OFFICIAL RELEASE: X-CUBE-TOUCHGFX v4.13.0

Martin KJELDSEN · ‎2020-01-08

Goodmorning everyone!

With the release of CubeMX 5.5.0 we've removed TouchGFX from the Middleware section of CubeMX and are now offering TouchGFX configuration through an X-CUBE.

The X-CUBE pack contains the following:

TouchGFX Designer .msi, as per usual
TouchGFX Generator - A tool through "additional software" for creating your TouchGFX HAL based on CubeMX settings.

CubeMX is a tool for configuring your MCU.

CubeMX is not a tool for completely configuring peripherals like touch controllers and external memories.

TouchGFX Generator (new since 4,13) is a CubeMX extension that can generate all or parts of your TouchGFX HAL Layer based partially on settings taken from your MCU configuration in CubeMX.

TouchGFX Generator (new since 4,13) is not a tool that provides complete configurations for touch controllers, external memories, etc. It only generates the TouchGFX HAL - Rendering strategies, acceleration strategies, etc.

TouchGFX Designer is a tool that can supply you with application templates for existing stm32 display kits. We are working on getting all of them updated to use the new Generator.

Please read the following guides for instructions on how to install the new TouchGFX X-CUBE and how to use the TouchGFX Generator to develop your TouchGFX HAL:

From now on it is the X-CUBE that receives a version bump, bumping the version of both tools contained within.

A few application templates already support the new TouchGFX Generator (and thus CubeMX 5.5.0), with lots more to come. One of our main priorities is to get the rest of the application templates ported to use the TouchGFX Generator,

STM32H7BI-DK v.3.0.0 (uploaded)
STM32F746-DISCO v.3.0.0 (uploaded)
STM32F769I-DISCO v.3.0.0 (uploaded)
STM32H750B-DK v3.0.0 (uploaded)
STM32F750-DK v3.0.0 (in progress)
STM32L4R9-DISCO v3.0.0 (in progress)
STM32L4P5-DISCO v3.0.0 (in progress)
STM32H743-EVAL v3.0.0 (In progress)

Generally, any application template that supports the Generator/CubeMX 5.5.0 will be major version 3.

Let me know here if you have any questions or face any issues! We're eager to see how this works for everyone.

Now that we are officially live with X-CUBE-TOUCHGFX we'll continue working on improving documentation, offering support and updating the current application templates you can find through the designer.

Aside from that i'll do my best to catch up on this community, something i've had to neglect a bit because of the new Generator.

Best regards,

TouchGFX Generator Team

Martin KJELDSEN · ‎2020-01-17

I'll have to get back to you after the weekend, guys (or perhaps sometime during).

/Martin

Karl Yamashita · ‎2020-01-19

I'm running into the same issue where I generate the code from CubeMX as scottSD wrote and I get a black screen. I also used CubeIDE to start a project as well with the same black screen. I attached a video of my steps.

Also in the video I am trying to find the V3 template but it is not available. If i start a new project then i can select V3 template but then TouchGFX saves it in it's default folder and it is not part of the CubeIDE project. Is there something that i could be possibly be doing wrong?

If you find my answers useful, click the accept button so that way others can see the solution.

Sba.1 · ‎2020-01-20

Hi.

how much time will it take to make other TouchGFX designer application templates support the TouchGFX Generator?

Sba.1 · ‎2020-01-20

Hi!

how much time will it take to make other TouchGFX designer application templates support the TouchGFX Generator?

Adrian1 · ‎2020-01-20

Hi,

When can we expect templates for another boards ?

Adrian

MPhil.1 · ‎2020-01-20

What is the time frame for the STM32F469-Discovery template? I am in the middle of a project using this board and I am stuck because I did the update before knowing these changes.

HP · ‎2020-01-20

on a side-note: you can download the old versions of TouchGFX and CubeIDE and continue your work there. at the download page you can just select which (previous) version you'd like to get.

Martin KJELDSEN · ‎2020-01-21

It takes a while 🙂 We're working as fast as we can, STM32F769i-DISCO is coming up soon, working on H750-DK now. In theory it's easy since we already wrote the code using just Cube FW drivers (older versions, sometimes much older), but now we need all that code to be generated by CubeMX, in pretty much exactly the same way offering the same performance, etc,

It's a big job.

/Martin

zul-a · ‎2020-01-21

Hi @Martin KJELDSEN Would you please get back to me on this.

Regards

Martin KJELDSEN · ‎2020-01-21

We're just working our way through them. No set dates, other than ASAP =) STM32F769i-DISCO (v 3.0) is up, STM32H750-DK being worked on