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8 TFT LCD shield for Arduino Mega

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2.4 TFT LCD with touchscreen, for Arduino

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2.8 TFT LCD with touchscreen, for Arduino ega

The 2.4 and 2.8" TFT color LCD shields with touch screen interface are the latest addition to our Arduino shields family. Its lar e !"2#$24#% screen resolution& '() color s*ace and touchscreen interface are ideal for de+elo*in nice user interface de+ice. www.nuelectronics.com V1.0 28/07//2010

Features 2.4 , 2.8 inch TFT LCD with ILI-"2( controller . "2#$24# resolution and '() color Touch.screen /anel and on.0oard AD184" com*ati0le controller 2D card interface in 2/I mode& for e$ternal mass stora e of *hotos and icons. Directly *lu into Arduino 3e a 0oards Arduino li0rary and e$ma*les of ra*hic and font routines& touch. screen interface and cali0ration& and FAT filesystem on 2D card.

Physical Dimension 78.5mm

Y Y

(320,240) 2.8 TFT (320, 240) 2.4 TFT

56.5mm

(0,0) 2.4 TFT

x
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(0,0) 2.8 TFT

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TFT LCD shield. It also shows the start *oint and end *oint of the LCD at its default hori4ontal orientation.

TFT_lib library for Arduino MegaThe TFT5li0 li0rary can 0e download and used on Arduino *latform. It includes se+eral classes for different tas6s . LCD class in TFT!"L"#$2%.c&&& defines ILI-"2( controller re ister settin & and hardware related 0asic ra*hic functions. 'ra&hics class in TFT!'ra&hics.c&&& is 0aased on LCD class and defines hi h.le+el ad+anced ra*hic functions. TFT!Font class in TFT!Font.c&&& is 0ased on LCD class and defines font drawin functions. It can handle fi$ed and +aria0le width fonts in either uncom*ressed or com*ressed format. 7ser can enerate or im*ort 8indows font 0y usin 9. :eddmann;s Font editor *ro ram. Touch&anel class in touch&anel.c&&& defines functions that initiali4e and read Touchscreen *oints. TFT!(FF class in TFT!(FF.c&&, is a wra* class for the /etit FatFs. The /etit FatFs im*lements a FAT filesystem for em0edded system with +ery limited Flash and :A3 s*aces.

Key user functions in TFT-lib The followin list shows 6ey user functions in the TFT.li0 .. 'ra&hics class ))
// set cursor to *, + +oid 2etCursor!uint<'5t $& uint<'5t y%= // clear screen with color +oid Clear2creen!uint<'5t color > 89IT?%=

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// fast draw a solid rectangle with color +oid Fast2olid:ect!uint<'5t $<& uint<'5t y<& uint<'5t $2& uint<'5t y2& uint<'5t color%= // Draw a line fro *,,+, to *2,+2 with color- *,.*2, +,.+2 /*,+0 with color, fill12 3 draw // +oid DrawLine!uint<'5t $<& uint<'5t y<& uint<'5t $2& uint<'5t y2& uint<'5t color%= // Draw a rectangle of /width, height0 fro outline, fill 1 , 3 solid draw

+oid Draw:ect!uint<'5t $& uint<'5t y& uint<'5t width& uint<'5t hei ht& uint<'5t color& uint85t fill%= // Draw a round)rectangle fro /*,,+,0 to /*2,+20 with round edge s&ecified // 4+ radius and color, fill12 3 draw outline, fill 1 , 3 solid draw +oid Draw:ound:ect!uint<'5t $& uint<'5t y& uint<'5t $2& uint<'5t y2& uint<'5t radius& uint<'5t color& uint85t fill%=

// draw a &i*el at /*,+0 with color +oid Draw/i$el!uint<'5t $& uint<'5t y& uint<'5t color%= //Draw a circle at center /*,+0 with radius and color, fill12 3 draw outline, //fill1, solid draw +oid DrawCircle!uint<'5t $& uint<'5t y& uint<'5t radius& uint<'5t color& uint85t fill%= // hardware 5ertical scroll +oid @ertical2croll!int<'5t y%=

TFT!Font class A
// set font color with fColor /font color0, 4Color) 4ac6ground color, //Trans&arent 12, draw 4ac6ground color- Trans&arent1, 3 don7t draw //4ac6ground color +oid set5Color!uint<'5t fColor& uint<'5t 0Color& uint85t Trans*arent%= // set cursor to *, + +oid set5Cursor!uint<'5t $& uint<'5t y%= // select font, su&&ort fi*ed/5aria4le font, co +oid set5Font!uint85t B*5font%= // &rint a character at current cursor &osition +oid *utChar!char c%= // calculate char width uint85t Char8idth!char c%= //&rint 89M string at current cursor &osition +oid *utstr5/!char Bstr%= // calculate 89M string width &ressed or unco &ressed.

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uint<'5t str58idth5/!char Bstr%= // (rint 8AM string at current cursor &osition +oid *utstr!char Bstr%= // calculate 8AM string width uint<'5t str58idth!char Bstr%= // (rint integer 5alue +oid *utnum0er!lon n%=

Touch&anel functions ..
// read cali4ration +oid et5matri$!+oid%= // sa5e cali4ration atri* to Arduino ::(89M touch&anel controller +oid sa+e5matri$!+oid%= // read raw touch&anel &oints fro /CIDTB read5t*5*oint!+oid%= // get cali4rated lcd &oints /CIDTB read5lcd5*oint!+oid%= atri* fro Arduino ::(89M

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Schematic

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