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of quality, and the next-generation
Virtuoso platform does just that.
The new platform also enables us
to improve designer productivity
and effectiveness to ensure that our
teams can meet aggressive time-to-
market goals.”
Microchip Announces
Graphical User Interface
Composer Tool for MPLAB®
Harmony
MPLAB Harmony Graphics
Composer Allows Engineers
to Easily Develop and Design
Professional-Looking Graphical
User Interfaces
Microchip Technology Inc.
(NASDAQ: MCHP), a leading
provider of microcontroller,
mixed-signal, analog and Flash-
IP solutions, today announced
the MPLAB® Harmony Graphics
Composer (MHGC), a modern and
flexible graphical user interface
(GUI) composer tool. MHGC
is a free development tool for
developing GUIs for all PIC32
microcontrollers through Microchip’s
Harmony Configurator and
MPLAB X Integrated Development
Environment (IDE). The software
allows anyone to create branded
content using the Harmony Graphics
Library, in conjunction with their
custom assets, to create GUIs in
a What-You-See-is-What-You-Get
(WYSIWYG) design model, without
complex and cumbersome coding.
View a short, informative video
demonstration of MHGC:.
MPLAB Harmony Graphics
Composer takes care of all
configuration requirements as
well as generating all source code
needed for a professional-looking
GUI. Users can easily import
images and fonts and add them into
projects via MHGC’s intuitive, user-
friendly interface. The tool gives the
user the ability to add, delete, move,
scale and configure objects within
the application. Objects can be
interactive, including sliders, dials
and buttons without the developer
needing to understand graphics
code.
“The response from customers
has been very positive,” continued
Hoefle. “Wehave found the feedback
invaluable and created a platform
that we believe our customers
will find simple, professional and
intuitive.”
MPLAB Harmony Graphics
Composer is integrated with
Microchip’s MPLAB X and utilizes
the graphics libraries in MPLAB
Harmony. The software is available
now for download by visiting: http://
STM32F7 Microcontrollers
from STMicroelectronics
Expand Ecosystem with New
Development Boards to
Accelerate Embedded Design
STMicroelectronics has released
entry-level, mid-range, and high-
end development boards for the
latest members of its STM32F7
microcontroller series , which are
now entering volume production
with up to 2Mbyte of on-chip Flash
memory and peripherals that
help create rich user interfaces.
STM32F7 Microcontrollers from
STMicroelectronics Expand
Ecosystem with New Development
Boards to Accelerate Embedded
Design
Providing timely support for design
starts, the new development
tools include a low-cost STM32
Nucleo-144 board featuring the
STM32F767 variant. Also available
is a Discovery Kit supporting the
STM32F769, which has TFT-LCD
and MIPI®-DSI support. In addition,
there are highly featured evaluation
boards for the STM32F769 and
the STM32F779, which has a
cryptographic accelerator for
security-conscious applications. The
evaluation boards and Discovery Kit
also come with a 4-inch QWVGA
800×400 MIPI-DSI display featuring
a capacitive touchscreen.
Developers using the STM32F7
hardware platforms can take
advantage of extensive software
support that comprises the
STM32CubeMX initialization tool
and STM32CubeF7 embedded
software package including
Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL)
and middleware components like
the FreeRTOS real-time operating
system, USB library, and lwIP