Serial library¶
The serial library allows to print the screen on a serial console as an image or a pixmap table to be used as a header file.
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The image on serial console option prints a header file on the serial console.
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The 16-bit image on serial console option prints a header file on the serial console.
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The pixmap table on serial console option prints a header file on the serial console.
The header file needs to be included into an application statically at build-time and displayed at the next run-time.
To summarise,
| Print to console | Image | 16-bit image | Pixmap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Screens | Fast | All | Fast |
| Screens | Monochrome | All | Monochrome |
| Save on | Serial console | Serial console | Serial console |
| Save as | Image structure | 16-bit image structure | Pixmap table |
| Generated at | Run-time | Run-time | Run-time |
| Read from | Header file | Header file | Header file |
| Included at | Build-time | Build-time | Build-time |
Only the 16-bit image header file on SD-card library manages all the screens, including colour screens.
The image header file on SD-card and the pixmap file on SD-card only manage monochrome screens.
Configure¶
No configuration is required, as the output is the default serial console.
Use¶
Select one of the three options for the serial library:
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Print screen content as images as header files dynamically at run-time on the Serial console to be included in an application statically at build-time.
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Print screen content as 16-bit images as header files dynamically at run-time on the Serial console to be included in an application statically at build-time.
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Print screen content as portable pixmap as header files dynamically at run-time on the Serial console to be included in an application statically at build-time; and