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2.8 Inch TFT LCD Shield Touch Display Screen Module For Arduino

by shedboy71

I recently started looking through various shields I had no articles, code or tutorials for and came across a 2.8 Inch TFT LCD Shield Touch Display Screen Module For Arduino

Its a cracking display, here are some pictures of it


Features:

2.8 inch LCD TFT display
Bright, 4 white-LED backlight
Colorful, 18-bit 262,000 different shades
4-wire resistive touchscreen 240 x 320 pixels with individual pixel control
No wiring, no soldering.
Simply plug it in and load library
On-board 3.3V 300mA LDO regulator
5V compatible, use with 3.3V or 5V logic
Support 2GB micro SD TF card
Size: 7.8 x 5.3cm

 

Parts List

Name Link
Arduino Mega MEGA 2560 R3 (ATmega2560-16AU CH340G) AVR USB board Development board
2.8 LCD shield WAVGAT 2.8 Inch 3.3V 300mA TFT LCD Shield Touch Display Module For Arduino UNO With Resistive Touch Panel DIY Kit

 

Code

I connected the shield to an Arduino Mega

4 libraries are required with the code example that I tested with – I uploaded these to my github site

[codesyntax lang=”cpp” lines=”fancy”]

// IMPORTANT: Adafruit_TFTLCD LIBRARY MUST BE SPECIFICALLY
// CONFIGURED FOR EITHER THE TFT SHIELD OR THE BREAKOUT BOARD.
// SEE RELEVANT COMMENTS IN Adafruit_TFTLCD.h FOR SETUP.
//Technical support:goodtft@163.com

#include <Adafruit_GFX.h>    // Core graphics library
#include <Adafruit_TFTLCD.h> // Hardware-specific library

// The control pins for the LCD can be assigned to any digital or
// analog pins...but we'll use the analog pins as this allows us to
// double up the pins with the touch screen (see the TFT paint example).
#define LCD_CS A3 // Chip Select goes to Analog 3
#define LCD_CD A2 // Command/Data goes to Analog 2
#define LCD_WR A1 // LCD Write goes to Analog 1
#define LCD_RD A0 // LCD Read goes to Analog 0

#define LCD_RESET A4 // Can alternately just connect to Arduino's reset pin

// When using the BREAKOUT BOARD only, use these 8 data lines to the LCD:
// For the Arduino Uno, Duemilanove, Diecimila, etc.:
//   D0 connects to digital pin 8  (Notice these are
//   D1 connects to digital pin 9   NOT in order!)
//   D2 connects to digital pin 2
//   D3 connects to digital pin 3
//   D4 connects to digital pin 4
//   D5 connects to digital pin 5
//   D6 connects to digital pin 6
//   D7 connects to digital pin 7
// For the Arduino Mega, use digital pins 22 through 29
// (on the 2-row header at the end of the board).

// Assign human-readable names to some common 16-bit color values:
#define  BLACK   0x0000
#define BLUE    0x001F
#define RED     0xF800
#define GREEN   0x07E0
#define CYAN    0x07FF
#define MAGENTA 0xF81F
#define YELLOW  0xFFE0
#define WHITE   0xFFFF

#include <MCUFRIEND_kbv.h>
MCUFRIEND_kbv tft;
// If using the shield, all control and data lines are fixed, and
// a simpler declaration can optionally be used:
// Adafruit_TFTLCD tft;

void setup(void) {
  Serial.begin(9600);
  Serial.println(F("TFT LCD test"));

#ifdef USE_ADAFRUIT_SHIELD_PINOUT
  Serial.println(F("Using Adafruit 2.4\" TFT Arduino Shield Pinout"));
#else
  Serial.println(F("Using Adafruit 2.4\" TFT Breakout Board Pinout"));
#endif

  Serial.print("TFT size is "); Serial.print(tft.width()); Serial.print("x"); Serial.println(tft.height());

  tft.reset();

  uint16_t identifier = tft.readID();
  if(identifier == 0x9325) {
    Serial.println(F("Found ILI9325 LCD driver"));
  } else if(identifier == 0x9328) {
    Serial.println(F("Found ILI9328 LCD driver"));
  } else if(identifier == 0x4535) {
    Serial.println(F("Found LGDP4535 LCD driver"));
  }else if(identifier == 0x7575) {
    Serial.println(F("Found HX8347G LCD driver"));
  } else if(identifier == 0x9341) {
    Serial.println(F("Found ILI9341 LCD driver"));
  }else if(identifier == 0x7783) {
    Serial.println(F("Found ST7781 LCD driver"));
  }else if(identifier == 0x8230) {
    Serial.println(F("Found UC8230 LCD driver"));  
  }
  else if(identifier == 0x8357) {
    Serial.println(F("Found HX8357D LCD driver"));
  } else if(identifier==0x0101)
  {     
      identifier=0x9341;
       Serial.println(F("Found 0x9341 LCD driver"));
  }else {
    Serial.print(F("Unknown LCD driver chip: "));
    Serial.println(identifier, HEX);
    Serial.println(F("If using the Adafruit 2.8\" TFT Arduino shield, the line:"));
    Serial.println(F("  #define USE_ADAFRUIT_SHIELD_PINOUT"));
    Serial.println(F("should appear in the library header (Adafruit_TFT.h)."));
    Serial.println(F("If using the breakout board, it should NOT be #defined!"));
    Serial.println(F("Also if using the breakout, double-check that all wiring"));
    Serial.println(F("matches the tutorial."));
    identifier=0x9341;
   
  }

  tft.begin(identifier);

 
}

void loop(void) {
   tft.fillScreen(BLACK);
  unsigned long start = micros();
  tft.setCursor(0, 0);
  
  tft.setTextColor(RED);  tft.setTextSize(1);
  tft.println("Hello World!");
  tft.println(01234.56789);
  tft.println(0xDEADBEEF, HEX);
  tft.println();
  tft.println();
  tft.setTextColor(GREEN); tft.setTextSize(2);
   tft.println("Hello World!");
  tft.println(01234.56789);
  tft.println(0xDEADBEEF, HEX);
  tft.println();
  tft.println();
  
  tft.setTextColor(BLUE);    tft.setTextSize(3);
   tft.println("Hello World!");
  tft.println(01234.56789);
  tft.println(0xDEADBEEF, HEX);
  
  tft.setTextColor(WHITE);    tft.setTextSize(4);
   tft.println("Hello!");
   tft.setTextColor(YELLOW);    tft.setTextSize(5);
   tft.println("Hello!");
   tft.setTextColor(RED);    tft.setTextSize(6);
   tft.println("Hello!");
  tft.println();
  tft.println();
  /*
  tft.println();
  tft.setTextColor(GREEN);
  tft.setTextSize(5);
  tft.println("Groop");
  tft.setTextSize(2);
  tft.println("I implore thee,");
  tft.setTextSize(1);
  tft.println("my foonting turlingdromes.");
  tft.println("And hooptiously drangle me");
  tft.println("with crinkly bindlewurdles,");
  tft.println("Or I will rend thee");
  tft.println("in the gobberwarts");
  tft.println("with my blurglecruncheon,");
  tft.println("see if I don't!");*/
  delay(1000);delay(1000);delay(1000);delay(1000);delay(1000);
}

[/codesyntax]

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