Microchip Graphics Suite Harmony Documentation Package

MPLAB® Harmony 3 is an extension of the MPLAB® ecosystem for creating embedded firmware solutions for Microchip 32-bit SAM and PIC® microcontroller and microprocessor devices. Refer to the following links for more information:

This repository contains the Microchip Graphics Suite (MGS) Harmony Documentation. The suite supports a free fast to market, graphics software development environment for Microchip MPLAB® 32-bit SAM and PIC® microprocessor devices. Refer to the following graphics links for release notes, home page, training materials, framework and application help.

For feature-rich, professional Microchip Graphics Suite demonstrations and demonstrations from third-party graphics libaries, refer to user guides on Microchip Developer Help or search for “Microchip Graphcis Suite” on MPLAB® Discover.

Examples for display bring-up can be found at various device-family specific repositories

Features

The key features of the MPLAB® Harmony Graphics Suite are the following:

Hardware optimized for use with Microchip 32-bit SAM and PIC® devices
Compatible component for use with Microchip Harmony 3 Configurator (MHC)
Written in C with MISRA C (Mandatory) compliancy
RTOS and non-RTOS support
Configurable widget building blocks buttons, labels, lists, sliders, and images
Rich tool set: Heap Estimator, Event Manager, Palette generator, Asset Manager, String and Font interface, DDR memory organizer
Hardware integrated for Microchip GPU and display controller peripherals
Support for single and double frame buffers
Multi-language font support
External input support for use with capacitive, resistive and other devices
UI design editor for what-you-see-what-you-get (WYSWYG) graphics layouts
Fluid-UI support for alpha-blending, animations, scaling
Pixel format support for RGBA8888, RGB888, RGB565, RGB5551, RGB332, GS8
Multi-image support for industry standard formats, compression choices, external memory accessibility
Fully functional demonstrations and quick-starts to enable new development
Low memory and low power configurable
Segmented LCD Controller driver