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W8TEE TFT /VFO BOARD - WHICH DISPLAY?


 

Jack,

I have been experimenting while waiting for my remaining few parts to arrive.

I purchase a 2.8 inch tft display ( it says mcufriends.com on it)

It has appears to have the correct pins / jacks etc.

The problem is I thought I would try to find an example to test if the TFT works.

Well, I tried several but only get a white screen. ?I used a uno and attached the tft to - as pins match ...tried other sketches - still only a white screen
I tried other arduino, atmega 2560 and adjusted the pins accordingly , same results, they compile and upload but nothing but a white screen.

1. Do you have an exact source where you purchased your display?
2. Any guidance to further test my current display?
3. The photo below is my current display..


Any help would be appreciated

Joe
VE1BWV


Vince Vielhaber
 

Go to www.arduino.cc and do a search for MCUFRIEND_kbv. That driver should work.

Vince.

On 06/12/2017 09:16 PM, Joe wrote:
Jack,

I have been experimenting while waiting for my remaining few parts to
arrive.

I purchase a 2.8 inch tft display ( it says mcufriends.com on it)

It has appears to have the correct pins / jacks etc.

The problem is I thought I would try to find an example to test if the
TFT works.

Well, I tried several but only get a white screen. I used a uno and
attached the tft to - as pins match ...tried other sketches - still only
a white screen
I tried other arduino, atmega 2560 and adjusted the pins accordingly ,
same results, they compile and upload but nothing but a white screen.

1. Do you have an exact source where you purchased your display?
2. Any guidance to further test my current display?
3. The photo below is my current display..


Any help would be appreciated

Joe
VE1BWV

--
Michigan VHF Corp.


 

I have the??MCUFRIEND_kbv library loaded and it compiles with some ino examples but only white screen.

Joe

On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 10:27 PM, Vince Vielhaber <vev@...> wrote:
Go to and do a search for MCUFRIEND_kbv.? That driver should work.

Vince.



On 06/12/2017 09:16 PM, Joe wrote:
Jack,

I have been experimenting while waiting for my remaining few parts to
arrive.

I purchase a 2.8 inch tft display ( it says on it)

It has appears to have the correct pins / jacks etc.

The problem is I thought I would try to find an example to test if the
TFT works.

Well, I tried several but only get a white screen.? I used a uno and
attached the tft to - as pins match ...tried other sketches - still only
a white screen
I tried other arduino, atmega 2560 and adjusted the pins accordingly ,
same results, they compile and upload but nothing but a white screen.

1. Do you have an exact source where you purchased your display?
2. Any guidance to further test my current display?
3. The photo below is my current display..


Any help would be appreciated

Joe
VE1BWV



--
? Michigan VHF Corp.? ?? ?
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?





Vince Vielhaber
 

Go to the examples for the library and run the LCD_ID example. Have a serial monitor window open and see what they ID it as, if they do.

Vince.

On 06/12/2017 09:29 PM, Joe wrote:
I have the MCUFRIEND_kbv library loaded and it compiles with some ino
examples but only white screen.

Joe

On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 10:27 PM, Vince Vielhaber <vev@...
<mailto:vev@...>> wrote:

Go to www.arduino.cc <> and do a search for
MCUFRIEND_kbv. That driver should work.

Vince.



On 06/12/2017 09:16 PM, Joe wrote:

Jack,

I have been experimenting while waiting for my remaining few
parts to
arrive.

I purchase a 2.8 inch tft display ( it says mcufriends.com
<> on it)

It has appears to have the correct pins / jacks etc.

The problem is I thought I would try to find an example to test
if the
TFT works.

Well, I tried several but only get a white screen. I used a uno and
attached the tft to - as pins match ...tried other sketches -
still only
a white screen
I tried other arduino, atmega 2560 and adjusted the pins
accordingly ,
same results, they compile and upload but nothing but a white
screen.

1. Do you have an exact source where you purchased your display?
2. Any guidance to further test my current display?
3. The photo below is my current display..


Any help would be appreciated

Joe
VE1BWV



--
Michigan VHF Corp.





--
Michigan VHF Corp.


 

I ran it ?before.
It suggests trying ?the defined option

One resulted in ?id =0 and?
when I tried the other option the id said ?id =8989
tft =240 x320


On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 10:34 PM, Vince Vielhaber <vev@...> wrote:
Go to the examples for the library and run the LCD_ID example.? Have a serial monitor window open and see what they ID it as, if they do.

Vince.

On 06/12/2017 09:29 PM, Joe wrote:
I have the? MCUFRIEND_kbv library loaded and it compiles with some ino
examples but only white screen.

Joe

On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 10:27 PM, Vince Vielhaber <vev@...
<mailto:vev@...>> wrote:

? ? Go to <> and do a search for
? ? MCUFRIEND_kbv.? That driver should work.

? ? Vince.



? ? On 06/12/2017 09:16 PM, Joe wrote:

? ? ? ? Jack,

? ? ? ? I have been experimenting while waiting for my remaining few
? ? ? ? parts to
? ? ? ? arrive.

