Working with SPI displays and STM32: Driving ST7735

In the pervious guide, we took a look at how to send data over SPI (from here). In this guide, we shall use SPI to drive a lcd and display some variables on it.

In this guide, we will need the following topics:

• SPI configuration : here
• Encoder: here
• Set core frequency to 100MHz : here

In this guide, we shall cover the following:

• Connection
• ST7735 initialization
• Code
• Demo

1. Connection:

My ST7735 based TFT has the following pinout

The pins as following:

Since we will use STM32F411RE Nucelo-64, the connection shall be as following:

2. ST7735 initializing:

We start off by defining some macros for reset, slave select and data/command

#define LCD_RST1 GPIOB->BSRR|=GPIO_BSRR_BS3
#define LCD_RST0 GPIOB->BSRR|=GPIO_BSRR_BR3

#define	LCD_DC1	GPIOB->BSRR|=GPIO_BSRR_BS4
#define	LCD_DC0 GPIOB->BSRR|=GPIO_BSRR_BR4

#define	LCD_CS1	GPIOB->BSRR|=GPIO_BSRR_BS5
#define	LCD_CS0	GPIOB->BSRR|=GPIO_BSRR_BR5

In SPI, to enable the slave, we need to set CS pin to low

To reset the LCD, we need to set the reset pin to low and set it back to high to release from reset

For Data/Command: When the pin is high, the LCD is in data mode (set pixel color for example). When pin is low, the lcd in command mode (set pixel position for example).

hence, the write data command can be like this:

void static writecommand(uint8_t c) {
  LCD_CS0;
	LCD_DC0; //Set DC low
  lcd7735_senddata(c);
	delayuS(2);
	LCD_CS1;
}
void static writedata(uint8_t d) {
		LCD_CS0;
		LCD_DC1;//Set DC HIGH
		lcd7735_senddata(d);
		delayuS(2);
		LCD_CS1;
}

The intializing sequence is as following:

		LCD_RST0;           // RST=0 
		delay(10);      	//delay for 10 millisecond
		LCD_RST1;           // RST=1
		delay(10);          //delay for 10 millisecond
		LCD_CS0; 		    //enable LCD
		lcd7735_sendCmd(0x11); 
		delay(10);      
		lcd7735_sendCmd (0x3A); //Set Color mode
		lcd7735_sendData(0x05); //16 bits
		lcd7735_sendCmd (0x36);
		lcd7735_sendData(0x14);
		lcd7735_sendCmd (0x29);//Display on

Regarding drawing some shapes etc can be found in the header file of ST7735.h

3. Code:

you can download the entire code from here

link : Enocder-Interface-with-stm32

4. Demo