2.3 Text Commands• The PICASO-SGC is shipped with 4 internal fonts. These fonts can be altered,

deleted and replaced with new • fonts. The FONT-Tool is a free software tool that can assist in the conversion of any

Windows fonts into the • bitmap format that can be used by the PICASO-SGC. The converted font set can

then be exported into the • DISP-Tool utility which can then be downloaded into the PICASO-SGC on-chip flash

memory. Both the • FONT-Tool and the DISP-Tool are available free from www.4dsystems.com.au• Summary of Commands in this section:

– • Set Font – 46hex– • Set Transparent-Opaque Text – 4Fhex– • Draw ASCII Character (text format) – 54hex– • Draw ASCII Character (graphics format) – 74hex– • Draw “String” of ASCII Text (text format) – 73hex– • Draw “String” of ASCII Text (graphics format) – 53hex– • Draw Text Button – 62hex

2.4 Touch Screen Commands• The following commands are related to Touch Screen

support of the PICASO-SGC and they are described in • this section. • Summary of Commands in this section:– • Get Touch Coordinates - 6Fhex– • Wait Until Touch - 77hex– • Detect Touch Region - 75hex

• Touch screen must be enabled to be able to use the touch commands. To enable touch screen , See

• section 2.1.6.

2.5 SD Memory Card Commands (Low-Level/RAW)

• The commands detailed in this section utilise the SD/microSD memory card which must be connected to

• the SPI port of the PICASO-SGC. The memory card is used as the storage medium for all multimedia objects

• such as images, icons, animations and video clips which can be accessed and displayed. The memory card

• can also be used by the host controller as a general purpose storage medium such as data logging

• applications.

• The following commands are related to Low-Level memory card operations and they are described in this

• section.

• Summary of Commands in this section:– • Initialise Memory Card - @69hex

– • Set Address Pointer of Card (RAW) - @41hex

– • Read Byte Data from Card (RAW) - @72hex

– • Write Byte Data to Card (RAW) - @77hex

– • Read Sector Block Data from Card (RAW) - @52hex

– • Write Sector Block Data to Card (RAW) - @57hex

– • Screen Copy-Save to Card (RAW) - @43hex

– • Display Image-Icon from Card (RAW) - @49hex

– • Display Object from Card (RAW) - @4Fhex

– • Display Video-Animation Clip from Card (RAW) - @56hex

– • Run Script (4DSL) Program from Card (RAW) - @50hex