Adding Touch Screens to Projects and Prototypes

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction

Lecture 1: Introduction to the course

Lecture 2: Course plan

Chapter 2: Hardware and Software in use

Lecture 1: The touch screen we use in the course – Part 1

Lecture 2: The touch screen we use in the course – Part 2

Lecture 3: The development board we use int eh course – Part 1

Lecture 4: The development board we use int eh course – Part 2

Lecture 5: The TTL to USB module we use in the course – Part 1

Lecture 6: The TTL to USB module we use in the course – Part 2

Lecture 7: The Nextion IO adaptor we use in the course – Part 1

Lecture 8: The Nextion IO adaptor we use in the course – Part 2

Lecture 9: Bezel for the screen

Lecture 10: Downloading and installing Nextion Editor

Lecture 11: Explaning Nextion Editor interface – Part 1

Lecture 12: Explaning Nextion Editor interface – Part 2

Lecture 13: Explaning Nextion Editor interface – Part 3

Lecture 14: Adding and using fonts

Lecture 15: Changing attributes of a text box with a touch

Lecture 16: Scrolling text box

Lecture 17: Number box

Lecture 18: Using buttons

Lecture 19: Using Dual State buttons and Timers

Lecture 20: Receiving data on the screen

Lecture 21: Sending data from the screen

Lecture 22: A bit more about the NExtion Editor interface

Chapter 3: Using the GPIO of the Screen

Lecture 1: GPIOs of the Screen

Lecture 2: GPIOs as Output – Diagram and configurations

Lecture 3: Controling an LED from screen – Setting up the project in Nextion Editor

Lecture 4: Testing the LED project

Lecture 5: GPIOs as input

Lecture 6: GPIO as Pulse Width Modulation PWM

Lecture 7: Implementing the project in Nextion Editor – Part 1

Lecture 8: Implementing the project in Nextion Editor – Part 2

Lecture 9: Testing the Project – GPIO as PWM

Chapter 4: Creating a custom animated guage

Lecture 1: Creating an animated guage – plan and graphics

Lecture 2: Creating the animated guage – Part 1

Lecture 3: Creating the animated guage – Part 2

Lecture 4: Creating the animated guage – Part 3

Lecture 5: Testing the project

Lecture 6: Graphics types

Lecture 7: Design software and graphics sources

Chapter 5: Receiving UART data on the screen – Creating a battery level tester

Lecture 1: Project oerview

Lecture 2: Project layout and plan

Lecture 3: Creating Page 1 in Nextion Editor

Lecture 4: Creating Page 2 in Nextion Editor

Lecture 5: Creating Page 3 in Nextion Editor

Lecture 6: Sending the project to the screen

Lecture 7: Explaining what to change on screen when we read the battery value

Lecture 8: Explaining the change and the code plan

Lecture 9: Code plan – Part 1

Lecture 10: Code plan – Part 2

Lecture 11: Code plan – Part 3

Lecture 12: Code plan – Part 4

Lecture 13: Setting up the project in CubeIDE – Part 1

Lecture 14: Setting up the project in CubeIDE – Part 2

Lecture 15: Setting up the project in CubeIDE – Part 3

Lecture 16: Solving and understanding ADC reading

Lecture 17: ADC reading from the battery and the battery ranges

Lecture 18: ADC reading table

Lecture 19: Implementing the function in the code

Lecture 20: Connecting UART 6 on the Nucleo board

Lecture 21: Including the battery reading in the code

Lecture 22: Final code debugging and testing

Chapter 6: Sending UART Data from screen – MIDI Controller project

Lecture 1: Introduction to the project

Lecture 2: The hardware used in the project

Lecture 3: MIDI Protocol

Lecture 4: Debugging the project in Nextion Editor

Lecture 5: Explaining the project in Nextion Editor

Lecture 6: Seeting the project in CubeIDE and solving the assignement

Lecture 7: Understanding the system and the code plan for the project

Lecture 8: Explaning the MIDI instructions on the code

Lecture 9: Testing the project

Lecture 10: Testing the project with a logic analyzer