPI mode, please refer to the [SPI Master API doc](spi_master.html).

 * `esp_lcd_panel_io_spi_config_t::lcd_cmd_bits` and `esp_lcd_panel_io_spi_config_t::lcd_param_bits` set the bit width of the command and parameter that recognized by the LCD controller chip. This is chip specific, you should refer to your LCD spec in advance.

 * `esp_lcd_panel_io_spi_config_t::trans_queue_depth` sets the depth of the SPI transaction queue. A bigger value means more transactions can be queued up, but it also consumes more memory.

>     esp_lcd_panel_io_handle_t io_handle = NULL;
esp_lcd_panel_io_spi_config_t io_config = {
    .dc_gpio_num = EXAMPLE_PIN_NUM_LCD_DC,
    .cs_gpio_num = EXAMPLE_PIN_NUM_LCD_CS,
    .pclk_hz = EXAMPLE_LCD_PIXEL_CLOCK_HZ,
    .lcd_cmd_bits = EXAMPLE_LCD_CMD_BITS,
    .lcd_param_bits = EXAMPLE_LCD_PARAM_BITS,
    .spi_mode = 0,
    .trans_queue_depth = 10,
};
// Attach the LCD to the SPI bus
ESP_ERROR_CHECK(esp_lcd_new_panel_io_spi((esp_lcd_spi_bus_handle_t)LCD_HOST, &io_config, &io_handle));

Install the LCD controller driver. The LCD controller driver is responsible for sending the commands and parameters to the LCD controller chip. In this step, you need to specify the SPI IO device handle that allocated in the last step, and some panel specific configurations:

 * `esp_lcd_panel_dev_config_t::reset_gpio_num` sets the LCD's hardware reset GPIO number. If the LCD does not have a hardware reset pin, set this to `-1`.

 * `esp_lcd_panel_dev_config_t::rgb_ele_order` sets the R-G-B element order of each color data.

 * `esp_lcd_panel_dev_config_t::bits_per_pixel` sets the bit width of the pixel color data. The LCD driver uses this value to calculate the number of bytes to send to the LCD controller chip.

 * `esp_lcd_panel_dev_config_t::data_endian` specifies the data endian to be transmitted to the screen. No need to specify for color data within 1 byte, like RGB232. For drivers that do not support specifying data endian, this field would be ignored.

>     esp_lcd_panel_handle_t panel_handle = NULL;
esp_lcd_panel_dev_config_t panel_config = {
    .reset_gpio_num = EXAMPLE_PIN_NUM_RST,
    .rgb_ele_order = LCD_RGB_ELEMENT_ORDER_BGR,
    .bits_per_pixel = 16,
};
// Create LCD panel handle for ST7789, with the SPI IO device handle
ESP_ERROR_CHECK(esp_lcd_new_panel_st7789(io_handle, &panel_config, &panel_handle));

I2C Interfaced LCD

Create I2C bus. Please refer to I2C API doc for more details.

i2c_master_bus_handle_t i2c_bus = NULL;

i2c_master_bus_config_t bus_config = {
    .clk_source = I2C_CLK_SRC_DEFAULT,
    .glitch_ignore_cnt = 7,
    .i2c_port = I2C_BUS_PORT,
    .sda_io_num = EXAMPLE_PIN_NUM_SDA,
    .scl_io_num = EXAMPLE_PIN_NUM_SCL,
    .flags.enable_internal_pullup = true,
};
ESP_ERROR_CHECK(i2c_new_master_bus(&bus_config, &i2c_bus));

Allocate an LCD IO device handle from the I2C bus. In this step, you need to provide the following information:

 * `esp_lcd_panel_io_i2c_config_t::dev_addr` sets the I2C device address of the LCD controller chip. The LCD driver uses this address to communicate with the LCD controller chip.

 * `esp_lcd_panel_io_i2c_config_t::scl_speed_hz` sets the I2C clock frequency in Hz. The value should not exceed the range recommended in the LCD spec.

 * `esp_lcd_panel_io_i2c_config_t::lcd_cmd_bits` and `esp_lcd_panel_io_i2c_config_t::lcd_param_bits` set the bit width of the command and parameter that recognized by the LCD controller chip. This is chip specific, you should refer to your LCD spec in advance.

