Simple program for the RETRO to compare the performance of the DisplayN18 and LCD_ST7735 libraries.

Dependencies:   LCD_ST7735 mbed

This is a very simple program for the RETRO to compare the performance of some of the primitives of the DisplayN18 and LCD_ST7735 libraries

WARNING - WARNING - WARNING

If you're sensitive to ugly coding techniques, lack of best practice, ignorance of proper design patterns, abuse of object orientation or to total disregards of any coding guidelines, then don't - I repeat - DON'T look at this code...

P.S. Regardless the performance, I do think the N18 library has a much nicer font!

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Comitter:
maxint
Date:
Fri Jan 16 19:18:45 2015 +0000
Child:
1:e3193760dd98
Commit message:
Simple program fro the RETRO to compare the performance of the DisplayN18 and LCD_ST7735 libraries

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--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/DisplayN18.cpp	Fri Jan 16 19:18:45 2015 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,484 @@
+#include "DisplayN18.h"
+
+DisplayN18::DisplayN18() : resetPin(P0_20), backlightPin(P0_19), rsPin(P0_7), csPin(P0_2), spi(P0_21, P0_22, P1_15) {
+    this->resetPin.write(false);
+    this->backlightPin.write(true);
+    this->rsPin.write(false);
+    
+    this->spi.format(8, 3);
+    this->spi.frequency(15000000);
+    
+    this->initialize();
+}
+
+void DisplayN18::writeCommand(unsigned char command) {
+    this->rsPin.write(false);
+    
+    this->csPin.write(false);
+    
+    this->spi.write(command);
+    
+    this->csPin.write(true);
+}
+
+void DisplayN18::writeData(unsigned char data) {
+    this->writeData(&data, 1);
+}
+
+void DisplayN18::writeData(const unsigned char* data, unsigned int length) {
+    this->rsPin.write(true);
+    
+    this->csPin.write(false);
+    
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < length; i++)
+        this->spi.write(data[i]);
+    
+    this->csPin.write(true);
+}
+
+void DisplayN18::reset() {
+    this->resetPin.write(false);
+    wait_ms(300);
+    
+    this->resetPin.write(true);
+    wait_ms(500);
+}
+
+void DisplayN18::initialize() {
+    this->reset();
+
+    this->writeCommand(0x11);
+    
+    wait_ms(120);
+
+    this->writeCommand(0xB1);
+    this->writeData(0x01); this->writeData(0x2C); this->writeData(0x2D);
+    this->writeCommand(0xB2);
+    this->writeData(0x01); this->writeData(0x2C); this->writeData(0x2D);
+    this->writeCommand(0xB3);
+    this->writeData(0x01); this->writeData(0x2C); this->writeData(0x2D);
+    this->writeData(0x01); this->writeData(0x2C); this->writeData(0x2D);
+
+    this->writeCommand(0xB4);
+    this->writeData(0x07);
+
+    this->writeCommand(0xC0);
+    this->writeData(0xA2); this->writeData(0x02); this->writeData(0x84);
+    this->writeCommand(0xC1); this->writeData(0xC5);
+    this->writeCommand(0xC2);
+    this->writeData(0x0A); this->writeData(0x00);
+    this->writeCommand(0xC3);
+    this->writeData(0x8A); this->writeData(0x2A);
+    this->writeCommand(0xC4);
+    this->writeData(0x8A); this->writeData(0xEE);
+
+    this->writeCommand(0xC5);
+    this->writeData(0x0E);
+
+    this->writeCommand(0x36);
+    this->writeData(0xA8);
+
+    this->writeCommand(0xe0);
+    this->writeData(0x0f); this->writeData(0x1a);
