u8x8_d_a2printer.c

/*

  u8x8_d_a2printer.c
  
  Universal 8bit Graphics Library (https://github.com/olikraus/u8g2/)

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  Use DC2 bitmap command of the A2 Micro panel termal printer
  double stroke
  
  
*/


#include "u8x8.h"

#define LINE_MIN_DELAY_MS 15
/* higher values improve quality */
/* however if the value is too high (>=5) then form feed does not work any more */
#define LINE_EXTRA_8PIXEL_DELAY_MS 3
/* this must be a power of two and between 1 and 8 */
/* best quality only with 1 */
#define NO_OF_LINES_TO_SEND_WITHOUT_DELAY 1

/* calculates the delay, based on the number of black pixel */
/* actually only "none-zero" bytes are calculated which is, of course not so accurate, but should be good enough */
uint16_t get_delay_in_milliseconds(uint8_t cnt, uint8_t *data)
{
  uint8_t i;
  uint16_t time = LINE_MIN_DELAY_MS;
  for ( i = 0; i < cnt; i++ )
    if ( data[i] != 0 )
      time += LINE_EXTRA_8PIXEL_DELAY_MS;
  return time;
}

uint8_t u8x8_d_a2printer_common(u8x8_t *u8x8, uint8_t msg, U8X8_UNUSED uint8_t arg_int, void *arg_ptr)
{
  uint8_t c, i, j;
  uint8_t *ptr;
  uint16_t delay_in_milliseconds;
  switch(msg)
  {
    /* U8X8_MSG_DISPLAY_SETUP_MEMORY is handled by the calling function */
    /*
    case U8X8_MSG_DISPLAY_SETUP_MEMORY:
      break;
    */
    case U8X8_MSG_DISPLAY_INIT:
      u8x8_d_helper_display_init(u8x8);
      // no setup required
      // u8x8_cad_SendSequence(u8x8, u8x8_d_a2printer_init_seq);
      break;
    case U8X8_MSG_DISPLAY_SET_POWER_SAVE:
      // no powersave 
      break;
    case U8X8_MSG_DISPLAY_DRAW_TILE:
      u8x8_cad_StartTransfer(u8x8);
      
      u8x8_cad_SendCmd(u8x8, 27);      /* ESC */
      u8x8_cad_SendCmd(u8x8, 55 );      /* parameter command */
      /* increasing the "max printing dots" requires a good power supply, but LINE_EXTRA_8PIXEL_DELAY_MS could be reduced then */
      u8x8_cad_SendCmd(u8x8, 0);      /* Max printing dots,Unit(8dots),Default:7(64 dots) 8*(x+1) ... lower values improve, probably my current supply is not sufficient */
      u8x8_cad_SendCmd(u8x8, 200);      /* 3-255 Heating time,Unit(10us),Default:80(800us) */
      u8x8_cad_SendCmd(u8x8, 2);      /* 0-255 Heating interval,Unit(10us),Default:2(20us) ... does not have much influence */
      
      //c = ((u8x8_tile_t *)arg_ptr)->cnt;	/* number of tiles */
      c = u8x8->display_info->tile_width;
      ptr = ((u8x8_tile_t *)arg_ptr)->tile_ptr;	/* data ptr to the tiles */
    
      u8x8_cad_SendCmd(u8x8, 18);      /* DC2 */
      u8x8_cad_SendCmd(u8x8, 42 );      /* *  */
      u8x8_cad_SendCmd(u8x8, 8 ); 	/* height */
      u8x8_cad_SendCmd(u8x8, c ); 	/* c, u8x8->display_info->tile_width */
      
      for( j = 0; j < 8 / NO_OF_LINES_TO_SEND_WITHOUT_DELAY; j ++ )
      {

	delay_in_milliseconds = 0;
	for( i = 0; i < NO_OF_LINES_TO_SEND_WITHOUT_DELAY; i++ )
	{
	  u8x8_cad_SendData(u8x8, c, ptr);	/* c, note: SendData can not handle more than 255 bytes, send one line of data */
	  delay_in_milliseconds += get_delay_in_milliseconds(c, ptr);
	  ptr += c;
	}
	
	while( delay_in_milliseconds > 200 )
	{
	  u8x8->gpio_and_delay_cb(u8x8, U8X8_MSG_DELAY_MILLI, 200, NULL);	
	  delay_in_milliseconds -= 200;
	}
	u8x8->gpio_and_delay_cb(u8x8, U8X8_MSG_DELAY_MILLI, delay_in_milliseconds, NULL);	
      }

      /* set parameters back to their default values */
      u8x8_cad_SendCmd(u8x8, 27);      /* ESC */
      u8x8_cad_SendCmd(u8x8, 55 );      /* parameter command */
      u8x8_cad_SendCmd(u8x8, 7);      /* Max printing dots,Unit(8dots),Default:7(64 dots) 8*(x+1)*/
      u8x8_cad_SendCmd(u8x8, 80);      /* 3-255 Heating time,Unit(10us),Default:80(800us) */
      u8x8_cad_SendCmd(u8x8, 2);      /* 0-255 Heating interval,Unit(10us),Default:2(20us)*/

      u8x8_cad_EndTransfer(u8x8);

      break;
    default:
      return 0;
  }
  return 1;
}


static const u8x8_display_info_t u8x8_a2printer_384x240_display_info =
{
  /* most of the settings are not required, because this is a serial RS232 printer */
  
  /* chip_enable_level = */ 1,
  /* chip_disable_level = */ 0,
  
  /* post_chip_enable_wait_ns = */ 5,
  /* pre_chip_disable_wait_ns = */ 5,
  /* reset_pulse_width_ms = */ 1, 
  /* post_reset_wait_ms = */ 6, 
  /* sda_setup_time_ns = */ 20,		
  /* sck_pulse_width_ns = */  140,	
  /* sck_clock_hz = */ 1000000UL,	/* since Arduino 1.6.0, the SPI bus speed in Hz. Should be  1000000000/sck_pulse_width_ns */
  /* spi_mode = */ 0,		/* old: sck_takeover_edge, new: active high (bit 1), rising edge (bit 0) */
  /* i2c_bus_clock_100kHz = */ 4,
  /* data_setup_time_ns = */ 30,
  /* write_pulse_width_ns = */ 40,
  /* tile_width = */ 48,
  /* tile_hight = */ 30,
  /* default_x_offset = */ 0,
  /* flipmode_x_offset = */ 0,
  /* pixel_width = */ 384,
  /* pixel_height = */ 240
};

uint8_t u8x8_d_a2printer_384x240(u8x8_t *u8x8, uint8_t msg, uint8_t arg_int, void *arg_ptr)
{
  switch(msg)
  {
    case U8X8_MSG_DISPLAY_SETUP_MEMORY:
      u8x8_d_helper_display_setup_memory(u8x8, &u8x8_a2printer_384x240_display_info);
      break;
    default:
      return u8x8_d_a2printer_common(u8x8, msg, arg_int, arg_ptr);
  }
  return 1;
}