>     esp_lcd_panel_io_handle_t io_handle = NULL;
esp_lcd_panel_io_i2c_config_t io_config = {
    .dev_addr = EXAMPLE_I2C_HW_ADDR,
    .scl_speed_hz = EXAMPLE_LCD_PIXEL_CLOCK_HZ,
    .control_phase_bytes = 1, // refer to LCD spec
    .dc_bit_offset = 6,       // refer to LCD spec
    .lcd_cmd_bits = EXAMPLE_LCD_CMD_BITS,
    .lcd_param_bits = EXAMPLE_LCD_CMD_BITS,
};
ESP_ERROR_CHECK(esp_lcd_new_panel_io_i2c(i2c_bus, &io_config, &io_handle));

Install the LCD controller driver. The LCD controller driver is responsible for sending the commands and parameters to the LCD controller chip. In this step, you need to specify the I2C IO device handle that allocated in the last step, and some panel specific configurations:

 * `esp_lcd_panel_dev_config_t::reset_gpio_num` sets the LCD's hardware reset GPIO number. If the LCD does not have a hardware reset pin, set this to `-1`.

 * `esp_lcd_panel_dev_config_t::bits_per_pixel` sets the bit width of the pixel color data. The LCD driver uses this value to calculate the number of bytes to send to the LCD controller chip.

>     esp_lcd_panel_handle_t panel_handle = NULL;
esp_lcd_panel_dev_config_t panel_config = {
    .bits_per_pixel = 1,
    .reset_gpio_num = EXAMPLE_PIN_NUM_RST,
};
ESP_ERROR_CHECK(esp_lcd_new_panel_ssd1306(io_handle, &panel_config, &panel_handle));

I80 Interfaced LCD

Create I80 bus by esp_lcd_new_i80_bus(). You need to set up the following parameters for an Intel 8080 parallel bus:

 * `esp_lcd_i80_bus_config_t::clk_src` sets the clock source of the I80 bus. Note, the default clock source may be different between ESP targets.

 * `esp_lcd_i80_bus_config_t::wr_gpio_num` sets the GPIO number of the pixel clock (also referred as `WR` in some LCD spec)

 * `esp_lcd_i80_bus_config_t::dc_gpio_num` sets the GPIO number of the data/command select pin (also referred as `RS` in some LCD spec)

 * `esp_lcd_i80_bus_config_t::bus_width` sets the bit width of the data bus (only support `8` or `16`)

 * `esp_lcd_i80_bus_config_t::data_gpio_nums` is the array of the GPIO number of the data bus. The number of GPIOs should be equal to the `esp_lcd_i80_bus_config_t::bus_width` value.

 * `esp_lcd_i80_bus_config_t::max_transfer_bytes` sets the maximum number of bytes that can be transferred in one transaction.

>     esp_lcd_i80_bus_handle_t i80_bus = NULL;
esp_lcd_i80_bus_config_t bus_config = {
    .clk_src = LCD_CLK_SRC_DEFAULT,
    .dc_gpio_num = EXAMPLE_PIN_NUM_DC,
    .wr_gpio_num = EXAMPLE_PIN_NUM_PCLK,
    .data_gpio_nums = {
        EXAMPLE_PIN_NUM_DATA0,
        EXAMPLE_PIN_NUM_DATA1,
        EXAMPLE_PIN_NUM_DATA2,
        EXAMPLE_PIN_NUM_DATA3,
        EXAMPLE_PIN_NUM_DATA4,
        EXAMPLE_PIN_NUM_DATA5,
        EXAMPLE_PIN_NUM_DATA6,
        EXAMPLE_PIN_NUM_DATA7,
    },
    .bus_width = 8,
    .max_transfer_bytes = EXAMPLE_LCD_H_RES * 100 * sizeof(uint16_t), // transfer 100 lines of pixels (assume pixel is RGB565) at most in one transaction
    .psram_trans_align = EXAMPLE_PSRAM_DATA_ALIGNMENT,
    .sram_trans_align = 4,
};
ESP_ERROR_CHECK(esp_lcd_new_i80_bus(&bus_config, &i80_bus));

Allocate an LCD IO device handle from the I80 bus. In this step, you need to provide the following information:

 * `esp_lcd_panel_io_i80_config_t::cs_gpio_num` sets the GPIO number of the chip select pin.

 * `esp_lcd_panel_io_i80_config_t::pclk_hz` sets the pixel clock frequency in Hz. Higher pixel clock frequency results in higher refresh rate, but may cause flickering if the DMA bandwidth is not sufficient or the LCD controller chip does not support high pixel clock frequency.

 * `esp_lcd_panel_io_i80_config_t::lcd_cmd_bits` and `esp_lcd_panel_io_i80_config_t::lcd_param_bits` set the bit width of the command and parameter that recognized by the LCD controller chip. This is chip specific, you should refer to your LCD spec in advance.

 * `esp_lcd_panel_io_i80_config_t::trans_queue_depth` sets the maximum number of transactions that can be queued in the LCD IO device. A bigger value means more transactions can be queued up, but it also consumes more memory.

