PIC24FJ256DA206-IPT Datasheet, PDF (13/20 Pages) Microchip Technology – 16-bit Embedded Control Solutions PIC24 Microcontrollers • dsPIC® Digital Signal Controllers

Display & Touch
Development Tools
LCD Explorer Development Board (DM240314)
The LCD Explorer provides an ideal platform
for a customer to evaluate a MCU with a × 8
Common LCD Driver on a 38 segment × 8
common LCD display.
Many 16-bit designs are adding modern user interfaces
to increase the usability, functionality and look of end
products. More sophisticated displays and touch interfaces
create higher impact designs, yet must be easy to
integrate and cost effective. Microchip’s solutions allow for
driving segmented or graphical displays with a single chip
and offer integrated peripherals for touch buttons.
Segmented LCD Displays
The PIC24FJ128GA310 family features integrated
segmented display driver with up to 480 segments.
Key advantages include:
■ Direct drive of inexpensive, low power displays
■ Integrated analog for sensor applications like
temperature sensing in thermostats
■ Integrated touch sensing function for buttons or sliders
Graphical Displays
The PIC24FJ256DA210 family features integrated graphics
acceleration and display controller to directly drive displays
up to 4.3" WQVGA with 480 × 272 resolution. This “DA”
family includes:
■ Dedicated graphics clock for a continuous,
flicker-free display
■ On-chip display controller provides direct interface to
TFT, STN and OLED displays
■ Easy to use Graphics Processing Units for hardware
acceleration allow for moving and copying rectangles,
decompressing images and rendering text without
CPU intervention
■ Integrated color look-up table and 96 KB Frame Buffer
support up to 8 bpp QVGA with internal memory
Touch Buttons: Keys & Sliders
Many PIC24 MCUs and dsPIC DSC products include touch
sensing capability for implementing keys or sliders as
an alternative to traditional push botton switches using
CVD or CTMU technology. This enables more modern and
stylish designs, lower manufacturing costs and increased
reliability.
■ Longer battery life with eXtreme Low Power MCUs
■ Sensing through metal, plastic or glass
■ High noise immunity and low emissions
■ Free mTouch sensing solutions software library enables
easy integration
PIC24FJ256DA210 Development Kit (DV164039)
This bundles the PIC24FJ256DA210
Development Board (DM240312), a
3.2" Truly 240 × 320 TFT Display Board
(AC164127-4), three Graphics Display
Prototype Boards (AC164139), the MPLAB ICD 3 Debugger
(DV164035) with USB Cable and accessories.
Remote Control Demo Board (DM240315-2)
This board integrates Graphics, mTouch
technology, USB and RF4CE into a single demo,
featuring the PIC24FJ256DA210 MCU, 3.5"
Graphical TFT LCD with resistive touch screen,
capacitive touch keys with plastic overlay,
MRF24J40 2.4 GHz transceiver and ZENA™
wireless adapter.
Software & App Notes
FREE Microchip Graphics Library
The Microchip Graphics Library is highly modular, easy to use
and has an open documented interface for driver or controller
support. The library supports the following features:
■ Pre-made graphics objects
■ Multiple fonts and languages
■ User interface for mTouch™ sensing
■ Includes buttons, charts, check boxes, scroll bars, list
boxes, images and basic animation
FREE Microchip Graphics Display Designer
The Microchip Graphics Display Designer for MPLAB X (GDD X)
is a visual design tool that provides customers with a quick
and easy way of creating Graphical User Interface (GUI) screens
for graphical interface applications on Microchip MCUs.
mTouch Sensing Technology Source Code and Demos
Microchip’s mTouch sensing solutions provide a free and
easy method for designers to add capacitive touch sensing to
applications utilizing PIC microcontrollers without the cost of
fee-based licensing and royalty agreements. Being a source-
code solution further helps engineers quickly integrate touch
sensing functionality with their existing application code in a
single, standard microcontroller.
App Notes
■ Segmented LCD Biasing & Contrast Control Methods (AN1428)
■ Developing Graphics Applications Using an MCU with
Integrated Graphics Controllers (AN1368)
■ mTouch Sensing Solutions Acquisition Methods Capacitive
Voltage Divider (AN1478)
www.microchip.com/graphics
www.microchip.com/LCD
www.microchip.com/mtouch
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