About:
This package was created because I could not find a tool that can be used on UNIX systems to
parse a picture into an array of RGB565
values and save them to a '.c' or '.raw' file. Both formats
are used by the UTFT library to display pictures on to a TFT display.
This package includes, but not limited to, an executable which is made to be as identical as possible
to the corresponding tool that is also downloaded with the UTFT library.
Usage:
./UTFTConverter <filespec> /c|r [/o <path>] [/t AVR|ARM|PIC32]
<filespec>: File(s) to convert
parameters: /c - Create output as .c array files
/r - Create output as .raw files
/o <path> - Set the output directory to <path>
/t <platform> - Select target plaform
AVR : Most Arduinos, Bobuion
ARM : Arduino Due, Teensy, TI CC3200 LaunchPad
PIC32 : All chipKit boards
You must specify either /c or /r. All other parameters are optional.
If /o is ommited the current directory will be used for output.
If /t is ommited the target platform will be set to AVR.'
Supported formats:
The binary tests if the pictures are encoded correctly via magic bytes using ImageType. If the extention is wrong, but the encoding is correct, it will still try to convert the picture.
The exported library is using JuicyPixels to convert incoming
and translates every pixel to a RGB565
format, which is a 4 digit hex number.
Library:
The only really reusable library is the Format.RGB565
.
It support the conversion from
RGB
to RGB565
as (Word8
, Word8
, Word8
) -> Int
Int
to Hex
as Int
-> String
Example usage:
>>> toRGB565 (0, 0, 255)
31
>>> toRGB565Hex (0, 0, 255)
"001F"
>>> toHex 100
64
>>> toNHex 6 100
"0064"