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In this tutorial, we will see how to display the images/icons on 128x64 Monochrome GLCD. To do this we need images of 128x64 pixels, if not we have to crop/resize the higher resolution images. This can be done using photoshop or some other photo editors. We will be using the windows built in tool <b>PAINT</b>.<br>


=Image Resize=
Lets take a high resolution image and crop it to 128x64 and then generate the bitmap.
[[FILE:IPL.png]]<br>
Download and open the above image using <b>ms paint</b> as shown below.
[[FILE:Glcd Logo 0.PNG]]<br>

Resize the image to 128x64 pixels.
[[FILE:Glcd Logo 1.PNG]]<br>

Save the image in monochrome bitmap format <b>.bmp</b> as shown below.
[[FILE:Glcd Logo 2.PNG]]<br>
[[FILE:Glcd Logo 3.png]]<br>

=Bitmap Using Lcd Assistant=

Now run the [https://www.exploreembedded.com/wiki/images/c/c5/LCDAssistant.zip LCD Assistant] software and load the monochrome image saved in the previous step.
[[FILE:Glcd Logo 4.png]]<br>

Do the setting as shown in the image.
[[FILE:Glcd Logo 5.png]]<br>

Click on FILE->Save Output and save the output file as logo.txt
[[FILE:Glcd Logo 6.png]]<br>

The bitmap for the image will be saved in an array as shown in the below image.
[[FILE:Glcd Logo 7.PNG]]<br>

Use this array in your code for displaying the image/logo on the GLCD.

=Code=
Below is the complete code with the bit map array.<br>
Check glcd.h file for pin connection.
<html>
<script src="https://gist.github.com/SaheblalBagwan/08799669325b6d3476f6e629248fea4f.js"></script>
</html>

[[FILE:Glcd_LogoDisplay.png]]<br><br>
[[File:0GLCD Logo Display.gif]]<br><br>

=Downloads=
Download the complete project folder from this link:  [https://github.com/ExploreEmbedded/8051_DevelopmentBoard Hardware design Files and Code Library]<br>
[https://www.exploreembedded.com/wiki/images/c/c5/LCDAssistant.zip LCD Assistant software].


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