? ? ? ? I purchase a 2.8 inch tft display ( it says
? ? ? ? <> on it)

? ? ? ? It has appears to have the correct pins / jacks etc.

? ? ? ? The problem is I thought I would try to find an example to test
? ? ? ? if the
? ? ? ? TFT works.

? ? ? ? Well, I tried several but only get a white screen.? I used a uno and
? ? ? ? attached the tft to - as pins match ...tried other sketches -
? ? ? ? still only
? ? ? ? a white screen
? ? ? ? I tried other arduino, atmega 2560 and adjusted the pins
? ? ? ? accordingly ,
? ? ? ? same results, they compile and upload but nothing but a white
? ? ? ? screen.

? ? ? ? 1. Do you have an exact source where you purchased your display?
? ? ? ? 2. Any guidance to further test my current display?
? ? ? ? 3. The photo below is my current display..


? ? ? ? Any help would be appreciated

? ? ? ? Joe
? ? ? ? VE1BWV



? ? --
? ? ? Michigan VHF Corp.? ?? ?
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?






--
? Michigan VHF Corp.? ?? ?
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?





Vince Vielhaber
 

ok, before the line tft.begin(g_identifier) put
g_identifier = 0x8989;

and see if it runs. You may need to check on the arduino forum for other possible values. I didn't see a chip number in the pic you posted.

Vince.

On 06/12/2017 09:46 PM, Joe wrote:
I ran it before.
It suggests trying the defined option

One resulted in id =0 and
when I tried the other option the id said id =8989
tft =240 x320


On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 10:34 PM, Vince Vielhaber <vev@...
<mailto:vev@...>> wrote:

Go to the examples for the library and run the LCD_ID example. Have
a serial monitor window open and see what they ID it as, if they do.

Vince.

On 06/12/2017 09:29 PM, Joe wrote:

I have the MCUFRIEND_kbv library loaded and it compiles with
some ino
examples but only white screen.

Joe

On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 10:27 PM, Vince Vielhaber
<vev@... <mailto:vev@...>
<mailto:vev@... <mailto:vev@...>>> wrote:

Go to www.arduino.cc <>
<> and do a search for
MCUFRIEND_kbv. That driver should work.

Vince.



On 06/12/2017 09:16 PM, Joe wrote:

Jack,

I have been experimenting while waiting for my remaining few
parts to
arrive.

I purchase a 2.8 inch tft display ( it says
mcufriends.com <>
<> on it)

It has appears to have the correct pins / jacks etc.

The problem is I thought I would try to find an example
to test
if the
TFT works.

Well, I tried several but only get a white screen. I
used a uno and
attached the tft to - as pins match ...tried other
sketches -
still only
a white screen
I tried other arduino, atmega 2560 and adjusted the pins
accordingly ,
same results, they compile and upload but nothing but a
white
screen.

1. Do you have an exact source where you purchased your
display?
2. Any guidance to further test my current display?
3. The photo below is my current display..


Any help would be appreciated

Joe
VE1BWV



--
Michigan VHF Corp.








--
Michigan VHF Corp.





--
Michigan VHF Corp.


Jack Purdum
 

Do you have the latest Adafruit graphics library installed? Around line 1334 is the line:

? g_identifier = tft.readID(); ? ?// Get TFT ID ?3.95" = 0x9486, 3.6" = 0x9488

put these lines after it:

? Serial.print("g-ID = ");
? Serial.println(g_identifier, HEX);

and see if the ID is in the program. If your number does not appear in the switch/case block (lines 1336-1460), the code by default assumes the display is a 0x154 or 0x9341. If it is not one of those, try changing g_identifier to 0X9488 and see if that works.

Jack, W8TEE



From: Joe <joeman2116@...>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Monday, June 12, 2017 9:46 PM
Subject: Re: [BITX20] W8TEE TFT /VFO BOARD - WHICH DISPLAY?

I ran it ?before.
It suggests trying ?the defined option

One resulted in ?id =0 and?
when I tried the other option the id said ?id =8989
tft =240 x320


On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 10:34 PM, Vince Vielhaber <vev@...> wrote:
Go to the examples for the library and run the LCD_ID example.? Have a serial monitor window open and see what they ID it as, if they do.

Vince.

On 06/12/2017 09:29 PM, Joe wrote:
I have the? MCUFRIEND_kbv library loaded and it compiles with some ino
examples but only white screen.

Joe

On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 10:27 PM, Vince Vielhaber <vev@...
<mailto:vev@...>> wrote:

? ? Go to <> and do a search for
? ? MCUFRIEND_kbv.? That driver should work.

? ? Vince.



? ? On 06/12/2017 09:16 PM, Joe wrote:

? ? ? ? Jack,

? ? ? ? I have been experimenting while waiting for my remaining few
? ? ? ? parts to
? ? ? ? arrive.

