Customize and manage your surroundings with ease and style using ISC15ANP4 and PIC18F57Q43
Beyond the button
Published Feb 13, 2024
Click board™
Oled Switch Click
Dev. board
Curiosity Nano with PIC18F57Q43
Compiler
NECTO Studio
MCU
PIC18F57Q43
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Hardware Overview
How does it work?
OLED Switch Click is based on the ISC15ANP4, a programmable smart display from NKK Switches. The OLED display has a 64x48 pixels resolution with up to 65K colors (16-bit depth), or 256 colors in 8-bit mode, and a 180° viewing angle. The life expectancy is up to 60000 hours depending on the luminance of the display and the percentage of the pixels set to on. The display is perfect for displaying simple information, whether as icons or words. The most interesting feature is that the display can be programmed to change the picture when needed. For example, you can design a reprogrammable keypad that switches from Latin to Cyrillic script or Chinese characters. The internal frame buffer on the OLED display holds 96x64 pixels with 2 bytes of 565 formatted color information for each. When displaying an image that is the size of the display (64x48), the image
will be displayed well unless scrolled. To scroll an image without having random pixels from unused space in the internal frame buffer, load a 96x64 image onto the OLED Switch Click with your desired image centered like the blue-colored area or similar. VisualTFT can be used to prepare the BMP images. There is a learn.microe.com article that explains how to take 16 or 24-bit BMP pictures and create C arrays. The article is about RGB matrices, but the same principle applies. The mechanical button itself is nicely built, with translucent black housing. When pressed, it gives satisfying tactile feedback and has a distinct, long travel of 4.5mm. Its contacts have a 0.1A@12VDC rating to switch an external circuit over screw terminals. The internal button circuit is an SPST and is normally open. The pressure on the button itself above 100N can damage the OLED. In
addition, this Click board™ features the MAX8574, a high-efficiency LCD boost with true shutdown from Analog Devices, that serves as a main OLED drive circuit power supply obtained from the mikroBUS™ 3.3V power rail. The OLED Switch Click uses an SPI serial interface to communicate with the host MCU. In addition, the OLED can be reset over the RST pin, and a CD pin can set data to be interpreted as a Command or as Data depending on the logic state. The host MCU cannot know the push button’s state over the mikroBUS™ socket. This Click board™ can be operated only with a 3.3V logic voltage level. The board must perform appropriate logic voltage level conversion before using MCUs with different logic levels. Also, it comes equipped with a library containing functions and an example code that can be used as a reference for further development.
Features overview
Development board
PIC18F57Q43 Curiosity Nano evaluation kit is a cutting-edge hardware platform designed to evaluate microcontrollers within the PIC18-Q43 family. Central to its design is the inclusion of the powerful PIC18F57Q43 microcontroller (MCU), offering advanced functionalities and robust performance. Key features of this evaluation kit include a yellow user LED and a responsive
mechanical user switch, providing seamless interaction and testing. The provision for a 32.768kHz crystal footprint ensures precision timing capabilities. With an onboard debugger boasting a green power and status LED, programming and debugging become intuitive and efficient. Further enhancing its utility is the Virtual serial port (CDC) and a debug GPIO channel (DGI
GPIO), offering extensive connectivity options. Powered via USB, this kit boasts an adjustable target voltage feature facilitated by the MIC5353 LDO regulator, ensuring stable operation with an output voltage ranging from 1.8V to 5.1V, with a maximum output current of 500mA, subject to ambient temperature and voltage constraints.
Microcontroller Overview
MCU Card / MCU
Architecture
PIC
MCU Memory (KB)
128
Silicon Vendor
Microchip
Pin count
48
RAM (Bytes)
8196
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Accessories
Curiosity Nano Base for Click boards is a versatile hardware extension platform created to streamline the integration between Curiosity Nano kits and extension boards, tailored explicitly for the mikroBUS™-standardized Click boards and Xplained Pro extension boards. This innovative base board (shield) offers seamless connectivity and expansion possibilities, simplifying experimentation and development. Key features include USB power compatibility from the Curiosity Nano kit, alongside an alternative external power input option for enhanced flexibility. The onboard Li-Ion/LiPo charger and management circuit ensure smooth operation for battery-powered applications, simplifying usage and management. Moreover, the base incorporates a fixed 3.3V PSU dedicated to target and mikroBUS™ power rails, alongside a fixed 5.0V boost converter catering to 5V power rails of mikroBUS™ sockets, providing stable power delivery for various connected devices.