>     esp_lcd_panel_io_handle_t io_handle = NULL;
esp_lcd_panel_io_i80_config_t io_config = {
    .cs_gpio_num = EXAMPLE_PIN_NUM_CS,
    .pclk_hz = EXAMPLE_LCD_PIXEL_CLOCK_HZ,
    .trans_queue_depth = 10,
    .dc_levels = {
        .dc_idle_level = 0,
        .dc_cmd_level = 0,
        .dc_dummy_level = 0,
        .dc_data_level = 1,
    },
    .lcd_cmd_bits = EXAMPLE_LCD_CMD_BITS,
    .lcd_param_bits = EXAMPLE_LCD_PARAM_BITS,
};
ESP_ERROR_CHECK(esp_lcd_new_panel_io_i80(i80_bus, &io_config, &io_handle));

Install the LCD controller driver. The LCD controller driver is responsible for sending the commands and parameters to the LCD controller chip. In this step, you need to specify the I80 IO device handle that allocated in the last step, and some panel specific configurations:

 * `esp_lcd_panel_dev_config_t::bits_per_pixel` sets the bit width of the pixel color data. The LCD driver uses this value to calculate the number of bytes to send to the LCD controller chip.

 * `esp_lcd_panel_dev_config_t::reset_gpio_num` sets the GPIO number of the reset pin. If the LCD controller chip does not have a reset pin, you can set this value to `-1`.

 * `esp_lcd_panel_dev_config_t::rgb_ele_order` sets the color order the pixel color data.

>     esp_lcd_panel_dev_config_t panel_config = {
    .reset_gpio_num = EXAMPLE_PIN_NUM_RST,
    .rgb_ele_order = LCD_RGB_ELEMENT_ORDER_RGB,
    .bits_per_pixel = 16,
};
ESP_ERROR_CHECK(esp_lcd_new_panel_st7789(io_handle, &panel_config, &panel_handle));

More Controller Based LCD Drivers

More LCD panel drivers and touch drivers are available in ESP-IDF Component Registry. The list of available and planned drivers with links is in this table.

LCD Panel IO Operations

esp_lcd_panel_reset() can reset the LCD panel.
esp_lcd_panel_init() performs a basic initialization of the panel. To perform more manufacture specific initialization, please go to Steps to Add Manufacture Specific Initialization.
Through combined use of esp_lcd_panel_swap_xy() and esp_lcd_panel_mirror(), you can rotate the LCD screen.
esp_lcd_panel_disp_on_off() can turn on or off the LCD screen by cutting down the output path from the frame buffer to the LCD screen.
esp_lcd_panel_disp_sleep() can reduce the power consumption of the LCD screen by entering the sleep mode. The internal frame buffer is still retained.
esp_lcd_panel_draw_bitmap() is the most significant function, which does the magic to draw the user provided color buffer to the LCD screen, where the draw window is also configurable.

Steps to Add Manufacture Specific Initialization

The LCD controller drivers (e.g., st7789) in esp-idf only provide basic initialization in the esp_lcd_panel_init(), leaving the vast majority of settings to the default values. Some LCD modules needs to set a bunch of manufacture specific configurations before it can display normally. These configurations usually include gamma, power voltage and so on. If you want to add manufacture specific initialization, please follow the steps below:

esp_lcd_panel_reset(panel_handle);
esp_lcd_panel_init(panel_handle);
// set extra configurations e.g., gamma control
// with the underlying IO handle
// please consult your manufacture for special commands and corresponding values
esp_lcd_panel_io_tx_param(io_handle, GAMMA_CMD, (uint8_t[]) {
       GAMMA_ARRAY
    }, N);
// turn on the display
esp_lcd_panel_disp_on_off(panel_handle, true);

Application Example

LCD examples are located under: peripherals/lcd:

Universal SPI LCD example with SPI touch - peripherals/lcd/spi_lcd_touch
Jpeg decoding and LCD display - peripherals/lcd/tjpgd
i80 controller based LCD and LVGL animation UI - peripherals/lcd/i80_controller
I2C interfaced OLED display scrolling text - peripherals/lcd/i2c_oled

API Reference

Header File

components/hal/include/hal/lcd_types.h
This header file can be included with:

#include "hal/lcd_types.h"

Macros

LCD_RGB_ENDIAN_RGB

LCD_RGB_ENDIAN_BGR

Type Definitions

typedef soc_periph_lcd_clk_src_t lcd_clock_source_t

LCD clock source.

typedef lcd_rgb_element_order_t lcd_color_rgb_endian_t

for backward compatible

Enumerations

enum lcd_rgb_element_order_t

RGB color endian.

Values:

enumerator LCD_RGB_ELEMENT_ORDER_RGB

RGB element order: RGB

enumerator LCD_RGB_ELEMENT_ORDER_BGR

RGB element order: BGR

enum lcd_rgb_data_endian_t

RGB data endian.

Values:

enumerator LCD_RGB_DATA_ENDIAN_BIG

RGB data endian: MSB first

enumerator LCD_RGB_DATA_ENDIAN_LITTLE

RGB data endian: LSB first

enum lcd_color_space_t

LCD color space.