? ? ? ? I purchase a 2.8 inch tft display ( it says
? ? ? ? <> on it)

? ? ? ? It has appears to have the correct pins / jacks etc.

? ? ? ? The problem is I thought I would try to find an example to test
? ? ? ? if the
? ? ? ? TFT works.

? ? ? ? Well, I tried several but only get a white screen.? I used a uno and
? ? ? ? attached the tft to - as pins match ...tried other sketches -
? ? ? ? still only
? ? ? ? a white screen
? ? ? ? I tried other arduino, atmega 2560 and adjusted the pins
? ? ? ? accordingly ,
? ? ? ? same results, they compile and upload but nothing but a white
? ? ? ? screen.

? ? ? ? 1. Do you have an exact source where you purchased your display?
? ? ? ? 2. Any guidance to further test my current display?
? ? ? ? 3. The photo below is my current display..


? ? ? ? Any help would be appreciated

? ? ? ? Joe
? ? ? ? VE1BWV



? ? --
? ? ? Michigan VHF Corp.? ?? ?
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?






--
? Michigan VHF Corp.? ?? ?
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?







Virus-free.


Jack Purdum
 

None of my displays have those extra pins on the left side of the display. Also, all of mine are sort of a red-orange color:



Jack, W8TEE



From: Joe <joeman2116@...>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Monday, June 12, 2017 9:17 PM
Subject: [BITX20] W8TEE TFT /VFO BOARD - WHICH DISPLAY?

Jack,

I have been experimenting while waiting for my remaining few parts to arrive.

I purchase a 2.8 inch tft display ( it says mcufriends.com on it)

It has appears to have the correct pins / jacks etc.

The problem is I thought I would try to find an example to test if the TFT works.

Well, I tried several but only get a white screen. ?I used a uno and attached the tft to - as pins match ...tried other sketches - still only a white screen
I tried other arduino, atmega 2560 and adjusted the pins accordingly , same results, they compile and upload but nothing but a white screen.

1. Do you have an exact source where you purchased your display?
2. Any guidance to further test my current display?
3. The photo below is my current display..


Any help would be appreciated

Joe
VE1BWV




Virus-free.


 

TFT LCD test
Using Adafruit 2.8" TFT Breakout Board Pinout
TFT size is 240x320
Unknown LCD driver chip: 8989
If using the Adafruit 2.8" TFT Arduino shield, the line:
? #define USE_ADAFRUIT_SHIELD_PINOUT
should appear in the library header (Adafruit_TFT.h).
If using the breakout board, it should NOT be #defined!
Also if using the breakout, double-check that all wiring
matches the tutorial.


On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 10:56 PM, Vince Vielhaber <vev@...> wrote:

ok, before the line tft.begin(g_identifier) put
g_identifier = 0x8989;

and see if it runs.? You may need to check on the arduino forum for other possible values.? I didn't see a chip number in the pic you posted.

Vince.

On 06/12/2017 09:46 PM, Joe wrote:
I ran it? before.
It suggests trying? the defined option

One resulted in? id =0 and
when I tried the other option the id said? id =8989
tft =240 x320


On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 10:34 PM, Vince Vielhaber <vev@...
<mailto:vev@...>> wrote:

? ? Go to the examples for the library and run the LCD_ID example.? Have
? ? a serial monitor window open and see what they ID it as, if they do.

? ? Vince.

? ? On 06/12/2017 09:29 PM, Joe wrote:

? ? ? ? I have the? MCUFRIEND_kbv library loaded and it compiles with
? ? ? ? some ino
? ? ? ? examples but only white screen.

? ? ? ? Joe

? ? ? ? On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 10:27 PM, Vince Vielhaber
? ? ? ? <vev@... <mailto:vev@...>
? ? ? ? <mailto:vev@... <mailto:vev@...>>> wrote:

? ? ? ? ? ? Go to <>
? ? ? ? <> and do a search for
? ? ? ? ? ? MCUFRIEND_kbv.? That driver should work.

? ? ? ? ? ? Vince.



? ? ? ? ? ? On 06/12/2017 09:16 PM, Joe wrote:

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Jack,

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? I have been experimenting while waiting for my remaining few
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? parts to
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? arrive.

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? I purchase a 2.8 inch tft display ( it says
? ? ? ? <>
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? <> on it)

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? It has appears to have the correct pins / jacks etc.

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? The problem is I thought I would try to find an example
? ? ? ? to test
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? if the
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? TFT works.

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Well, I tried several but only get a white screen.? I
? ? ? ? used a uno and
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? attached the tft to - as pins match ...tried other
? ? ? ? sketches -
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? still only
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? a white screen
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? I tried other arduino, atmega 2560 and adjusted the pins
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? accordingly ,
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? same results, they compile and upload but nothing but a
? ? ? ? white
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? screen.

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 1. Do you have an exact source where you purchased your
? ? ? ? display?
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 2. Any guidance to further test my current display?
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 3. The photo below is my current display..


? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Any help would be appreciated

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Joe
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? VE1BWV



? ? ? ? ? ? --
? ? ? ? ? ? ? Michigan VHF Corp.? ?
? ? ? ? ?
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?






? ? --
? ? ? Michigan VHF Corp.? ?? ?
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?






--
? Michigan VHF Corp.? ?? ?
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?





Vince Vielhaber
 

Are you referring to the empty holes? They use the same board in one of their other displays that only uses those pins on the Mega 2560. I have one that also has a touch screen that uses just about the entire connector on the 2560 and doesn't have the ones in the side. I think it's a 3.5" touch screen.

Vince.

On 06/12/2017 10:08 PM, Jack Purdum via Groups.Io wrote:
None of my displays have those extra pins on the left side of the
display. Also, all of mine are sort of a red-orange color:



Jack, W8TEE


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*From:* Joe <joeman2116@...>
*To:* [email protected]
*Sent:* Monday, June 12, 2017 9:17 PM
*Subject:* [BITX20] W8TEE TFT /VFO BOARD - WHICH DISPLAY?

Jack,

I have been experimenting while waiting for my remaining few parts to
arrive.

I purchase a 2.8 inch tft display ( it says mcufriends.com on it)

It has appears to have the correct pins / jacks etc.

The problem is I thought I would try to find an example to test if the
TFT works.

Well, I tried several but only get a white screen. I used a uno and
attached the tft to - as pins match ...tried other sketches - still only
a white screen
I tried other arduino, atmega 2560 and adjusted the pins accordingly ,
same results, they compile and upload but nothing but a white screen.

1. Do you have an exact source where you purchased your display?
2. Any guidance to further test my current display?
3. The photo below is my current display..


Any help would be appreciated

Joe
VE1BWV




<>
Virus-free. www.avast.com
<>


<#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2>
--
Michigan VHF Corp.


Vince Vielhaber
 

Is it defined?

Vince.

On 06/12/2017 10:12 PM, Joe wrote:
TFT LCD test
Using Adafruit 2.8" TFT Breakout Board Pinout
TFT size is 240x320
Unknown LCD driver chip: 8989
If using the Adafruit 2.8" TFT Arduino shield, the line:
#define USE_ADAFRUIT_SHIELD_PINOUT
should appear in the library header (Adafruit_TFT.h).
If using the breakout board, it should NOT be #defined!
Also if using the breakout, double-check that all wiring
matches the tutorial.


On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 10:56 PM, Vince Vielhaber <vev@...
<mailto:vev@...>> wrote:


ok, before the line tft.begin(g_identifier) put
g_identifier = 0x8989;

and see if it runs. You may need to check on the arduino forum for
other possible values. I didn't see a chip number in the pic you
posted.

Vince.

On 06/12/2017 09:46 PM, Joe wrote:

I ran it before.
It suggests trying the defined option

One resulted in id =0 and
when I tried the other option the id said id =8989
tft =240 x320


On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 10:34 PM, Vince Vielhaber
<vev@... <mailto:vev@...>
<mailto:vev@... <mailto:vev@...>>> wrote:

Go to the examples for the library and run the LCD_ID
example. Have
a serial monitor window open and see what they ID it as, if
they do.

Vince.

On 06/12/2017 09:29 PM, Joe wrote:

I have the MCUFRIEND_kbv library loaded and it compiles
with
some ino
examples but only white screen.

Joe

On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 10:27 PM, Vince Vielhaber
<vev@... <mailto:vev@...>
<mailto:vev@... <mailto:vev@...>>
<mailto:vev@... <mailto:vev@...>
<mailto:vev@... <mailto:vev@...>>>> wrote:

Go to www.arduino.cc <>
<>
<> and do a search for
MCUFRIEND_kbv. That driver should work.

Vince.



On 06/12/2017 09:16 PM, Joe wrote:

Jack,

I have been experimenting while waiting for my
remaining few
parts to
arrive.

I purchase a 2.8 inch tft display ( it says
mcufriends.com <>
<>
<> on it)

It has appears to have the correct pins / jacks etc.

The problem is I thought I would try to find an
example
to test
if the
TFT works.

Well, I tried several but only get a white
screen. I
used a uno and
attached the tft to - as pins match ...tried other
sketches -
still only
a white screen
I tried other arduino, atmega 2560 and adjusted
the pins
accordingly ,
same results, they compile and upload but
nothing but a
white
screen.

1. Do you have an exact source where you
purchased your
display?
2. Any guidance to further test my current display?
3. The photo below is my current display..


Any help would be appreciated

Joe
VE1BWV



--
Michigan VHF Corp.








--
Michigan VHF Corp.








--
Michigan VHF Corp.





--
Michigan VHF Corp.