+    this->writeData(0x0f); this->writeData(0x18);
+    this->writeData(0x2f); this->writeData(0x28);
+    this->writeData(0x20); this->writeData(0x22);
+    this->writeData(0x1f); this->writeData(0x1b);
+    this->writeData(0x23); this->writeData(0x37); this->writeData(0x00);
+    this->writeData(0x07);
+    this->writeData(0x02); this->writeData(0x10);
+
+    this->writeCommand(0xe1);
+    this->writeData(0x0f); this->writeData(0x1b);
+    this->writeData(0x0f); this->writeData(0x17);
+    this->writeData(0x33); this->writeData(0x2c);
+    this->writeData(0x29); this->writeData(0x2e);
+    this->writeData(0x30); this->writeData(0x30);
+    this->writeData(0x39); this->writeData(0x3f);
+    this->writeData(0x00); this->writeData(0x07);
+    this->writeData(0x03); this->writeData(0x10);
+
+    this->writeCommand(0x2a);
+    this->writeData(0x00); this->writeData(0x00);
+    this->writeData(0x00); this->writeData(0x7f);
+    this->writeCommand(0x2b);
+    this->writeData(0x00); this->writeData(0x00);
+    this->writeData(0x00); this->writeData(0x9f);
+
+    this->writeCommand(0xF0);
+    this->writeData(0x01);
+    this->writeCommand(0xF6);
+    this->writeData(0x00);
+
+    this->writeCommand(0x3A);
+    this->writeData(0x05);
+
+    this->writeCommand(0x29);
+
+    this->clear();
+}
+
+void DisplayN18::setClippingArea(unsigned char x, unsigned char y, unsigned char width, unsigned char height) {
+    unsigned char data[4] = { 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00 };
+
+    data[1] = x;
+    data[3] = x + width;
+    this->writeCommand(0x2A);
+    this->writeData(data, 4);
+
+    data[1] = y;
+    data[3] = y + height;
+    this->writeCommand(0x2B);
+    this->writeData(data, 4);
+}
+
+unsigned short DisplayN18::rgbToShort(unsigned char r, unsigned char g, unsigned char b) {
+    unsigned short red = r;
+    unsigned short green = g;
+    unsigned short blue = b;
+
+    red /= 8;
+    green /= 4;
+    blue /= 8;
+
+    red &= 0x1F;
+    green &= 0x3F;
+    blue &= 0x1F;
+
+    red <<= 3;
+    blue <<= 8;
+    green = ((green & 0x7) << 13) + ((green & 0x38) >> 3);
+
+    return red | green | blue;
+}
+
+void DisplayN18::clear(unsigned short backColor) {
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < DisplayN18::WIDTH; i += 10)
+        for (unsigned int j = 0; j < DisplayN18::HEIGHT; j += 8)
+            this->fillRect(i, j, 10, 8, backColor);
+}
+
+void DisplayN18::draw(const unsigned short* data, int x, int y, int width, int height) {
+    this->setClippingArea(x, y, width - 1, height - 1);
+    this->writeCommand(0x2C);
+    this->writeData(reinterpret_cast<const unsigned char*>(data), width * height * 2);
+}
+
+void DisplayN18::setPixel(int x, int y, unsigned short foreColor) {
+    this->draw(&foreColor, x, y, 1, 1);
+}
+
+void DisplayN18::fillRect(int x, int y, int width, int height, unsigned short foreColor) {
+    this->setClippingArea(static_cast<unsigned char>(x), static_cast<unsigned char>(y), static_cast<unsigned char>(width - 1), static_cast<unsigned char>(height));
+    
+    this->writeCommand(0x2C);
+    
+    unsigned short buffer[50];
+    for (int j = 0; j < sizeof(buffer) / 2; j++)
+        buffer[j] = foreColor;
+
+    this->rsPin.write(true);
+
+    int i;
+    for (i = sizeof(buffer); i < height * width * 2; i += sizeof(buffer))
+        this->writeData(reinterpret_cast<unsigned char*>(buffer), sizeof(buffer));
