Supporting a new LCD

Supporting a different LCD on the Tahoe-II (and MeridianCPU) has just become a whole lot easier thanks to Jan Kucera and a new configuration tool he has released.

The .NET Micro Framework includes a dedicated space for configuration data, and we use this to store the LCD configuration (and a few other things). This new tool allows you to setup the LCD parameters from a PC. This means you don’t have to use the porting kit if all you need is a different display.

You can also:

Specify screen rotation
Choose to show or hide the logo (if you have the porting kit and BSP you will be able to change the logo)
Remove the green debug text that appears at startup.
Setup the debug transport (Serial, USB or Ethernet). Useful for Meridian/P where there are no buttons programed for this task.

Universal Configuration Tool in Template view

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