ads_7843_serial_driver

ADS 7843 Serial Driver

Syntax:

    ADS7843_Init

    ADS7843_GetXY

    ADS7843_SetPrecision

Command Availability:

Available on all microcontrollers. Requires the inclusion of the following:

    #include <ADS7843.h>

Explanation:

The ADS7843 device is a 12-bit sampling Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC) with a synchronous serial interface and low on resistance switches for driving touch screens.

The Great Cow Basic driver is integrated with the SDD1289 GLCD driver. To use the ADS7843 driver the following is required to added to the Great Cow BASIC source file.

ADS7843_Init is required to initialise the touch screen. This is mandated.

ADS7843_GetXY this sub-routine returns the X and Y coordinates of touched point.

ADS7843_SetPrecision this sub-routine sets the level of precision of the touch screen.

Required Constants:

Constants	Controls/Direction	Default Value
ADS7843_DOUT (IN)	The chip output pin	Mandated
ADS7843_IRQ (IN)	The interrupt pin	Mandated
ADS7843_CS (OUT)	The chip select pin	Mandated
ADS7843_CLK (OUT)	The clock pin	Mandated
ADS7843_DIN (OUT)	The chip input pin	Mandated

The Great Cow Basic commands supported for this chip are:

Command	Purpose	Example
ADS7843_Init	Initialise the device.	ADS7843_Init [Optional precision = PREC_EXTREME]
ADS7843_GetXY	Returns the X and Y coordinates of touched point.	ADS7843_GetXY (TP_X, TP_Y )
ADS7843_SetPrecision	Set the precision of the conversion result.	ADS7843_SetPrecision(precision) (with PREC_EXTREME the conversion error is less than 3%)

Precision can be set to four values as shown in the table below. Passing a parameter of ADS7843_SetPrecision changes the precision controls.

Constants	Defined Value	Default Value
#define PREC_LOW	1
#define PREC_MEDIUM	2
#define PREC_HI	3
#define PREC_EXTREME	4	Default Value

Example:

For more information see http://www.ti.com/product/ads7843.

This example shows how to drive a SDD1289 based Graphic LCD module with ADS7843 touch controller.

    'Chip Settings
    #chip mega2560, 16


    'Include
    #include <glcd.h>
    #include  <ADS7843.h>


    'GLCD Device Selection
    #define GLCD_TYPE GLCD_TYPE_SSD1289
    #define GLCD_EXTENDEDFONTSET1
    'Define ports for the SSD1289 display
    #define GLCD_WR   PORTG.2
    #define GLCD_CS   PORTG.1
    #define GLCD_RS   PORTD.7
    #define GLCD_RST  PORTG.0
    #define GLCD_DB0  PORTC.0
    #define GLCD_DB1  PORTC.1
    #define GLCD_DB2  PORTC.2
    #define GLCD_DB3  PORTC.3
    #define GLCD_DB4  PORTC.4
    #define GLCD_DB5  PORTC.5
    #define GLCD_DB6  PORTC.6
    #define GLCD_DB7  PORTC.7
    #define GLCD_DB8  PORTA.0
    #define GLCD_DB9  PORTA.1
    #define GLCD_DB10 PORTA.2
    #define GLCD_DB11 PORTA.3
    #define GLCD_DB12 PORTA.4
    #define GLCD_DB13 PORTA.5
    #define GLCD_DB14 PORTA.6
    #define GLCD_DB15 PORTA.7

    'Define ports for ADS7843
    #define ADS7843_DOUT   PORTE.5  ' Arduino Mega D3
    #define ADS7843_IRQ    PORTE.4  ' Arduino Mega D2
    #define ADS7843_CS     PORTE.3  ' Arduino Mega D5
    #define ADS7843_CLK    PORTH.3  ' Arduino Mega D6
    #define ADS7843_DIN    PORTG.5  ' Arduino Mega D4
    #define ADS7843_BUSY   PORTH.4  ' Arduino Mega D7

    Wait 100 ms
    num=0
    Pset 1,  1, SSD1289_YELLOW
    Do Forever

      if ADS7843_IRQ=0 then
         num++
         GLCDPrint  10, 15,  str(num),SSD1289_YELLOW, 2
         ADS7843_GetXY ( TP_X , TP_Y )
         if TP_X>=100 then GLCDPrint  100, 50, Str(TP_X),SSD1289_YELLOW, 2
         if TP_X>=10 and TP_X<100 then GLCDPrint  100, 50, Str(TP_X)+" ",SSD1289_YELLOW, 2
         if TP_X<10 then GLCDPrint  100, 50,  Str(TP_X)+" ",SSD1289_YELLOW, 2
         if TP_Y>=100 then GLCDPrint  100, 70, Str(TP_Y),SSD1289_YELLOW, 2
         if TP_Y>=10 and TP_Y<100 then GLCDPrint  100, 70, Str(TP_Y)+" ", SSD1289_YELLOW, 2
         if TP_Y<10 then GLCDPrint  100, 70,  Str(TP_Y)+" ",SSD1289_YELLOW, 2
         Pset TP_X,  TP_Y, SSD1289_YELLOW
      end if
      Wait 1 ms

    Loop