+    
+    i -= sizeof(buffer);
+    if (i != height * width * 2)
+        this->writeData(reinterpret_cast<unsigned char*>(buffer), height * width * 2 - i);
+}
+
+void DisplayN18::drawRect(int x, int y, int width, int height, unsigned short foreColor) {
+    this->drawLine(x, y, x + width, y, foreColor);
+    this->drawLine(x, y + height, x + width, y + height, foreColor);
+    this->drawLine(x, y, x, y + height, foreColor);
+    this->drawLine(x + width, y, x + width, y + height, foreColor);
+}
+
+void DisplayN18::fillCircle(int x, int y, int radius, unsigned short foreColor) {
+    int f = 1 - radius;
+    int dd_f_x = 1;
+    int dd_f_y = -2 * radius;
+    int x1 = 0;
+    int y1 = radius;
+
+    for (int i = y - radius; i <= y + radius; i++)
+        this->setPixel(x, i, foreColor);
+
+    while (x1 < y1) {
+        if (f >= 0) {
+            y1--;
+            dd_f_y += 2;
+            f += dd_f_y;
+        }
+
+        x1++;
+        dd_f_x += 2;
+        f += dd_f_x;
+
+        for (int i = y - y1; i <= y + y1; i++) {
+            this->setPixel(x + x1, i, foreColor);
+            this->setPixel(x - x1, i, foreColor);
+        }
+
+        for (int i = y - x1; i <= y + x1; i++) {
+            this->setPixel(x + y1, i, foreColor);
+            this->setPixel(x - y1, i, foreColor);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+void DisplayN18::drawCircle(int x, int y, int radius, unsigned short foreColor) {
+    int f = 1 - radius;
+    int dd_f_x = 1;
+    int dd_f_y = -2 * radius;
+    int x1 = 0;
+    int y1 = radius;
+
+    this->setPixel(x, y + radius, foreColor);
+    this->setPixel(x, y - radius, foreColor);
+    this->setPixel(x + radius, y, foreColor);
+    this->setPixel(x - radius, y, foreColor);
+
+    while (x1 < y1) {
+        if (f >= 0) {
+            y1--;
+            dd_f_y += 2;
+            f += dd_f_y;
+        }
+
+        x1++;
+        dd_f_x += 2;
+        f += dd_f_x;
+
+        this->setPixel(x + x1, y + y1, foreColor);
+        this->setPixel(x - x1, y + y1, foreColor);
+        this->setPixel(x + x1, y - y1, foreColor);
+        this->setPixel(x - x1, y - y1, foreColor);
+
+        this->setPixel(x + y1, y + x1, foreColor);
+        this->setPixel(x - y1, y + x1, foreColor);
+        this->setPixel(x + y1, y - x1, foreColor);
+        this->setPixel(x - y1, y - x1, foreColor);
+    }
+}
+
+void DisplayN18::drawLine(int x0, int y0, int x1, int y1, unsigned short foreColor) {
+    if (x0 == x1) {
+        if (y1 < y0) {
+            int temp = y0;
+            y0 = y1;
+            y1 = temp;
+        }
+
+        this->setClippingArea(static_cast<unsigned char>(x0), static_cast<unsigned char>(y0), 0, static_cast<unsigned char>(y1 - y0 - 1));
+        this->writeCommand(0x2C);
+
+        unsigned short data[DisplayN18::STEP];
+        for (int i = 0; i < DisplayN18::STEP; i++)
+            data[i] = foreColor;
+
+        for (unsigned char thisY = y0; thisY < y1; thisY += DisplayN18::STEP)
+            this->writeData(reinterpret_cast<unsigned char*>(data), (thisY + DisplayN18::STEP <= y1 ? DisplayN18::STEP : y1 - thisY) * 2);
+
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if (y0 == y1) {
+        if (x1 < x0) {
+            int temp = x0;
+            x0 = x1;
+            x1 = temp;
+        }
+