 

I wired the display up to a atmega 2560
ran your pgm and the serial said:

Serial took 0ms to start
ID = 0x1289
100 Hz


On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 10:59 PM, Jack Purdum via Groups.Io <econjack@...> wrote:
Do you have the latest Adafruit graphics library installed? Around line 1334 is the line:

? g_identifier = tft.readID(); ? ?// Get TFT ID ?3.95" = 0x9486, 3.6" = 0x9488

put these lines after it:

? Serial.print("g-ID = ");
? Serial.println(g_identifier, HEX);

and see if the ID is in the program. If your number does not appear in the switch/case block (lines 1336-1460), the code by default assumes the display is a 0x154 or 0x9341. If it is not one of those, try changing g_identifier to 0X9488 and see if that works.

Jack, W8TEE



From: Joe <joeman2116@...>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Monday, June 12, 2017 9:46 PM
Subject: Re: [BITX20] W8TEE TFT /VFO BOARD - WHICH DISPLAY?

I ran it ?before.
It suggests trying ?the defined option

One resulted in ?id =0 and?
when I tried the other option the id said ?id =8989
tft =240 x320


On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 10:34 PM, Vince Vielhaber <vev@...> wrote:
Go to the examples for the library and run the LCD_ID example.? Have a serial monitor window open and see what they ID it as, if they do.

Vince.

On 06/12/2017 09:29 PM, Joe wrote:
I have the? MCUFRIEND_kbv library loaded and it compiles with some ino
examples but only white screen.

Joe

On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 10:27 PM, Vince Vielhaber <vev@...
<mailto:vev@...>> wrote:

? ? Go to <> and do a search for
? ? MCUFRIEND_kbv.? That driver should work.

? ? Vince.



? ? On 06/12/2017 09:16 PM, Joe wrote:

? ? ? ? Jack,

? ? ? ? I have been experimenting while waiting for my remaining few
? ? ? ? parts to
? ? ? ? arrive.

? ? ? ? I purchase a 2.8 inch tft display ( it says
? ? ? ? <> on it)

? ? ? ? It has appears to have the correct pins / jacks etc.

? ? ? ? The problem is I thought I would try to find an example to test
? ? ? ? if the
? ? ? ? TFT works.

? ? ? ? Well, I tried several but only get a white screen.? I used a uno and
? ? ? ? attached the tft to - as pins match ...tried other sketches -
? ? ? ? still only
? ? ? ? a white screen
? ? ? ? I tried other arduino, atmega 2560 and adjusted the pins
? ? ? ? accordingly ,
? ? ? ? same results, they compile and upload but nothing but a white
? ? ? ? screen.

? ? ? ? 1. Do you have an exact source where you purchased your display?
? ? ? ? 2. Any guidance to further test my current display?
? ? ? ? 3. The photo below is my current display..


? ? ? ? Any help would be appreciated

? ? ? ? Joe
? ? ? ? VE1BWV



? ? --
? ? ? Michigan VHF Corp.? ?? ?
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?






--
? Michigan VHF Corp.? ?? ?
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?







Virus-free.



Jack Purdum
 

Comment out line 1334 and change it:

1334 ???// g_identifier = tft.readID(); ? ?// Get TFT ID ?3.95" = 0x9486, 3.6" = 0x9488
1334 ? ? g_identifier =?0x1581;


and see what happens. This forces it to assume the non-default parameters.

Jack, W8TEE


From: Joe <joeman2116@...>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Monday, June 12, 2017 10:24 PM
Subject: Re: [BITX20] W8TEE TFT /VFO BOARD - WHICH DISPLAY?

I wired the display up to a atmega 2560
ran your pgm and the serial said:

Serial took 0ms to start
ID = 0x1289
100 Hz


On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 10:59 PM, Jack Purdum via Groups.Io <econjack@...> wrote:
Do you have the latest Adafruit graphics library installed? Around line 1334 is the line:

? g_identifier = tft.readID(); ? ?// Get TFT ID ?3.95" = 0x9486, 3.6" = 0x9488

put these lines after it:

? Serial.print("g-ID = ");
? Serial.println(g_identifier, HEX);

and see if the ID is in the program. If your number does not appear in the switch/case block (lines 1336-1460), the code by default assumes the display is a 0x154 or 0x9341. If it is not one of those, try changing g_identifier to 0X9488 and see if that works.

Jack, W8TEE



From: Joe <joeman2116@...>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Monday, June 12, 2017 9:46 PM
Subject: Re: [BITX20] W8TEE TFT /VFO BOARD - WHICH DISPLAY?

I ran it ?before.
It suggests trying ?the defined option

One resulted in ?id =0 and?
when I tried the other option the id said ?id =8989
tft =240 x320


On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 10:34 PM, Vince Vielhaber <vev@...> wrote:
Go to the examples for the library and run the LCD_ID example.? Have a serial monitor window open and see what they ID it as, if they do.

Vince.

On 06/12/2017 09:29 PM, Joe wrote:
I have the? MCUFRIEND_kbv library loaded and it compiles with some ino
examples but only white screen.

Joe

On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 10:27 PM, Vince Vielhaber <vev@...
<mailto:vev@...>> wrote:

? ? Go to <> and do a search for
? ? MCUFRIEND_kbv.? That driver should work.

? ? Vince.



