What is STONE HMI?- human interface with TOOLBOX sofawsre

Today, through this guide, we will introduce:

• Introduction to HMI
• HMI and STONE
• Why use STONE HMI
• STONE HMI display
• STONE display starter
• HMI project concept

Introduction to HMI - human interface

• A human interface is a component of certain devices that allows the user to interact with the machine.
• The interface consists of hardware and software that provide information to users by allowing them to input signals that are converted into machines.
• Information including temperature, pressure, speed, time, battery and so on!
• The interface can also have a variety of forms and sizes, including: 3.5 ', 4.3 ', 5 ', 5.6 ', 5.7 ', 7 ', 8 ', 9.7 ', 10.1 ', 10.4 ', 12.1 ', 15.1 '.
• With HMI, you can closely monitor the machine and control and maintain it.This, in turn, can improve efficiency, diagnosis, and monitoring.
• One of the biggest benefits of HMI is the user friendliness of the graphical display.You can add colors and images to easily and quickly identify problems.
• You can use an HMI almost anywhere you need human intervention with a machine or automated device.For example, you can use them with medical beauty equipment, 3D printers, engineering projects, automobiles, etc.

HMI with STONE

• STONE provides intelligent HMI solutions.Any smart TFT LCD module with an MCU (with a cortex-m4 32-bit CPU) can be controlled with simple hexadecimal instructions via the UART port.
• The module consists of CPU, TFT drive, flash memory, UART port, power supply and so on.STONE also provides basic controls and powerful design software (STONE TOOL Box).
• You can use the STONE TOOLBox software to set up various functions on the graphical user interface, such as text, graphics, curves, image switching, keyboard, progress bar, slider, dial, clock and touch buttons, data storage, USB download, video and audio.
• Engineers can easily develop the tft-lcd color user interface and touch control features, which can reduce a lot of development time and cost.
• STONE is mainly used in the field of industrial electronics.It is the best solution to replace the traditional LCD and LED digital tube.
• You can easily connect the STONE HMI display via TTL serially through its peripheral MCU to provide event notifications that the peripheral MCU can execute.
• With the STONE HMI display TTL serial interface, you can easily connect them to microcontrollers like STM, RAM MCU, Arduino and Raspberry Pi, or any system that can communicate via serial ports.

 Why use STONE HMI

Easy to use

• First, STONE is easy to use.With the STONE STONE TOOLBox software, you can easily create intuitive touch user interfaces, even if you're a beginner.
• For example, by adding a static image as a background and defining functionality by component, you can easily and quickly create a simple GUI in just a few minutes.
• With drag-and-drop components and simple instructions, you don't have to spend a lot of time on HMI project development.

Cost-effective

• Engineers can easily develop the tft-lcd color user interface and touch control features, which can reduce a lot of development time and cost
• The products are divided into three series, the advanced series for medical beauty, the industrial series for industrial electronics, and the lowest price for civil use.According to their own needs, choose the right type of screen.

Varieties

STONE Support

STONE HMI Display

Size	Model	Brightness	Resolution	View Area (mm)	Voltage(V)	Interface
3.5"	STVI035WT-01	400 cd/m2	320x240	70.1x53.9	DC6.0-40	RS232/USB
4.3"	STVI043WT-01	400 cd/m2	480x272	95x53.9	DC6.0-35	RS232/USB
5"	STVI050WT-01	400 cd/m2	480x272	110.9x62.8	DC6.0-35	RS232/USB
5"	STVI050WT-03	400 cd/m2	800x480	108x64.8	DC6.0-35	RS232/USB
5.6"	STVI056WT-01	300 cd/m2	640x480	112.9x84.7	DC6.0-40	RS232/USB
7"	STVI070WT-01	400 cd/m2	800x480	154.1x85.9	DC6.0-35	RS232/USB
7"	STVI070WT-03	500 cd/m2	1024x600	154.1x85.9	DC6.0-35	RS232/USB
8"	STVI080WT-01	400 cd/m2	800x600	162x121.5	DC6.0-40	RS232/USB
8"	STVI080WT-03	400 cd/m2	1024x768	162x121.5	DC6.0-40	RS232/USB
10.1"	STVI101WT-01	500 cd/m2	1024x600	222.7x125.3	DC6.0-40	RS232/USB
10.4"	STVI104WT-01	350 cd/m2	800x600	211.2x158.4	DC6.0-40	RS232/USB

