{"id":254,"date":"2014-08-21T16:42:50","date_gmt":"2014-08-21T16:42:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bitmap2lcd.com\/blog\/?p=254"},"modified":"2017-09-07T15:23:06","modified_gmt":"2017-09-07T15:23:06","slug":"how-to-use-bitmap2lcd-quick-tutorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitmap2lcd.com\/blog\/how-to-use-bitmap2lcd-quick-tutorial\/","title":{"rendered":"How to use bitmap2LCD ? A Short Tutorial"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to Bitmap2LCD\u00a0 !<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n

You can find\u00a0various TUTORIALS on-line on the Bitmap2LCD BLOG. <\/strong><\/h2>\n

https:\/\/bitmap2lcd.com\/blog<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

The HELP topics\u00a0are also easily accessible from inside the <\/strong><\/h2>\n

\u00a0tool, using the internal Web Browser.<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Presentation of Bitmap2LCD (Youtube)<\/a><\/p>\n

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Link\u00a0for versions anterior to V3.7<\/a><\/p>\n

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Getting Started : A short tutorial<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Bitmap2LCD is a software tool for programming small Graphic LCDs in embedded systems and a programmable text and graphic processing tool.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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How to find information here ?
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At the TOP RIGHT HAND SIDE<\/strong> of this BLOG<\/strong> you will find<\/p>\n

For example the link<\/strong> (green arrow<\/strong>)<\/span> of this Quick Tutorial <\/strong>
\nYou also can search this website <\/strong>using keywords (orange arrow<\/span>)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Bitmap2lcd<\/a><\/p>\n

and you can browse the listed topics<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Translation of these Tutorials\u00a0<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Translations\u00a0 Traductions\u00a0 \u00dcbersetzungen\u00a0 Traducciones<\/span>_ Traduzione<\/span>\u00a0 <\/a><\/p>\n

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Find Help and Tutorial using the Internal Web Browser
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Use the Topic Menu Item as shown below<\/p>\n

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\"bitmap2lcd<\/a><\/p>\n

Fig 1 )\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Already have discovered the presentation slide show on the website\u00a0 ?
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It’s the same sideshow as the one included in the demo\/trial version<\/a> of the software tool. A general info about what this is it all about.<\/p>\n

Link to the Slideshow <\/a><\/p>\n

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The\u00a0Windows<\/strong><\/h1>\n

The red<\/strong> frame<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 below shows where, in the Main+Windows<\/strong> tab of the Main Menu, to\u00a0open and show the different Windows of the Program<\/p>\n

\"bitmap2lcd-windows\"<\/a><\/p>\n

fig 2 )<\/p>\n

Bitmap2LCD is a multi-window application and supports dual screen<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

List of the windows<\/strong>\u00a0: Main window, LCD Viewer, Configuration Settings, File explorer, Graphic and Editors Window, Tool menu, Work Canvas, Adjustments, Font Panel\u00a0and internal Web Browser.<\/p>\n

You can show<\/strong> or hide<\/strong> (minimize<\/em>) the windows, move<\/strong> them to the secondary monitor.<\/p>\n

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Getting Started\u00a0 > Basic Settings
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GETTING STARTED > BASIC SETTINGS<\/p>\n

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The Work Canvas
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It’s the GRAPHIC EDITOR<\/strong>, the paintbox , You can draw pixels and shapes, import graphics into it. It has a user defined “color depth<\/strong>” which is the same as the target GLCD of the project.<\/p>\n

\"bitmap2lcd-work-canvas\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Fig 3 )<\/p>\n

The Color Depth of the Work Canvas<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Monochrome , Grayscale or Colors<\/p>\n

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Fig 4 )<\/p>\n

Details about the Work Canvas<\/a><\/p>\n

Details about Grayscale<\/a><\/p>\n

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Load a graphic<\/strong><\/h1>\n

LOADING A GRAPHIC USING A STANDARD WINDOWS DIALOG OR LOADING IT FIRST INTO PREVIEW ?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n