+        this->setClippingArea(static_cast<unsigned char>(x0), static_cast<unsigned char>(y0), static_cast<unsigned char>(x1 - x0 - 1), 0);
+        this->writeCommand(0x2C);
+
+        unsigned short data[DisplayN18::STEP];
+        for (int i = 0; i < DisplayN18::STEP; i++)
+            data[i] = foreColor;
+
+        for (unsigned char thisX = x0; thisX < x1; thisX += DisplayN18::STEP)
+            this->writeData(reinterpret_cast<unsigned char*>(data), (thisX + DisplayN18::STEP <= x1 ? DisplayN18::STEP : x1 - thisX) * 2);
+
+        return;
+    }
+
+    int t;
+    bool steep = ((y1 - y0) < 0 ? -(y1 - y0) : (y1 - y0)) > ((x1 - x0) < 0 ? -(x1 - x0) : (x1 - x0));
+
+    if (steep) {
+        t = x0;
+        x0 = y0;
+        y0 = t;
+        t = x1;
+        x1 = y1;
+        y1 = t;
+    }
+
+    if (x0 > x1) {
+        t = x0;
+        x0 = x1;
+        x1 = t;
+
+        t = y0;
+        y0 = y1;
+        y1 = t;
+    }
+
+    int dx, dy;
+    dx = x1 - x0;
+    dy = (y1 - y0) < 0 ? -(y1 - y0) : (y1 - y0);
+
+    int err = (dx / 2);
+    int ystep;
+
+    ystep = y0 < y1 ? 1 : -1;
+
+    for (; x0 < x1; x0++) {
+        if (steep)
+            this->setPixel(y0, x0, foreColor);
+        else
+            this->setPixel(x0, y0, foreColor);
+
+        err -= dy;
+
+        if (err < 0) {
+            y0 += (char)ystep;
+            err += dx;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+unsigned char characters[95 * 5] = {
+    0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, /* Space  0x20 */
+    0x00, 0x00, 0x4f, 0x00, 0x00, /* ! */
+    0x00, 0x07, 0x00, 0x07, 0x00, /* " */
+    0x14, 0x7f, 0x14, 0x7f, 0x14, /* # */
+    0x24, 0x2a, 0x7f, 0x2a, 0x12, /* $ */
+    0x23, 0x13, 0x08, 0x64, 0x62, /* % */
+    0x36, 0x49, 0x55, 0x22, 0x20, /* & */
+    0x00, 0x05, 0x03, 0x00, 0x00, /* ' */
+    0x00, 0x1c, 0x22, 0x41, 0x00, /* ( */
+    0x00, 0x41, 0x22, 0x1c, 0x00, /* ) */
+    0x14, 0x08, 0x3e, 0x08, 0x14, /* // */
+    0x08, 0x08, 0x3e, 0x08, 0x08, /* + */
+    0x50, 0x30, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, /* , */
+    0x08, 0x08, 0x08, 0x08, 0x08, /* - */
+    0x00, 0x60, 0x60, 0x00, 0x00, /* . */
+    0x20, 0x10, 0x08, 0x04, 0x02, /* / */
+    0x3e, 0x51, 0x49, 0x45, 0x3e, /* 0      0x30 */
+    0x00, 0x42, 0x7f, 0x40, 0x00, /* 1 */
+    0x42, 0x61, 0x51, 0x49, 0x46, /* 2 */
+    0x21, 0x41, 0x45, 0x4b, 0x31, /* 3 */
+    0x18, 0x14, 0x12, 0x7f, 0x10, /* 4 */
+    0x27, 0x45, 0x45, 0x45, 0x39, /* 5 */
+    0x3c, 0x4a, 0x49, 0x49, 0x30, /* 6 */
+    0x01, 0x71, 0x09, 0x05, 0x03, /* 7 */
+    0x36, 0x49, 0x49, 0x49, 0x36, /* 8 */
+    0x06, 0x49, 0x49, 0x29, 0x1e, /* 9 */
+    0x00, 0x36, 0x36, 0x00, 0x00, /* : */
+    0x00, 0x56, 0x36, 0x00, 0x00, /* ; */
+    0x08, 0x14, 0x22, 0x41, 0x00, /* < */
+    0x14, 0x14, 0x14, 0x14, 0x14, /* = */
+    0x00, 0x41, 0x22, 0x14, 0x08, /* > */
+    0x02, 0x01, 0x51, 0x09, 0x06, /* ? */
+    0x3e, 0x41, 0x5d, 0x55, 0x1e, /* @      0x40 */
+    0x7e, 0x11, 0x11, 0x11, 0x7e, /* A */
+    0x7f, 0x49, 0x49, 0x49, 0x36, /* B */
+    0x3e, 0x41, 0x41, 0x41, 0x22, /* C */
+    0x7f, 0x41, 0x41, 0x22, 0x1c, /* D */
+    0x7f, 0x49, 0x49, 0x49, 0x41, /* E */
+    0x7f, 0x09, 0x09, 0x09, 0x01, /* F */
+    0x3e, 0x41, 0x49, 0x49, 0x7a, /* G */
+    0x7f, 0x08, 0x08, 0x08, 0x7f, /* H */
+    0x00, 0x41, 0x7f, 0x41, 0x00, /* I */
