Using LEDs, LCDs and GLCDs in Microcontroller Projects

15.2 PROJECT 15.2 – Electronic Book

15.2.1 Project Description

This project describes the design of an electronic book, where a number of pages are displayed on the screen. In this project, there are three pages for simplicity. Two arrow shaped buttons are placed at the bottom of the display. Clicking the right-hand arrow displays the next page (unless it is the last page), while clicking the left-hand arrow displays the previous page (unless it is the first page).

The project is given the name BOOK. The MikroMMB board is used in the design, as in the previous project. The project configuration steps are as in the previous project, and only the changes are given here.

3. Add Screen and Give it a Name

In this project, the four book pages are converted into images and are displayed on the screen. A separate screen is assigned to each page. The screens are named as SCREEN1, SCREEN2 and SCREEN3.

4. Place components

We will now load the pages (images) in our book, with each page loaded to a different screen. Initially, you can use a word processing package (e.g. Word or Notepad) to create the pages. In this example, the Microsoft Publisher was used, with Times New Roman and font size of 8. The number of characters on each line should not exceed 40 and the maximum number of lines should be no more than 8, leaving space for the buttons at the bottom. After creating each page, you should then convert the pages into image format and store as separate files, as these files will be loaded ...