STONE HMI LCD module specifications: 

• Cortex m4 CPU; • UART interface (RS232/RS485/TTL) ; • 256-byte register; • 128 kb variable memory; • 128 MB flash memory, expandable to 1 GB; • GUI design software; • The customized command set; • 8-channel curve trend chart memory; • extremely fast variable display response speed; • The single-page supports up to 128 display variables; • Integrated real-time clock RTC, • Touch buzzer sound function; • Support software 90 degrees, 180 degrees, 270-degree screen rotation, adjust the appropriate visual Angle;

 STONE TOOL Box (free GUI design software)：

 

STONE intelligent display module simple instructions：

1. UseTOOLS 2019 to design a GUI with any .jpg or .bmp image. 2.  Use the UART interface (RS232/RS485/TTL) to communicate between the display and your MCU. 3.  Use any language to write a simple program for the MCU, let it send the customized hex command sets to read or write the variable value of the display.

STONE LCD sample for developing：

Package Including:

STONE authentication and documentation:

STONE display starter

• STONE consists of a hardware section (a series of TFT boards) and a software section (STONETOOL).
• The STONE TFT board USES only one serial port for communication, thus avoiding wiring problems for users.
• For the software part, STONE is rich in resources.
• OSTONE - STONE TOOLBox is Windows software for GUI development.STONE TOOLBox has a number of components, such as buttons, text, progress bars, sliders, dashboards, and more, to enrich the interface design.In addition, drag-and-drop features reduce development effort by 99% by ensuring that users spend less time programming.With the help of this wysiwyg TOOLBox, designing guis becomes easy.
• The STONE TOOLBox guide helps you easily set up the STONE TOOLBox.
• O can communicate with STM, ARM, Arduino, Raspberry Pi.
• The STONE TOOLBox guide helps you set up the STONETOOLBox software.
• With these resources, I'm sure you'll have an easy experience on this monitor.
• It is also easy to adapt the STONE series HMI to existing project users.You only need to provide one UART.
• In addition, if you need any technical support when setting up the STONE display, you can contact STONE technical support.

STONE HMI Display Project idea

Here are some STONE HMI Display project ideas to get you started!

Use the STONE LCD module to create a refrigerator control

What do you need?

• Temperature sensor
• Single chip microcomputer
• STVC050WT-01for STM,ARM,Arduino Raspberry Pi general 5.0 inch HMI 480 * 272 touch display
• Arduino IDEsoftware
• STONE TOOLBoxsoftware

Running state includes:

1. Operation days
2. Filter element life
3. Outdoor temperature
4. Indoor temperature

1. Use the RTC of STONE STVC050WT-01 serial port display screento display data directly on the screen
2. Use the single chip microcomputer's RTC to transfer data to the serial port screen for display

STONE TFT LCD Module acceleration gyroscope sensor

• Three text boxes display acceleration values
• Three text boxes display the gyroscope values
• Three text boxes display euler Angle values
• A text box displays the current refresh time
• Two buttons adjust the refresh time

What Do You Need

Arduino uno + STONE LCD + Displays data read by MFRC522

Due to my personal interest, I learned about the development of Arduino UNO and STONE LCD module project for two weeks, and found Arduino very simple, convenient and practical.So I wanted to do a simple demonstration with Arduino.I had an MFRC522 module at home, which I used in college, but I used STM32 to communicate with MFRC522, so I had to write my own driver for MFRC522 module, which was very complicated.

LCD Arduino + STONE HMI +According to the heart rate

What Do You Need

• Arduino Mini Pro development board
• MAX30100 heart rate and oxygen sensor module
• STONE STVI070WT-01LCD serial display module
• MAX3232 module

 Conclusion