Values:

enumerator LCD_COLOR_SPACE_RGB

Color space: RGB

enumerator LCD_COLOR_SPACE_YUV

Color space: YUV

enum lcd_color_range_t

LCD color range.

Values:

enumerator LCD_COLOR_RANGE_LIMIT

Limited color range

enumerator LCD_COLOR_RANGE_FULL

Full color range

enum lcd_yuv_sample_t

YUV sampling method.

Values:

enumerator LCD_YUV_SAMPLE_422

YUV 4:2:2 sampling

enumerator LCD_YUV_SAMPLE_420

YUV 4:2:0 sampling

enumerator LCD_YUV_SAMPLE_411

YUV 4:1:1 sampling

enum lcd_yuv_conv_std_t

The standard used for conversion between RGB and YUV.

Values:

enumerator LCD_YUV_CONV_STD_BT601

YUV<->RGB conversion standard: BT.601

enumerator LCD_YUV_CONV_STD_BT709

YUV<->RGB conversion standard: BT.709

Header File

components/esp_lcd/include/esp_lcd_types.h
This header file can be included with:

#include "esp_lcd_types.h"

This header file is a part of the API provided by the esp_lcd component. To declare that your component depends on esp_lcd, add the following to your CMakeLists.txt:

REQUIRES esp_lcd

>     PRIV_REQUIRES esp_lcd

Type Definitions

typedef struct esp_lcd_panel_io_t *esp_lcd_panel_io_handle_t

Type of LCD panel IO handle

typedef struct esp_lcd_panel_t *esp_lcd_panel_handle_t

Type of LCD panel handle

Header File

components/esp_lcd/include/esp_lcd_panel_io.h
This header file can be included with:

#include "esp_lcd_panel_io.h"

This header file is a part of the API provided by the esp_lcd component. To declare that your component depends on esp_lcd, add the following to your CMakeLists.txt:

REQUIRES esp_lcd

>     PRIV_REQUIRES esp_lcd

Functions

esp_err_t esp_lcd_panel_io_rx_param(esp_lcd_panel_io_handle_t io, int lcd_cmd, void *param, size_t param_size)

Transmit LCD command and receive corresponding parameters.

Note

Commands sent by this function are short, so they are sent using polling transactions. The function does not return before the command transfer is completed. If any queued transactions sent by esp_lcd_panel_io_tx_color() are still pending when this function is called, this function will wait until they are finished and the queue is empty before sending the command(s).

Parameters

io -- [in] LCD panel IO handle, which is created by other factory API like esp_lcd_new_panel_io_spi()
lcd_cmd -- [in] The specific LCD command, set to -1 if no command needed
param -- [out] Buffer for the command data
param_size -- [in] Size of param buffer

Returns

ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG if parameter is invalid
ESP_ERR_NOT_SUPPORTED if read is not supported by transport
ESP_OK on success

esp_err_t esp_lcd_panel_io_tx_param(esp_lcd_panel_io_handle_t io, int lcd_cmd, const void *param, size_t param_size)

Transmit LCD command and corresponding parameters.

Note

Parameters

io -- [in] LCD panel IO handle, which is created by other factory API like esp_lcd_new_panel_io_spi()
lcd_cmd -- [in] The specific LCD command, set to -1 if no command needed
param -- [in] Buffer that holds the command specific parameters, set to NULL if no parameter is needed for the command
param_size -- [in] Size of param in memory, in bytes, set to zero if no parameter is needed for the command

Returns

ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG if parameter is invalid
ESP_OK on success

esp_err_t esp_lcd_panel_io_tx_color(esp_lcd_panel_io_handle_t io, int lcd_cmd, const void *color, size_t color_size)

Transmit LCD RGB data.

Note

This function will package the command and RGB data into a transaction, and push into a queue. The real transmission is performed in the background (DMA+interrupt). The caller should take care of the lifecycle of the color buffer. Recycling of color buffer should be done in the callback on_color_trans_done().

Parameters

io -- [in] LCD panel IO handle, which is created by factory API like esp_lcd_new_panel_io_spi()
lcd_cmd -- [in] The specific LCD command, set to -1 if no command needed
color -- [in] Buffer that holds the RGB color data
color_size -- [in] Size of color in memory, in bytes

Returns

ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG if parameter is invalid
ESP_OK on success

esp_err_t esp_lcd_panel_io_del(esp_lcd_panel_io_handle_t io)

Destroy LCD panel IO handle (deinitialize panel and free all corresponding resource)

Parameters

io -- [in] LCD panel IO handle, which is created by factory API like esp_lcd_new_panel_io_spi()