Used MCU Pins
mikroBUS™ mapper
Take a closer look
Click board™ Schematic
Step by step
Project assembly
Start by selecting your development board and Click board™. Begin with the Curiosity Nano with PIC18F57Q43 as your development board.
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Application Output
1. Application Output - In Debug mode, the 'Application Output' window enables real-time data monitoring, offering direct insight into execution results. Ensure proper data display by configuring the environment correctly using the provided tutorial.
2. UART Terminal - Use the UART Terminal to monitor data transmission via a USB to UART converter, allowing direct communication between the Click board™ and your development system. Configure the baud rate and other serial settings according to your project's requirements to ensure proper functionality. For step-by-step setup instructions, refer to the provided tutorial.
3. Plot Output - The Plot feature offers a powerful way to visualize real-time sensor data, enabling trend analysis, debugging, and comparison of multiple data points. To set it up correctly, follow the provided tutorial, which includes a step-by-step example of using the Plot feature to display Click board™ readings. To use the Plot feature in your code, use the function: plot(*insert_graph_name*, variable_name);. This is a general format, and it is up to the user to replace 'insert_graph_name' with the actual graph name and 'variable_name' with the parameter to be displayed.
Software Support
Library Description
This library contains API for Oled Switch Click driver.
Key functions:
oledswitch_reg_write- This function writes to control and configuration registers on the chipoledswitch_digital_write_pwm- This function sets the digital output signal for the PWM pinoledswitch_digital_write_rst- This function sets the digital output signal for the RST pin
Open Source
Code example
The complete application code and a ready-to-use project are available through the NECTO Studio Package Manager for direct installation in the NECTO Studio. The application code can also be found on the MIKROE GitHub account.
/*!
* \file
* \brief OledSwitch Click example
*
* # Description
* This example showcases how to configure and use the OLED Switch click. This click is a
* combination of a button and a full color organic LED display. Displays settings are first
* loaded onto the chip and after that you can show any 64x48 pixel image on the display.
*
* The demo application is composed of two sections :
*
* ## Application Init
* This function initializes and configures the click modules. In order for the
* click to work properly, you need to configure display and power settings.
* The full initialization of the chip is done in the default_cfg(...) function.
*
* ## Application Task
* This function shows the user how to display images on the OLED screen. Every image you'd
* like to display needs to have a resolution of 64x48 and be stored in a 6144 cell array.
*
* @note
* Every pixel on the OLED screen is displayed at the time of writing to the chip (PWM 1).
* Displaying speed can be directly controled by adding delays in the for loop section of
* the draw_image(...) function.
*
* \author MikroE Team
*
*/
// ------------------------------------------------------------------- INCLUDES
#include "board.h"
#include "log.h"
#include "oledswitch.h"
#include "oledswitch_image.h"
// ------------------------------------------------------------------ VARIABLES
static oledswitch_t oledswitch;
// ------------------------------------------------------ APPLICATION FUNCTIONS
void application_init ( )
{
oledswitch_cfg_t cfg;
// Click initialization.
oledswitch_cfg_setup( &cfg );
OLEDSWITCH_MAP_MIKROBUS( cfg, MIKROBUS_1 );
oledswitch_init( &oledswitch, &cfg );
oledswitch_default_cfg( &oledswitch, OLEDSWITCH_BUFFER_SIZE_SMALL );
}
void application_task ( )
{
oledswitch_draw_image( &oledswitch, array_red, OLEDSWITCH_IMG_SIZE_NORMAL );
Delay_1sec( );
oledswitch_draw_image( &oledswitch, array_green, OLEDSWITCH_IMG_SIZE_NORMAL );
Delay_1sec( );
oledswitch_draw_image( &oledswitch, array_blue, OLEDSWITCH_IMG_SIZE_NORMAL );
Delay_1sec( );
}
void main ( )
{
application_init( );
for ( ; ; )
{
application_task( );
}
}
// ------------------------------------------------------------------------ END