+    0x20, 0x40, 0x41, 0x3f, 0x01, /* J */
+    0x7f, 0x08, 0x14, 0x22, 0x41, /* K */
+    0x7f, 0x40, 0x40, 0x40, 0x40, /* L */
+    0x7f, 0x02, 0x0c, 0x02, 0x7f, /* M */
+    0x7f, 0x04, 0x08, 0x10, 0x7f, /* N */
+    0x3e, 0x41, 0x41, 0x41, 0x3e, /* O */
+    0x7f, 0x09, 0x09, 0x09, 0x06, /* P      0x50 */
+    0x3e, 0x41, 0x51, 0x21, 0x5e, /* Q */
+    0x7f, 0x09, 0x19, 0x29, 0x46, /* R */
+    0x26, 0x49, 0x49, 0x49, 0x32, /* S */
+    0x01, 0x01, 0x7f, 0x01, 0x01, /* T */
+    0x3f, 0x40, 0x40, 0x40, 0x3f, /* U */
+    0x1f, 0x20, 0x40, 0x20, 0x1f, /* V */
+    0x3f, 0x40, 0x38, 0x40, 0x3f, /* W */
+    0x63, 0x14, 0x08, 0x14, 0x63, /* X */
+    0x07, 0x08, 0x70, 0x08, 0x07, /* Y */
+    0x61, 0x51, 0x49, 0x45, 0x43, /* Z */
+    0x00, 0x7f, 0x41, 0x41, 0x00, /* [ */
+    0x02, 0x04, 0x08, 0x10, 0x20, /* \ */
+    0x00, 0x41, 0x41, 0x7f, 0x00, /* ] */
+    0x04, 0x02, 0x01, 0x02, 0x04, /* ^ */
+    0x40, 0x40, 0x40, 0x40, 0x40, /* _ */
+    0x00, 0x00, 0x03, 0x05, 0x00, /* `      0x60 */
+    0x20, 0x54, 0x54, 0x54, 0x78, /* a */
+    0x7F, 0x44, 0x44, 0x44, 0x38, /* b */
+    0x38, 0x44, 0x44, 0x44, 0x44, /* c */
+    0x38, 0x44, 0x44, 0x44, 0x7f, /* d */
+    0x38, 0x54, 0x54, 0x54, 0x18, /* e */
+    0x04, 0x04, 0x7e, 0x05, 0x05, /* f */
+    0x08, 0x54, 0x54, 0x54, 0x3c, /* g */
+    0x7f, 0x08, 0x04, 0x04, 0x78, /* h */
+    0x00, 0x44, 0x7d, 0x40, 0x00, /* i */
+    0x20, 0x40, 0x44, 0x3d, 0x00, /* j */
+    0x7f, 0x10, 0x28, 0x44, 0x00, /* k */
+    0x00, 0x41, 0x7f, 0x40, 0x00, /* l */
+    0x7c, 0x04, 0x7c, 0x04, 0x78, /* m */
+    0x7c, 0x08, 0x04, 0x04, 0x78, /* n */
+    0x38, 0x44, 0x44, 0x44, 0x38, /* o */
+    0x7c, 0x14, 0x14, 0x14, 0x08, /* p      0x70 */
+    0x08, 0x14, 0x14, 0x14, 0x7c, /* q */
+    0x7c, 0x08, 0x04, 0x04, 0x00, /* r */
+    0x48, 0x54, 0x54, 0x54, 0x24, /* s */
+    0x04, 0x04, 0x3f, 0x44, 0x44, /* t */
+    0x3c, 0x40, 0x40, 0x20, 0x7c, /* u */
+    0x1c, 0x20, 0x40, 0x20, 0x1c, /* v */
+    0x3c, 0x40, 0x30, 0x40, 0x3c, /* w */
+    0x44, 0x28, 0x10, 0x28, 0x44, /* x */
+    0x0c, 0x50, 0x50, 0x50, 0x3c, /* y */
+    0x44, 0x64, 0x54, 0x4c, 0x44, /* z */
+    0x08, 0x36, 0x41, 0x41, 0x00, /* { */
+    0x00, 0x00, 0x77, 0x00, 0x00, /* | */
+    0x00, 0x41, 0x41, 0x36, 0x08, /* } */
+    0x08, 0x08, 0x2a, 0x1c, 0x08  /* ~ */
+};
+
+void DisplayN18::drawCharacter(int x, int y, const char character, unsigned short foreColor, unsigned short backColor, unsigned char fontSize) {
+    if (character > 126 || character < 32)
+        return;
+
+    unsigned short* horizontal = new unsigned short[DisplayN18::CHAR_HEIGHT * fontSize];
+    for (int i = 0; i < DisplayN18::CHAR_WIDTH; i++) {
+        for (int j = 0; j < DisplayN18::CHAR_HEIGHT; j++)
+            for (int k = 0; k < fontSize; k++)
+                horizontal[j * fontSize + k] = characters[(character - 32) * 5 + i] & (1 << j) ? foreColor : backColor;
+
+        for (int k = 0; k < fontSize; k++)
+            this->draw(horizontal, x + i * fontSize + k, y, 1, DisplayN18::CHAR_HEIGHT * fontSize);
+    }
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < DisplayN18::CHAR_HEIGHT; i++)
+        for (int k = 0; k < fontSize; k++)
+            horizontal[i * fontSize + k] = backColor;
+
+    for (int k = 0; k < fontSize; k++)
+        this->draw(horizontal, x + DisplayN18::CHAR_WIDTH * fontSize + k, y, 1, DisplayN18::CHAR_HEIGHT * fontSize);