Returns

ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG if parameter is invalid
ESP_OK on success

esp_err_t esp_lcd_panel_io_register_event_callbacks(esp_lcd_panel_io_handle_t io, const esp_lcd_panel_io_callbacks_t *cbs, void *user_ctx)

Parameters

io -- [in] LCD panel IO handle, which is created by factory API like esp_lcd_new_panel_io_spi()
cbs -- [in] structure with all LCD panel IO callbacks
user_ctx -- [in] User private data, passed directly to callback's user_ctx

Returns

ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG if parameter is invalid
ESP_OK on success

esp_err_t esp_lcd_new_panel_io_spi(esp_lcd_spi_bus_handle_t bus, const esp_lcd_panel_io_spi_config_t *io_config, esp_lcd_panel_io_handle_t *ret_io)

Create LCD panel IO handle, for SPI interface.

Parameters

bus -- [in] SPI bus handle
io_config -- [in] IO configuration, for SPI interface
ret_io -- [out] Returned IO handle

Returns

ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG if parameter is invalid
ESP_ERR_NO_MEM if out of memory
ESP_OK on success

esp_err_t esp_lcd_new_panel_io_i2c_v1(uint32_t bus, const esp_lcd_panel_io_i2c_config_t *io_config, esp_lcd_panel_io_handle_t *ret_io)

Create LCD panel IO handle, for I2C interface in legacy implementation.

Note

Please don't call this function in your project directly. Please call esp_lcd_new_panel_to_i2c instead.

Parameters

bus -- [in] I2C bus handle, (in uint32_t)
io_config -- [in] IO configuration, for I2C interface
ret_io -- [out] Returned IO handle

Returns

ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG if parameter is invalid
ESP_ERR_NO_MEM if out of memory
ESP_OK on success

esp_err_t esp_lcd_new_panel_io_i2c_v2(i2c_master_bus_handle_t bus, const esp_lcd_panel_io_i2c_config_t *io_config, esp_lcd_panel_io_handle_t *ret_io)

Create LCD panel IO handle, for I2C interface in new implementation.

Note

Please don't call this function in your project directly. Please call esp_lcd_new_panel_to_i2c instead.

Parameters

bus -- [in] I2C bus handle, (in i2c_master_dev_handle_t)
io_config -- [in] IO configuration, for I2C interface
ret_io -- [out] Returned IO handle

Returns

ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG if parameter is invalid
ESP_ERR_NO_MEM if out of memory
ESP_OK on success

esp_err_t esp_lcd_new_i80_bus(const esp_lcd_i80_bus_config_t *bus_config, esp_lcd_i80_bus_handle_t *ret_bus)

Create Intel 8080 bus handle.

Parameters

bus_config -- [in] Bus configuration
ret_bus -- [out] Returned bus handle

Returns

ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG if parameter is invalid
ESP_ERR_NO_MEM if out of memory
ESP_ERR_NOT_FOUND if no free bus is available
ESP_OK on success

esp_err_t esp_lcd_del_i80_bus(esp_lcd_i80_bus_handle_t bus)

Destroy Intel 8080 bus handle.

Parameters

bus -- [in] Intel 8080 bus handle, created by esp_lcd_new_i80_bus()

Returns

ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG if parameter is invalid
ESP_ERR_INVALID_STATE if there still be some device attached to the bus
ESP_OK on success

esp_err_t esp_lcd_new_panel_io_i80(esp_lcd_i80_bus_handle_t bus, const esp_lcd_panel_io_i80_config_t *io_config, esp_lcd_panel_io_handle_t *ret_io)

Create LCD panel IO, for Intel 8080 interface.

Parameters

bus -- [in] Intel 8080 bus handle, created by esp_lcd_new_i80_bus()
io_config -- [in] IO configuration, for i80 interface
ret_io -- [out] Returned panel IO handle

Returns

ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG if parameter is invalid
ESP_ERR_NOT_SUPPORTED if some configuration can't be satisfied, e.g. pixel clock out of the range
ESP_ERR_NO_MEM if out of memory
ESP_OK on success

Structures

struct esp_lcd_panel_io_event_data_t

Type of LCD panel IO event data.

struct esp_lcd_panel_io_callbacks_t

Type of LCD panel IO callbacks.

Public Members

esp_lcd_panel_io_color_trans_done_cb_t on_color_trans_done

Callback invoked when color data transfer has finished

struct esp_lcd_panel_io_spi_config_t

Panel IO configuration structure, for SPI interface.

