MPLAB® Harmony 3 is an extension of the MPLAB® ecosystem for creating embedded firmware solutions for Microchip 32-bit SAM and PIC® microcontroller and microprocessor devices. Refer to the following links for more information:

• Microchip 32-bit MCUs
• Microchip 32-bit MPUs
• Microchip MPLAB® X IDE
• Microchip MPLAB® Harmony
• Microchip MPLAB® Harmony Pages
• MPLAB® Discover

This repository contains the MPLAB® Harmony Graphics Suite. The suite supports a free fast to market, graphics software development environment for Microchip MPLAB® 32-bit SAM and PIC® microprocessor devices. Refer to the following graphics links for release notes, home page, training materials, framework and application help. Graphics application examples can be found at various device-family specific repositories and at MPLAB® Discover

• Release Notes
• MPLAB® Harmony License
• MPLAB® Harmony 3 Graphics User Guides Wiki
• MPLAB® Harmony 3 Graphics API Help
• MPLAB® Harmony 3 Graphics Applications
• MPLAB® Harmony 3 Graphics Videos

The key features of the MPLAB® Harmony Graphics Suite are the following:

• Hardware optimized for use with Microchip 32-bit SAM and PIC® devices
• Compatible component for use with MPLAB Code Configurator (MCC)
• Microchip Graphics Composer with Legato WYSWYG UI designer tool for Windows, Linux and Mac
• Written in C with MISRA C (Mandatory) compliancy
• RTOS (FreeRTOS, ThreadX) and non-RTOS support
• Configurable widget building blocks buttons, labels, lists, sliders, and images
• Rich tool set: Heap Estimator, Event Manager, Palette generator, Asset Manager, String and Font interface, DDR memory organizer
• Hardware integrated for Microchip GPU and display controller peripherals
• Support for single and double frame buffers
• Multi-language font support
• External input support for use with capacitive, resistive and other devices
• Fluid-UI support for alpha-blending, animations, scaling
• Pixel format support for RGBA8888, RGB888, RGB565, RGB5551, RGB332, GS8
• Multi-image support for industry standard formats, compression choices, external memory accessibility
• Fully functional demonstrations and quick-starts to enable new development
• Low memory and low power configurable
• Segmented LCD support
• LVDS-interface display support
• MIPI-DSI display support
• Image Sensor support

The performance-improved graphics for MPLAB® Harmony Graphics Suite. Supports Microchip PIC32 and SAM microcontrollers and microprocessors

Category	Item	Description	Release Status
drivers	glcd	Driver for the GLCD display controller peripheral
	2dgpu	Driver for the 2DGPU graphics processor
	lcc	Driver for the LCC software display controller
	gfx2d	Driver for the GFX2D graphics processor
	lcdc	Driver for the LCDC display controller peripheral
	external controller	Driver generator for external display controllers
	ssd1963	Driver for the ssd1963 display controller
	ili9488	Display Driver for the ili9488 controller
	parallel_ebi	Interface to the parallel EBI registers
	parallel_portgroup	Inteface to the parallel portgroup registers
	parallel_smc	Interface to the parallel smc registers
	spi	Interface to the spi registers
	xlcdc	Driver for the XLCDC display controller peripheral
	dsi	Driver for the MIPI-DSI display interface
	lvdsc	Driver for the LVDS display interface
library	legato	Graphics library
designer	MGC Legato	Microchip Graphics Composer with Legato

NOTE: ssd1963 and the ili9488 drivers are deprecated. There functionality are replaced by external controller. All applications using these drivers must transition to external controller.

Blank Library Interface - the library interface which easily allows a third-party graphics library direct access to the display framebuffer. Blank library applications are available at various device-family specific repositories.

Image Sensor Controller Drivers for SAM microprocessors and Image Sensor Drivers

NOTE: Starting from Harmony 3 Graphics release v3.14.0 and over the next several releases, image sensor support will be gradually removed from the Graphics release and repositioned in releases of Harmony 3 Vision Package.

This chart shows which drivers are located in which repository.

Category	Item	Description	Release Status	Repository
drivers	isi	Driver for the Image Sensor Interface peripheral
	isc	Driver for the Image Sensor Controller peripheral
	cam	Driver for the OV5640 image sensor module

Controller Drivers for Segemented LCDs for SAM microcontrollers

Category	Item	Description	Release Status
drivers	slcc	Low-Cost Controllerless Driver for the Segmented LCD displays
	slcd	Driver for the SAM L22 Segmented LCD display controller peripheral
	slcdc	Driver for the PIC32CX MT Segmented LCD display controller peripheral

The legacy graphics facilities for MPLAB® Harmony Graphics Suite. Supports Microchip PIC32 and SAM microcontrollers.

As of Graphics release v3.8.0, Aria Graphics has been deprecated and removed from this repository. A snapshot of all previously published applications, tools, middleware and drivers related to Harmony 3 Aria Graphics are available at this archive repository.