+
+    delete[] horizontal;
+}
+
+void DisplayN18::drawString(int x, int y, const char* str, unsigned short foreColor, unsigned short backColor, unsigned char fontSize) {
+    if (*str == '\0')
+        return;
+
+    do {
+        this->drawCharacter(x, y, *str, foreColor, backColor, fontSize);
+        
+        x += (DisplayN18::CHAR_WIDTH + DisplayN18::CHAR_SPACING) * fontSize;
+    } while (*(++str) != '\0');
+}
\ No newline at end of file
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/DisplayN18.h	Fri Jan 16 19:18:45 2015 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+#include "mbed.h"
+
+#pragma once
+
+class DisplayN18 {
+    static const unsigned char STEP = 4;
+    
+    DigitalOut resetPin;
+    DigitalOut backlightPin;
+    DigitalOut rsPin;
+    DigitalOut csPin;
+    SPI spi;
+
+    void writeCommand(unsigned char command);
+    void writeData(unsigned char data);
+    void writeData(const unsigned char* data, unsigned int length);
+
+    void reset();
+    void initialize();
+    void setClippingArea(unsigned char x, unsigned char y, unsigned char width, unsigned char height);
+
+    public:
+        DisplayN18();
+        
+        static const unsigned short BLUE = 0x00F8;
+        static const unsigned short GREEN = 0xE007;
+        static const unsigned short RED = 0x1F00;
+        static const unsigned short WHITE = 0xFFFF;
+        static const unsigned short BLACK = 0x0000;
+
+        static const unsigned int WIDTH = 160;
+        static const unsigned int HEIGHT = 128;
+        static const unsigned char CHAR_WIDTH = 5;
+        static const unsigned char CHAR_HEIGHT = 8;
+        static const unsigned char CHAR_SPACING = 1;
+
+        static unsigned short rgbToShort(unsigned char r, unsigned char g, unsigned char b);
+
+        void clear(unsigned short backColor = 0x0000);
+        void draw(const unsigned short* data, int x, int y, int width, int height);
+        void setPixel(int x, int y, unsigned short foreColor);
+
+        void fillRect(int x, int y, int width, int height, unsigned short foreColor);
+        void drawRect(int x, int y, int width, int height, unsigned short foreColor);
+
+        void fillCircle(int x, int y, int radius, unsigned short foreColor);
+        void drawCircle(int x, int y, int radius, unsigned short foreColor);
+
+        void drawLine(int x0, int y0, int x1, int y1, unsigned short foreColor);
+
+        void drawCharacter(int x, int y, const char character, unsigned short foreColor, unsigned short backColor, unsigned char fontSize = 1);
+        void drawString(int x, int y, const char* str, unsigned short foreColor, unsigned short backColor, unsigned char fontSize = 1);
+};
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--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/LCD_ST7735.lib	Fri Jan 16 19:18:45 2015 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,1 @@
+http://mbed.org/users/taylorza/code/LCD_ST7735/#7ecd74dcb8ef
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/main.cpp	Fri Jan 16 19:18:45 2015 +0000
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+////////////////////////
+//
+// Simple program to compare the performance of the DisplayN18 and LCD_ST7735 libraries
+//
+///////////////////////
+
+#include "mbed.h"
+#include "DisplayN18.h"
+#include "Color565.h"
