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Forum Index : Microcontroller and PC projects : ESP32 + touch
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| PeterB Guru  Joined: 05/02/2015 Location: AustraliaPosts: 669 |
G'day All To help me through this winter I bought a 5 in touch screen with ESP32-S3-WROOM chip attached. Using available documentation, I have managed to get HELLO WORLD running and that is as far as it goes. Where is the documentation that lets me draw on the 5 in screen? Up to now I have used the PIC32MX470F with a 7 in screen so this is all a bit new to me. I should also point out that I am 88.5 and sinking fast so please be gentle.  Peter. |
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| RonnS Senior Member  Joined: 16/07/2015 Location: GermanyPosts: 123 |
Hello Peter, to support the ESP32 board, I can recommend the Annex Rapid Development System (Annex RDS). With it, you can quickly program your board in Basic, and many screens are also supported. You will also be able to meet a helpful fellow countryman there. The ESP32 isnt Supported by MMBasic as far as this is concerned |
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| PhenixRising Guru Joined: 07/11/2023 Location: United KingdomPosts: 1937 |
I have the 7" version. Those things are really nice because they have the more resilient capacitive touch screen. Code for pretty much anything already exists. I experimented by writing some code in MMBasic, giving it to Google Gemini and asking it to convert to Arduino. It worked after I discovered that it was trying to use an out-of-date library.  |
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| amiga Newbie  Joined: 08/05/2025 Location: BelgiumPosts: 38 |
Hi PeterB, I found this interpréter ,not tested. Basic32, seems to work like MMBasic. https://www.basic32.com/ Have nice day , @+ |
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| JohnS Guru Joined: 18/11/2011 Location: United KingdomPosts: 4332 |
Seems very crude, line-numbers and GOTOs, really horrid. Maybe that's just the examples? John Edited 2026-05-20 19:50 by JohnS |
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| PhenixRising Guru Joined: 07/11/2023 Location: United KingdomPosts: 1937 |
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Mixtel90 Guru Joined: 05/10/2019 Location: United KingdomPosts: 8877 |
From my own experience you have two choices: Do everything in C++ via the Arduino IDE and associated mangled libraries or use Annex RDS. I never got on with either so I currently have two CYD modules sitting unused in a drawer. I have a feeling that one might be bricked, or it may be me that's too stupid and unworthy of such wonderful tech. :( Mick Zilog Inside! nascom.info for Nascom & Gemini Preliminary MMBasic docs & my PCB designs |
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| PhenixRising Guru Joined: 07/11/2023 Location: United KingdomPosts: 1937 |
There's Basic for Arduino (B4R) It's a compiler and easy to get going with, especially if you use Gemini or Claude, etc. BASIC syntax. |
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| PeterB Guru Joined: 05/02/2015 Location: AustraliaPosts: 669 |
G'Day again. Thanks for all your inputs. I did hope that the ESP32 system would be well defined and simple enough for an old bloke. All projects start with wild enthusiasm quickly replaced by fear when the truth dawns then followed by the long uphill struggle. So shall it be this time. It's going to be a long, cold winter. But fun. Peter  |
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