? ? On 06/12/2017 09:16 PM, Joe wrote:

? ? ? ? Jack,

? ? ? ? I have been experimenting while waiting for my remaining few
? ? ? ? parts to
? ? ? ? arrive.

? ? ? ? I purchase a 2.8 inch tft display ( it says
? ? ? ? <> on it)

? ? ? ? It has appears to have the correct pins / jacks etc.

? ? ? ? The problem is I thought I would try to find an example to test
? ? ? ? if the
? ? ? ? TFT works.

? ? ? ? Well, I tried several but only get a white screen.? I used a uno and
? ? ? ? attached the tft to - as pins match ...tried other sketches -
? ? ? ? still only
? ? ? ? a white screen
? ? ? ? I tried other arduino, atmega 2560 and adjusted the pins
? ? ? ? accordingly ,
? ? ? ? same results, they compile and upload but nothing but a white
? ? ? ? screen.

? ? ? ? 1. Do you have an exact source where you purchased your display?
? ? ? ? 2. Any guidance to further test my current display?
? ? ? ? 3. The photo below is my current display..


? ? ? ? Any help would be appreciated

? ? ? ? Joe
? ? ? ? VE1BWV



? ? --
? ? ? Michigan VHF Corp.? ?? ?
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?






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? Michigan VHF Corp.? ?? ?
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?







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?//g_identifier = tft.readID(); ? ?// Get TFT ID ?3.95" = 0x9486, 3.6" = 0x9488
? g_identifier = 0x1581;
? switch (g_identifier) {

no change ?still white screen...?


On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 11:29 PM, Jack Purdum via Groups.Io <econjack@...> wrote:
Comment out line 1334 and change it:

1334 ???// g_identifier = tft.readID(); ? ?// Get TFT ID ?3.95" = 0x9486, 3.6" = 0x9488
1334 ? ? g_identifier =?0x1581;


and see what happens. This forces it to assume the non-default parameters.

Jack, W8TEE

From: Joe <joeman2116@...>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Monday, June 12, 2017 10:24 PM

Subject: Re: [BITX20] W8TEE TFT /VFO BOARD - WHICH DISPLAY?

I wired the display up to a atmega 2560
ran your pgm and the serial said:

Serial took 0ms to start
ID = 0x1289
100 Hz


On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 10:59 PM, Jack Purdum via Groups.Io <econjack@...> wrote:
Do you have the latest Adafruit graphics library installed? Around line 1334 is the line:

? g_identifier = tft.readID(); ? ?// Get TFT ID ?3.95" = 0x9486, 3.6" = 0x9488

put these lines after it:

? Serial.print("g-ID = ");
? Serial.println(g_identifier, HEX);

and see if the ID is in the program. If your number does not appear in the switch/case block (lines 1336-1460), the code by default assumes the display is a 0x154 or 0x9341. If it is not one of those, try changing g_identifier to 0X9488 and see if that works.

Jack, W8TEE



From: Joe <joeman2116@...>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Monday, June 12, 2017 9:46 PM
Subject: Re: [BITX20] W8TEE TFT /VFO BOARD - WHICH DISPLAY?

I ran it ?before.
It suggests trying ?the defined option

One resulted in ?id =0 and?
when I tried the other option the id said ?id =8989
tft =240 x320


On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 10:34 PM, Vince Vielhaber <vev@...> wrote:
Go to the examples for the library and run the LCD_ID example.? Have a serial monitor window open and see what they ID it as, if they do.

Vince.

On 06/12/2017 09:29 PM, Joe wrote:
I have the? MCUFRIEND_kbv library loaded and it compiles with some ino
examples but only white screen.

Joe

On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 10:27 PM, Vince Vielhaber <vev@...
<mailto:vev@...>> wrote:

? ? Go to <> and do a search for
? ? MCUFRIEND_kbv.? That driver should work.

? ? Vince.



? ? On 06/12/2017 09:16 PM, Joe wrote:

? ? ? ? Jack,

? ? ? ? I have been experimenting while waiting for my remaining few
? ? ? ? parts to
? ? ? ? arrive.

? ? ? ? I purchase a 2.8 inch tft display ( it says
? ? ? ? <> on it)

? ? ? ? It has appears to have the correct pins / jacks etc.

? ? ? ? The problem is I thought I would try to find an example to test
? ? ? ? if the
? ? ? ? TFT works.

? ? ? ? Well, I tried several but only get a white screen.? I used a uno and
? ? ? ? attached the tft to - as pins match ...tried other sketches -
? ? ? ? still only
? ? ? ? a white screen
? ? ? ? I tried other arduino, atmega 2560 and adjusted the pins
? ? ? ? accordingly ,
? ? ? ? same results, they compile and upload but nothing but a white
? ? ? ? screen.

? ? ? ? 1. Do you have an exact source where you purchased your display?
? ? ? ? 2. Any guidance to further test my current display?
? ? ? ? 3. The photo below is my current display..