+#include "font_IBM.h"
+#include "LCD_ST7735.h"
+
+int testDisplayN18()
+{   // test N18 library functions
+    DisplayN18 disp;
+    Timer tPerformance;    // timer used for measuring performance
+    char buf[256];
+    int iPerfMs=0;
+    int iStartUs=0;
+
+    tPerformance.start();      // start the timer
+
+    // text
+    iStartUs=tPerformance.read_us();
+    disp.clear();
+    sprintf(buf,"drawString...");
+    for(int i=1; i<100; i++)
+    {
+        disp.drawString(DisplayN18::WIDTH / 2 - (DisplayN18::CHAR_WIDTH + DisplayN18::CHAR_SPACING) * strlen(buf) / 2, i, buf, DisplayN18::GREEN, DisplayN18::BLACK);
+    }
+    sprintf(buf,"drawString:%u ", tPerformance.read_us()-iStartUs);
+    disp.drawString(DisplayN18::WIDTH / 2 - (DisplayN18::CHAR_WIDTH + DisplayN18::CHAR_SPACING) * strlen(buf) / 2, DisplayN18::HEIGHT-DisplayN18::CHAR_HEIGHT, buf, DisplayN18::GREEN, DisplayN18::BLACK);
+    iPerfMs+=tPerformance.read_ms();
+    wait(0.5);
+
+    // rectangles
+    iStartUs=tPerformance.read_us();
+    disp.clear();
+    sprintf(buf,"drawRect...");
+    disp.drawString(DisplayN18::WIDTH / 2 - (DisplayN18::CHAR_WIDTH + DisplayN18::CHAR_SPACING) * strlen(buf) / 2, 0, buf, DisplayN18::GREEN, DisplayN18::BLACK);
+    for(int i=1; i<100; i++)
+    {
+        disp.drawRect(0, 0, i, i, DisplayN18::GREEN);
+    }
+    sprintf(buf,"drawRect:%u ", tPerformance.read_us()-iStartUs);
+    disp.drawString(DisplayN18::WIDTH / 2 - (DisplayN18::CHAR_WIDTH + DisplayN18::CHAR_SPACING) * strlen(buf) / 2, DisplayN18::HEIGHT-DisplayN18::CHAR_HEIGHT, buf, DisplayN18::GREEN, DisplayN18::BLACK);
+    iPerfMs+=tPerformance.read_ms();
+    wait(0.5);
+
+    // circles
+    iStartUs=tPerformance.read_us();
+    disp.clear();
+    sprintf(buf,"drawCircle...");
+    disp.drawString(DisplayN18::WIDTH / 2 - (DisplayN18::CHAR_WIDTH + DisplayN18::CHAR_SPACING) * strlen(buf) / 2, 0, buf, DisplayN18::GREEN, DisplayN18::BLACK);
+    for(int i=1; i<100; i++)
+    {
+        disp.drawCircle(i, i, i/2, DisplayN18::GREEN);
+    }
+    sprintf(buf,"drawCircle:%u ", tPerformance.read_us()-iStartUs);
+    disp.drawString(DisplayN18::WIDTH / 2 - (DisplayN18::CHAR_WIDTH + DisplayN18::CHAR_SPACING) * strlen(buf) / 2, DisplayN18::HEIGHT-DisplayN18::CHAR_HEIGHT, buf, DisplayN18::GREEN, DisplayN18::BLACK);
+    iPerfMs+=tPerformance.read_ms();
+    wait(0.5);
+
+    // lines
+    iStartUs=tPerformance.read_us();
+    disp.clear();
+    sprintf(buf,"drawLine...");
+    disp.drawString(DisplayN18::WIDTH / 2 - (DisplayN18::CHAR_WIDTH + DisplayN18::CHAR_SPACING) * strlen(buf) / 2, 0, buf, DisplayN18::GREEN, DisplayN18::BLACK);
+    for(int i=1; i<100; i++)
+    {
+        disp.drawLine(0, 0, i, i, DisplayN18::GREEN);
+    }
+    sprintf(buf,"drawLine:%u ", tPerformance.read_us()-iStartUs);
+    disp.drawString(DisplayN18::WIDTH / 2 - (DisplayN18::CHAR_WIDTH + DisplayN18::CHAR_SPACING) * strlen(buf) / 2, DisplayN18::HEIGHT-DisplayN18::CHAR_HEIGHT, buf, DisplayN18::GREEN, DisplayN18::BLACK);
+    iPerfMs+=tPerformance.read_ms();
+    wait(0.5);
+
+    disp.clear();
+    sprintf(buf,"Total:%u ms", iPerfMs);
+    disp.drawString(DisplayN18::WIDTH / 2 - (DisplayN18::CHAR_WIDTH + DisplayN18::CHAR_SPACING) * strlen(buf) / 2, DisplayN18::HEIGHT-DisplayN18::CHAR_HEIGHT, buf, DisplayN18::GREEN, DisplayN18::BLACK);
+    wait(2);
+
+    return(iPerfMs);
+}
+
