Solution Description
This solution delivers a comprehensive offer enabling advanced and cost effective Graphical User Interfaces (GUI) on display resolution up to QVGA(320x240) and typically in form factors from 1.5 to 2.5 inches.
Different STM32 can be used to handle the GUI for such resolutions. The STM32G0 and STM32F0 represents the entry cost solution offering simple SPI display and SPI flash interfaces and enabling simple user interfaces. The STM32F412 MCU enables higher UI capabilities thanks to Quad SPI NOR Flash extension possibility and parallel 8080 display interface. The STM32F429 completes the offer bringing Chrom-ART 2D graphic acceleration and LCD-TFT embedded controller. TouchGFX and Advanced graphic partners solutions take the full benefit of STM32 hardware and bring the needed performance, advanced effects and ease of use to enable state of the ART user interfaces in embedded devices
The full STM32 Graphical User interface offer is structured around the following pillars:
- Industry’s broadest advanced graphics enabled MCU offer
- State-of-the-art graphical development tools available for free
- Support and documentation center
- Reference designs and selected design partners
More details about STM32 full graphic offer are available at st.com/stm32GUI
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Key Product Benefits
STM32 MCU portfolio
- Different MCU options to adapt to your GUI requirements
- STM32F0 and STM32G0 products lines offer the entry-cost option for simple GUI using SPI displays
- STM32F412 MCUs enable more UI capability and fluidity thanks to Parallel display interface support and QSPI NOR flash memory extensions
- STM32F429 product line embed a LCD-TFT controller as well as the Chrom-ART 2D graphic accelerator for more advanced GUI development
TouchGFX
- Smartphone-like animations such as swipe, scroll, 3D effects, video playback, and others transparency, alpha-blending, anti-aliased fonts, kerning and perspective correct texture mapping
- Wide choice of customizable widgets such as swipe container, animated images, shapes, scroll lists and others
- Customizable triggers and actions
- Optimized footprint with 10 to 35 KB of RAM and 20 to 100 KB of Flash
- Support of IAR, Keil and STM32CubeIDE
- A large worldwide network of touchGFX implementers able to deliver turnkey solutions and dedicated design consultancies
Extended graphic ecosystem
- Large choice of leading graphic partners such as Embedded wizard, QT, Crank and Segger
- Taking the full benefit of the STM32 features
- Offering advanced graphic software and tools solutions to enable fast and performant GUI design
- Design consultancy and turnkey solution implementation
STM32 evaluation kits and reference designs
- STM32G0, STM32F412 and STM32F429 discovery kit and evaluation board for evaluation and prototyping
- Large set of examples and demos based on TouchGFX as well as partners software