Public Members

int cs_gpio_num

GPIO used for CS line

int dc_gpio_num

GPIO used to select the D/C line, set this to -1 if the D/C line is not used

int spi_mode

Traditional SPI mode (0~3)

unsigned int pclk_hz

Frequency of pixel clock

size_t trans_queue_depth

Size of internal transaction queue

esp_lcd_panel_io_color_trans_done_cb_t on_color_trans_done

Callback invoked when color data transfer has finished

void *user_ctx

User private data, passed directly to on_color_trans_done's user_ctx

int lcd_cmd_bits

Bit-width of LCD command

int lcd_param_bits

Bit-width of LCD parameter

unsigned int dc_high_on_cmd

If enabled, DC level = 1 indicates command transfer

unsigned int dc_low_on_data

If enabled, DC level = 0 indicates color data transfer

unsigned int dc_low_on_param

If enabled, DC level = 0 indicates parameter transfer

unsigned int octal_mode

transmit with octal mode (8 data lines), this mode is used to simulate Intel 8080 timing

unsigned int quad_mode

transmit with quad mode (4 data lines), this mode is useful when transmitting LCD parameters (Only use one line for command)

unsigned int sio_mode

Read and write through a single data line (MOSI)

unsigned int lsb_first

transmit LSB bit first

unsigned int cs_high_active

CS line is high active

struct esp_lcd_panel_io_spi_config_t flags

Extra flags to fine-tune the SPI device

struct esp_lcd_panel_io_i2c_config_t

Panel IO configuration structure, for I2C interface.

Public Members

uint32_t dev_addr

I2C device address

esp_lcd_panel_io_color_trans_done_cb_t on_color_trans_done

Callback invoked when color data transfer has finished

void *user_ctx

User private data, passed directly to on_color_trans_done's user_ctx

size_t control_phase_bytes

I2C LCD panel will encode control information (e.g. D/C selection) into control phase, in several bytes

unsigned int dc_bit_offset

Offset of the D/C selection bit in control phase

int lcd_cmd_bits

Bit-width of LCD command

int lcd_param_bits

Bit-width of LCD parameter

unsigned int dc_low_on_data

If this flag is enabled, DC line = 0 means transfer data, DC line = 1 means transfer command; vice versa

unsigned int disable_control_phase

If this flag is enabled, the control phase isn't used

struct esp_lcd_panel_io_i2c_config_t flags

Extra flags to fine-tune the I2C device

uint32_t scl_speed_hz

I2C LCD SCL frequency (hz)

struct esp_lcd_i80_bus_config_t

LCD Intel 8080 bus configuration structure.

Public Members

int dc_gpio_num

GPIO used for D/C line

int wr_gpio_num

GPIO used for WR line

lcd_clock_source_t clk_src

Clock source for the I80 LCD peripheral

int data_gpio_nums[(24)]

GPIOs used for data lines

size_t bus_width

Number of data lines, 8 or 16

size_t max_transfer_bytes

Maximum transfer size, this determines the length of internal DMA link

size_t psram_trans_align

DMA transfer alignment for data allocated from PSRAM

size_t sram_trans_align

DMA transfer alignment for data allocated from SRAM

struct esp_lcd_panel_io_i80_config_t

Panel IO configuration structure, for intel 8080 interface.

Public Members

int cs_gpio_num

GPIO used for CS line, set to -1 will declaim exclusively use of I80 bus

uint32_t pclk_hz

Frequency of pixel clock

size_t trans_queue_depth

Transaction queue size, larger queue, higher throughput

esp_lcd_panel_io_color_trans_done_cb_t on_color_trans_done

Callback invoked when color data was transferred done

void *user_ctx

User private data, passed directly to on_color_trans_done's user_ctx

int lcd_cmd_bits

Bit-width of LCD command

int lcd_param_bits

Bit-width of LCD parameter

unsigned int dc_idle_level

Level of DC line in IDLE phase

unsigned int dc_cmd_level

Level of DC line in CMD phase

unsigned int dc_dummy_level

Level of DC line in DUMMY phase

unsigned int dc_data_level

Level of DC line in DATA phase

struct esp_lcd_panel_io_i80_config_t dc_levels

Each i80 device might have its own D/C control logic

unsigned int cs_active_high

If set, a high level of CS line will select the device, otherwise, CS line is low level active

unsigned int reverse_color_bits

Reverse the data bits, D[N:0] -> D[0:N]

unsigned int swap_color_bytes

Swap adjacent two color bytes

unsigned int pclk_active_neg

The display will write data lines when there's a falling edge on WR signal (a.k.a the PCLK)

unsigned int pclk_idle_low

The WR signal (a.k.a the PCLK) stays at low level in IDLE phase

struct esp_lcd_panel_io_i80_config_t flags

Panel IO config flags

Macros

esp_lcd_new_panel_io_i2c(bus, io_config, ret_io)

Create LCD panel IO handle.