+int testDisplayST7735()
+{   // test ST7735 library functions
+    LCD_ST7735 disp(
+        P0_19,
+        P0_20,
+        P0_7,
+        P0_21,
+        P0_22,
+        P1_15,
+        P0_2,
+        LCD_ST7735::RGB);
+    Timer tPerformance;    // timer used for measuring performance
+    char buf[256];
+    int iPerfMs=0;
+    int iStartUs=0;
+
+    tPerformance.start();      // start the timer
+    disp.setOrientation(LCD_ST7735::Rotate270, false);
+    disp.setForegroundColor(Color565::White);
+    disp.setBackgroundColor(Color565::Blue);
+    disp.clearScreen();
+    
+    // text
+    iStartUs=tPerformance.read_us();
+    disp.clearScreen();
+    sprintf(buf,"drawString...");
+    for(int i=1; i<100; i++)
+    {
+        //disp.drawString(font_ibm, disp.getWidth / 2 - (8 + 0) * strlen(buf) / 2, i, buf);
+        disp.drawString(font_ibm, 160 / 2 - (8 + 0) * strlen(buf) / 2, i, buf);
+    }
+    sprintf(buf,"drawString:%u ", tPerformance.read_us()-iStartUs);
+    //disp.drawString(font_ibm, disp.getWidth / 2 - (8 + 0) * strlen(buf) / 2, disp.getHeight-8, buf);
+    disp.drawString(font_ibm, 160 / 2 - (8 + 0) * strlen(buf) / 2, 128-8, buf);
+    iPerfMs+=tPerformance.read_ms();
+    wait(0.5);
+
+    // rectangles
+    iStartUs=tPerformance.read_us();
+    disp.clearScreen();
+    sprintf(buf,"drawRect...");
+    disp.drawString(font_ibm, 160 / 2 - (8 + 0) * strlen(buf) / 2, 0, buf);
+    for(int i=1; i<100; i++)
+    {
+        disp.drawRect(0, 0, i, i, Color565::Blue);
+    }
+    sprintf(buf,"drawRect:%u ", tPerformance.read_us()-iStartUs);
+    disp.drawString(font_ibm, 160 / 2 - (8 + 0) * strlen(buf) / 2, 128-8, buf);
+    iPerfMs+=tPerformance.read_ms();
+    wait(0.5);
+
+    // circles
+    iStartUs=tPerformance.read_us();
+    disp.clearScreen();
+    sprintf(buf,"drawCircle...");
+    disp.drawString(font_ibm, 160 / 2 - (8 + 0) * strlen(buf) / 2, 0, buf);
+    for(int i=1; i<100; i++)
+    {
+        disp.drawCircle(i, i, i/2, Color565::Blue);
+    }
+    sprintf(buf,"drawCircle:%u ", tPerformance.read_us()-iStartUs);
+    disp.drawString(font_ibm, 160 / 2 - (8 + 0) * strlen(buf) / 2, 128-8, buf);
+    iPerfMs+=tPerformance.read_ms();
+    wait(0.5);
+
+    // lines
+    iStartUs=tPerformance.read_us();
+    disp.clearScreen();
+    sprintf(buf,"drawLine...");
+    disp.drawString(font_ibm, 160 / 2 - (8 + 0) * strlen(buf) / 2, 0, buf);
+    for(int i=1; i<100; i++)
+    {
+        disp.drawLine(0, 0, i, i, Color565::Blue);
+    }
+    sprintf(buf,"drawLine:%u ", tPerformance.read_us()-iStartUs);
+    disp.drawString(font_ibm, 160 / 2 - (8 + 0) * strlen(buf) / 2, 128-8, buf);
+    iPerfMs+=tPerformance.read_ms();
+    wait(0.5);
+
+    disp.clearScreen();
+    sprintf(buf,"Total:%u ms", iPerfMs);
+    disp.drawString(font_ibm, 160 / 2 - (8 + 0) * strlen(buf) / 2, 128-8, buf);
+    wait(2);
+
+    return(iPerfMs);
+}
+
+
+main()
+{
+    int iDisplayN18=testDisplayN18();
+    int iDisplayST7735=testDisplayST7735();
+    
+    DigitalOut led1(P0_9, false);
+
+    while (true) {
+        led1 = !led1;
+        wait(.5);
+    }
+
+}
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/mbed.bld	Fri Jan 16 19:18:45 2015 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,1 @@
+http://mbed.org/users/mbed_official/code/mbed/builds/4fc01daae5a5
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