? ? ? ? Any help would be appreciated

? ? ? ? Joe
? ? ? ? VE1BWV



? ? --
? ? ? Michigan VHF Corp.? ?? ?
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?






--
? Michigan VHF Corp.? ?? ?
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?







Virus-free.





Jack Purdum
 

Well, that's about all the tricks I can control. See if you can find a driver for that board somewhere. If the vendor has demo code that runs, ask for that to see how they got it to run.

Jack, W8TEE



From: Joe <joeman2116@...>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Monday, June 12, 2017 10:37 PM
Subject: Re: [BITX20] W8TEE TFT /VFO BOARD - WHICH DISPLAY?

?//g_identifier = tft.readID(); ? ?// Get TFT ID ?3.95" = 0x9486, 3.6" = 0x9488
? g_identifier = 0x1581;
? switch (g_identifier) {

no change ?still white screen...?


On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 11:29 PM, Jack Purdum via Groups.Io <econjack@...> wrote:
Comment out line 1334 and change it:

1334 ???// g_identifier = tft.readID(); ? ?// Get TFT ID ?3.95" = 0x9486, 3.6" = 0x9488
1334 ? ? g_identifier =?0x1581;


and see what happens. This forces it to assume the non-default parameters.

Jack, W8TEE

From: Joe <joeman2116@...>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Monday, June 12, 2017 10:24 PM

Subject: Re: [BITX20] W8TEE TFT /VFO BOARD - WHICH DISPLAY?

I wired the display up to a atmega 2560
ran your pgm and the serial said:

Serial took 0ms to start
ID = 0x1289
100 Hz


On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 10:59 PM, Jack Purdum via Groups.Io <econjack@...> wrote:
Do you have the latest Adafruit graphics library installed? Around line 1334 is the line:

? g_identifier = tft.readID(); ? ?// Get TFT ID ?3.95" = 0x9486, 3.6" = 0x9488

put these lines after it:

? Serial.print("g-ID = ");
? Serial.println(g_identifier, HEX);

and see if the ID is in the program. If your number does not appear in the switch/case block (lines 1336-1460), the code by default assumes the display is a 0x154 or 0x9341. If it is not one of those, try changing g_identifier to 0X9488 and see if that works.

Jack, W8TEE



From: Joe <joeman2116@...>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Monday, June 12, 2017 9:46 PM
Subject: Re: [BITX20] W8TEE TFT /VFO BOARD - WHICH DISPLAY?

I ran it ?before.
It suggests trying ?the defined option

One resulted in ?id =0 and?
when I tried the other option the id said ?id =8989
tft =240 x320


On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 10:34 PM, Vince Vielhaber <vev@...> wrote:
Go to the examples for the library and run the LCD_ID example.? Have a serial monitor window open and see what they ID it as, if they do.

Vince.

On 06/12/2017 09:29 PM, Joe wrote:
I have the? MCUFRIEND_kbv library loaded and it compiles with some ino
examples but only white screen.

Joe

On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 10:27 PM, Vince Vielhaber <vev@...
<mailto:vev@...>> wrote:

? ? Go to <> and do a search for
? ? MCUFRIEND_kbv.? That driver should work.

? ? Vince.



? ? On 06/12/2017 09:16 PM, Joe wrote:

? ? ? ? Jack,

? ? ? ? I have been experimenting while waiting for my remaining few
? ? ? ? parts to
? ? ? ? arrive.

? ? ? ? I purchase a 2.8 inch tft display ( it says
? ? ? ? <> on it)

? ? ? ? It has appears to have the correct pins / jacks etc.

? ? ? ? The problem is I thought I would try to find an example to test
? ? ? ? if the
? ? ? ? TFT works.

? ? ? ? Well, I tried several but only get a white screen.? I used a uno and
? ? ? ? attached the tft to - as pins match ...tried other sketches -
? ? ? ? still only
? ? ? ? a white screen
? ? ? ? I tried other arduino, atmega 2560 and adjusted the pins
? ? ? ? accordingly ,
? ? ? ? same results, they compile and upload but nothing but a white
? ? ? ? screen.

? ? ? ? 1. Do you have an exact source where you purchased your display?
? ? ? ? 2. Any guidance to further test my current display?
? ? ? ? 3. The photo below is my current display..


? ? ? ? Any help would be appreciated

? ? ? ? Joe
? ? ? ? VE1BWV



? ? --
? ? ? Michigan VHF Corp.? ?? ?
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?






--
? Michigan VHF Corp.? ?? ?
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?







Virus-free.







 

just did a wiring checking:

display ? ? ? ? ? ?atmega ? ? ? ? ? ?
LCD ?reset to A4 ? ? ??
LCD cs ?to A3
LCD rs ?to A2
LCD wr to A1
LCD rd to A0

power ?to power 5
power3.3 to 3.3
gnd to gnd


?DISPLAY
LCD D2 - D2 ATMEGA
LCD D3 ?- D3
LCD D4 - D4?
LCD D5 - D5
LCD D6 - D6
LCD D7 ?- D7
LCD D0 - ?D8
LCD D1 - D9






On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 11:37 PM, joe basque <joeman2116@...> wrote:
?//g_identifier = tft.readID(); ? ?// Get TFT ID ?3.95" = 0x9486, 3.6" = 0x9488
? g_identifier = 0x1581;
? switch (g_identifier) {

no change ?still white screen...?