Parameters

bus -- [in] I2C bus handle
io_config -- [in] IO configuration, for I2C interface
ret_io -- [out] Returned IO handle

Returns

ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG if parameter is invalid
ESP_ERR_NO_MEM if out of memory
ESP_OK on success

Type Definitions

typedef void *esp_lcd_spi_bus_handle_t

Type of LCD SPI bus handle

typedef uint32_t esp_lcd_i2c_bus_handle_t

Type of LCD I2C bus handle

typedef struct esp_lcd_i80_bus_t *esp_lcd_i80_bus_handle_t

Type of LCD intel 8080 bus handle

typedef bool (*esp_lcd_panel_io_color_trans_done_cb_t)(esp_lcd_panel_io_handle_t panel_io, esp_lcd_panel_io_event_data_t *edata, void *user_ctx)

Declare the prototype of the function that will be invoked when panel IO finishes transferring color data.

Param panel_io

[in] LCD panel IO handle, which is created by factory API like esp_lcd_new_panel_io_spi()

Param edata

[in] Panel IO event data, fed by driver

Param user_ctx

[in] User data, passed from esp_lcd_panel_io_xxx_config_t

Return

Whether a high priority task has been waken up by this function

Header File

components/esp_lcd/include/esp_lcd_panel_ops.h
This header file can be included with:

#include "esp_lcd_panel_ops.h"

This header file is a part of the API provided by the esp_lcd component. To declare that your component depends on esp_lcd, add the following to your CMakeLists.txt:

REQUIRES esp_lcd

>     PRIV_REQUIRES esp_lcd

Functions

esp_err_t esp_lcd_panel_reset(esp_lcd_panel_handle_t panel)

Reset LCD panel.

Note

Panel reset must be called before attempting to initialize the panel using esp_lcd_panel_init().

Parameters

panel -- [in] LCD panel handle, which is created by other factory API like esp_lcd_new_panel_st7789()

Returns

ESP_OK on success

esp_err_t esp_lcd_panel_init(esp_lcd_panel_handle_t panel)

Initialize LCD panel.

Note

Before calling this function, make sure the LCD panel has finished the reset stage by esp_lcd_panel_reset().

Parameters

panel -- [in] LCD panel handle, which is created by other factory API like esp_lcd_new_panel_st7789()

Returns

ESP_OK on success

esp_err_t esp_lcd_panel_del(esp_lcd_panel_handle_t panel)

Deinitialize the LCD panel.

Parameters

panel -- [in] LCD panel handle, which is created by other factory API like esp_lcd_new_panel_st7789()

Returns

ESP_OK on success

esp_err_t esp_lcd_panel_draw_bitmap(esp_lcd_panel_handle_t panel, int x_start, int y_start, int x_end, int y_end, const void *color_data)

Draw bitmap on LCD panel.

Parameters

panel -- [in] LCD panel handle, which is created by other factory API like esp_lcd_new_panel_st7789()
x_start -- [in] Start index on x-axis (x_start included)
y_start -- [in] Start index on y-axis (y_start included)
x_end -- [in] End index on x-axis (x_end not included)
y_end -- [in] End index on y-axis (y_end not included)
color_data -- [in] RGB color data that will be dumped to the specific window range

Returns

ESP_OK on success

esp_err_t esp_lcd_panel_mirror(esp_lcd_panel_handle_t panel, bool mirror_x, bool mirror_y)

Mirror the LCD panel on specific axis.

Note

Combined with esp_lcd_panel_swap_xy(), one can realize screen rotation

Parameters

panel -- [in] LCD panel handle, which is created by other factory API like esp_lcd_new_panel_st7789()
mirror_x -- [in] Whether the panel will be mirrored about the x axis
mirror_y -- [in] Whether the panel will be mirrored about the y axis

Returns

ESP_OK on success
ESP_ERR_NOT_SUPPORTED if this function is not supported by the panel

esp_err_t esp_lcd_panel_swap_xy(esp_lcd_panel_handle_t panel, bool swap_axes)

Swap/Exchange x and y axis.

Note

Combined with esp_lcd_panel_mirror(), one can realize screen rotation

Parameters

panel -- [in] LCD panel handle, which is created by other factory API like esp_lcd_new_panel_st7789()
swap_axes -- [in] Whether to swap the x and y axis

Returns

ESP_OK on success
ESP_ERR_NOT_SUPPORTED if this function is not supported by the panel

esp_err_t esp_lcd_panel_set_gap(esp_lcd_panel_handle_t panel, int x_gap, int y_gap)

Set extra gap in x and y axis.

The gap is the space (in pixels) between the left/top sides of the LCD panel and the first row/column respectively of the actual contents displayed.

Note

Setting a gap is useful when positioning or centering a frame that is smaller than the LCD.

