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Step 7Setting up the host software
The host software step will be brief, as this is where you should add your code.
The first thing you should do is download libusb-win32 from sourceforge, and install it (libusb-win32-filter-bin). This is the driver we use in the host software, you cannot communicate through USB without this. (You don't have to download anything else than the libusb-win32-filter-bin, it's included in the attached files. )
The next thing to do is to install the driver for our USB device. In the source code attached to this step, you will find the drivers for our device included in the folder named "Drivers". Right-click the "LCD_Display.ini" file and chose install. This will install the libusb drivers for a device named "LCD_Display".
When everything is installed, download and open the LCD_Screen project file in Visual Studio!
Compile the project and run the program. If everything was done correctly, the display should now show your current local time! If the program automatically closes as you run it, it cannot find the USB device, try to reconnect the device or reboot your computer.
When everything is working, scroll down to the main function of the LCD_Screen project. The first thing we do in the main function is to find the USB device. When it is found, we can start having fun! Add your code below the USB init lines. This is where your work starts, and mine ends. You may write anything you'd like to the display now!
To get a better understanding on how you talk to the device on the host software, check out next step.
The first thing you should do is download libusb-win32 from sourceforge, and install it (libusb-win32-filter-bin). This is the driver we use in the host software, you cannot communicate through USB without this. (You don't have to download anything else than the libusb-win32-filter-bin, it's included in the attached files. )
The next thing to do is to install the driver for our USB device. In the source code attached to this step, you will find the drivers for our device included in the folder named "Drivers". Right-click the "LCD_Display.ini" file and chose install. This will install the libusb drivers for a device named "LCD_Display".
When everything is installed, download and open the LCD_Screen project file in Visual Studio!
Compile the project and run the program. If everything was done correctly, the display should now show your current local time! If the program automatically closes as you run it, it cannot find the USB device, try to reconnect the device or reboot your computer.
When everything is working, scroll down to the main function of the LCD_Screen project. The first thing we do in the main function is to find the USB device. When it is found, we can start having fun! Add your code below the USB init lines. This is where your work starts, and mine ends. You may write anything you'd like to the display now!
To get a better understanding on how you talk to the device on the host software, check out next step.
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