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	Available the GLiPIC pcb and components!

	GLUtil software!

	GLiPIC2 software! (for KS0108, T6963 and SED1330 controllers)

GLTools Ver 1.5 the software and PIC code in PBP available

MMC I/O ver 1.0 Windows app software in PBP available

		Available free LCD Interfacing Software


	GliPIC , BINHEX , BINEX2 , GLUtil , GLTerm and GLiPIC2 (GLiPIC2 can be used with KS0108,T6963 and SED1330 based LCDs)

Sed1330 256x128 LCD PIC files written in PBP 2.32 for the above can be downloaded here.

Complete Installation Packages for Windows

The Windows apps GLiPIC , GLiPIC2, BINHEX,BINHEX2 and GLUtil may need some ocx files depending on your system.The complete install packages are available such as glutil.zip, glipic.zip, binhex.zip and binhex2.zip. This ftp site will also have all the updates as they are made available.

Library of (GO)Subroutines with GLUtil Available(for the KS0108 controller, and the T6963C)

PBP graphic routines for the SED1330 available on the ordering page

Summary of commands

]K CLEARs the display
]C]xyr CIRCLE at x,y with a radius r
]S]xyl SQUARE at x,y with l (2 x length of a side)
]Q]xyl square rotated 45 degrees like a DIAMOND
]T]xyp STAR with 4 points using dashed lines, p is the size
]R]x1y1x2y2]s RECTANGLE top left and bottom rt with step (new)
]B]xylw]b a BAR at xy with (l)ength (w)idth and a (b)yte for fill
]D]xy SET a dot (pixel) at x,y
]E]xy RESET/sets a dot at x,y This is an xor function
]P]xy places an ASCII character at x,y location
]U]xy places a vertical BYTE at x,y
]F]byte FILL the display with byte (useful for displaying grids)
]X]x1x2y]t Draws an X-AXIS with tick marks (t is the tick spacing)
]Y]y1y2x]t Draws a Y-AXIS with tick marks
]H]xy]char]char...]@ Horizontal STRING of characters, @ stops it.
]V]xy]char]char...]@ Vertical STRING of characters
]L]x1y1x2y2 LINE from x1y1 to x2y2 This is experimental, I’m still working on different algorithms. Needs fixing.

Added in Ver 1.1

]I]x1x2y1y2]s Straight horizontal line with a step (dashed line)
]J]x1x2y1y2]s Straight vertical line with a step (dashed line)
]M]x1x2y1y2]bytes Write (or paste) bytes to LCD display
]N]x1x2y1y2 Read bytes from LCD display
]O]addr]bytes Write bytes to external I2C eeprom
]A]addr]number Read number of bytes from external I2C eeprom
]G]addr]bytes Write bytes to internal eeprom
]W]addr]number Read number of bytes from internal eeprom

For more info contact me. Ranjit Diol - rsdiol@compsys1.com

Updated on:

February 16, 2018

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