Parameters

panel -- [in] LCD panel handle, which is created by other factory API like esp_lcd_new_panel_st7789()
x_gap -- [in] Extra gap on x axis, in pixels
y_gap -- [in] Extra gap on y axis, in pixels

Returns

ESP_OK on success

esp_err_t esp_lcd_panel_invert_color(esp_lcd_panel_handle_t panel, bool invert_color_data)

Invert the color (bit-wise invert the color data line)

Parameters

panel -- [in] LCD panel handle, which is created by other factory API like esp_lcd_new_panel_st7789()
invert_color_data -- [in] Whether to invert the color data

Returns

ESP_OK on success

esp_err_t esp_lcd_panel_disp_on_off(esp_lcd_panel_handle_t panel, bool on_off)

Turn on or off the display.

Parameters

panel -- [in] LCD panel handle, which is created by other factory API like esp_lcd_new_panel_st7789()
on_off -- [in] True to turns on display, False to turns off display

Returns

ESP_OK on success
ESP_ERR_NOT_SUPPORTED if this function is not supported by the panel

esp_err_t esp_lcd_panel_disp_off(esp_lcd_panel_handle_t panel, bool off)

Turn off the display.

Parameters

panel -- [in] LCD panel handle, which is created by other factory API like esp_lcd_new_panel_st7789()
off -- [in] Whether to turn off the screen

Returns

ESP_OK on success
ESP_ERR_NOT_SUPPORTED if this function is not supported by the panel

esp_err_t esp_lcd_panel_disp_sleep(esp_lcd_panel_handle_t panel, bool sleep)

Enter or exit sleep mode.

Parameters

panel -- [in] LCD panel handle, which is created by other factory API like esp_lcd_new_panel_st7789()
sleep -- [in] True to enter sleep mode, False to wake up

Returns

ESP_OK on success
ESP_ERR_NOT_SUPPORTED if this function is not supported by the panel

Header File

components/esp_lcd/include/esp_lcd_panel_rgb.h
This header file can be included with:

#include "esp_lcd_panel_rgb.h"

This header file is a part of the API provided by the esp_lcd component. To declare that your component depends on esp_lcd, add the following to your CMakeLists.txt:

REQUIRES esp_lcd

>     PRIV_REQUIRES esp_lcd

Header File

components/esp_lcd/include/esp_lcd_panel_vendor.h
This header file can be included with:

#include "esp_lcd_panel_vendor.h"

This header file is a part of the API provided by the esp_lcd component. To declare that your component depends on esp_lcd, add the following to your CMakeLists.txt:

REQUIRES esp_lcd

>     PRIV_REQUIRES esp_lcd

Functions

esp_err_t esp_lcd_new_panel_st7789(const esp_lcd_panel_io_handle_t io, const esp_lcd_panel_dev_config_t *panel_dev_config, esp_lcd_panel_handle_t *ret_panel)

Create LCD panel for model ST7789.

Parameters

io -- [in] LCD panel IO handle
panel_dev_config -- [in] general panel device configuration
ret_panel -- [out] Returned LCD panel handle

Returns

ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG if parameter is invalid
ESP_ERR_NO_MEM if out of memory
ESP_OK on success

esp_err_t esp_lcd_new_panel_nt35510(const esp_lcd_panel_io_handle_t io, const esp_lcd_panel_dev_config_t *panel_dev_config, esp_lcd_panel_handle_t *ret_panel)

Create LCD panel for model NT35510.

Parameters

io -- [in] LCD panel IO handle
panel_dev_config -- [in] general panel device configuration
ret_panel -- [out] Returned LCD panel handle

Returns

ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG if parameter is invalid
ESP_ERR_NO_MEM if out of memory
ESP_OK on success

esp_err_t esp_lcd_new_panel_ssd1306(const esp_lcd_panel_io_handle_t io, const esp_lcd_panel_dev_config_t *panel_dev_config, esp_lcd_panel_handle_t *ret_panel)

Create LCD panel for model SSD1306.

Parameters

io -- [in] LCD panel IO handle
panel_dev_config -- [in] general panel device configuration
ret_panel -- [out] Returned LCD panel handle

Returns

ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG if parameter is invalid
ESP_ERR_NO_MEM if out of memory
ESP_OK on success

Structures

struct esp_lcd_panel_dev_config_t

Configuration structure for panel device.

Public Members

int reset_gpio_num

GPIO used to reset the LCD panel, set to -1 if it's not used

lcd_rgb_element_order_t color_space

Deprecated:

Set RGB color space, please use rgb_ele_order instead

lcd_rgb_element_order_t rgb_endian

Deprecated:

Set RGB data endian, please use rgb_ele_order instead

lcd_rgb_element_order_t rgb_ele_order

Set RGB element order, RGB or BGR

lcd_rgb_data_endian_t data_endian

Set the data endian for color data larger than 1 byte

unsigned int bits_per_pixel

Color depth, in bpp

unsigned int reset_active_high

Setting this if the panel reset is high level active

struct esp_lcd_panel_dev_config_t flags

LCD panel config flags

void *vendor_config

vendor specific configuration, optional, left as NULL if not used

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