Roadmap

The Serial_LCD adventure has come to an end, replaced by a new generation of exciting products with outstanding features.

In future releases, I plan to follow and integrate the developments of the IDEs.

For example, chipKIT MPIDE is currently based on the Arduino 23 repository but is considering a 1.0-based version.

Obsolescence Notice

The Serial_LCD Library Suite was designed for 4D Systems screens on SGC mode.

4D Systems has launched new screens and a major update of its Workshop 4 IDE with an outstanding feature: ViSi-Genie. ViSi-Genie provides a graphical environment to design a user interface in just a couple of minutes.

For the serial connection, the new SPE2 environment is not compatible with SGC, making the Serial_LCD Library Suite obsolete. 4D Systems provides new libraries for the Arduino, PixAxe, Raspberry Pi, Pascal and C platforms.

Download Workshop 4 IDE with ViSi Genie and Libraries for SPE2 serial connection. Use the c ontact form for maintenance on a case by case basis.

Already Delivered

Already delivered:

screen orientation independent library — release 17
menu system with 4 levels and 8 options per level — release 19
advanced text display — release 19
faster save screen to SD / read screen from SD using RAW partition — release 22
VGA handling — release 23
Goldelox-based screens compatibility — release 118
no more RAW.INI file on the FAT partition required for RAW identification — release 25
new release numbering and release control — releases 100+
screen size independent library — release 118
graphic library with direction, clock, histogram, ... — release 106
other graphics for the graphic library as gauge, ... — release 108
images gallery management — release 202
fully Arduino 1.0 compliant library — release 204
reset of the screen done by one IO pin from SC16IS750 when using I2C_Serial — release 104
new library Energy — release 101
support for Wiring 1.0 — release 128
unified library suite for Arduino 23 and 1.0, chipKIT MPIDE and Wiring. — release 132
full documentation in PDF, HTML and docset formats
unified release numbering — release 333

Release Numbering

Since January 28th, 2012, each .h and .cpp file has now its own numbering for easier management.

Release control is performed as a pre-processor instruction:

// test release
#if PROXYSERIAL_RELEASE < 106
#error required PROXYSERIAL_RELEASE 106
#endif

Unified Library Suite

There's one single numbering scheme starting release 333, which supersedes previous numbering schemes 1xx and 2xx

The unified library suite handles Arduino 23 and 1.0, chipKIT MPIDE and Wiring.