On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 11:29 PM, Jack Purdum via Groups.Io <econjack@...> wrote:
Comment out line 1334 and change it:

1334 ???// g_identifier = tft.readID(); ? ?// Get TFT ID ?3.95" = 0x9486, 3.6" = 0x9488
1334 ? ? g_identifier =?0x1581;


and see what happens. This forces it to assume the non-default parameters.

Jack, W8TEE

From: Joe <joeman2116@...>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Monday, June 12, 2017 10:24 PM

Subject: Re: [BITX20] W8TEE TFT /VFO BOARD - WHICH DISPLAY?

I wired the display up to a atmega 2560
ran your pgm and the serial said:

Serial took 0ms to start
ID = 0x1289
100 Hz


On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 10:59 PM, Jack Purdum via Groups.Io <econjack@...> wrote:
Do you have the latest Adafruit graphics library installed? Around line 1334 is the line:

? g_identifier = tft.readID(); ? ?// Get TFT ID ?3.95" = 0x9486, 3.6" = 0x9488

put these lines after it:

? Serial.print("g-ID = ");
? Serial.println(g_identifier, HEX);

and see if the ID is in the program. If your number does not appear in the switch/case block (lines 1336-1460), the code by default assumes the display is a 0x154 or 0x9341. If it is not one of those, try changing g_identifier to 0X9488 and see if that works.

Jack, W8TEE



From: Joe <joeman2116@...>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Monday, June 12, 2017 9:46 PM
Subject: Re: [BITX20] W8TEE TFT /VFO BOARD - WHICH DISPLAY?

I ran it ?before.
It suggests trying ?the defined option

One resulted in ?id =0 and?
when I tried the other option the id said ?id =8989
tft =240 x320


On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 10:34 PM, Vince Vielhaber <vev@...> wrote:
Go to the examples for the library and run the LCD_ID example.? Have a serial monitor window open and see what they ID it as, if they do.

Vince.

On 06/12/2017 09:29 PM, Joe wrote:
I have the? MCUFRIEND_kbv library loaded and it compiles with some ino
examples but only white screen.

Joe

On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 10:27 PM, Vince Vielhaber <vev@...
<mailto:vev@...>> wrote:

? ? Go to <> and do a search for
? ? MCUFRIEND_kbv.? That driver should work.

? ? Vince.



? ? On 06/12/2017 09:16 PM, Joe wrote:

? ? ? ? Jack,

? ? ? ? I have been experimenting while waiting for my remaining few
? ? ? ? parts to
? ? ? ? arrive.

? ? ? ? I purchase a 2.8 inch tft display ( it says
? ? ? ? <> on it)

? ? ? ? It has appears to have the correct pins / jacks etc.

? ? ? ? The problem is I thought I would try to find an example to test
? ? ? ? if the
? ? ? ? TFT works.

? ? ? ? Well, I tried several but only get a white screen.? I used a uno and
? ? ? ? attached the tft to - as pins match ...tried other sketches -
? ? ? ? still only
? ? ? ? a white screen
? ? ? ? I tried other arduino, atmega 2560 and adjusted the pins
? ? ? ? accordingly ,
? ? ? ? same results, they compile and upload but nothing but a white
? ? ? ? screen.

? ? ? ? 1. Do you have an exact source where you purchased your display?
? ? ? ? 2. Any guidance to further test my current display?
? ? ? ? 3. The photo below is my current display..


? ? ? ? Any help would be appreciated

? ? ? ? Joe
? ? ? ? VE1BWV



? ? --
? ? ? Michigan VHF Corp.? ?? ?
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?






--
? Michigan VHF Corp.? ?? ?
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?







Virus-free.






 

Ok thanks... TFt can be a pain... always a driver issue..

Will order another and wait to see if that works..


On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 11:40 PM, Jack Purdum via Groups.Io <econjack@...> wrote:
Well, that's about all the tricks I can control. See if you can find a driver for that board somewhere. If the vendor has demo code that runs, ask for that to see how they got it to run.

Jack, W8TEE



From: Joe <joeman2116@...>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Monday, June 12, 2017 10:37 PM

Subject: Re: [BITX20] W8TEE TFT /VFO BOARD - WHICH DISPLAY?

?//g_identifier = tft.readID(); ? ?// Get TFT ID ?3.95" = 0x9486, 3.6" = 0x9488
? g_identifier = 0x1581;
? switch (g_identifier) {

no change ?still white screen...?


On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 11:29 PM, Jack Purdum via Groups.Io <econjack@...> wrote:
Comment out line 1334 and change it:

1334 ???// g_identifier = tft.readID(); ? ?// Get TFT ID ?3.95" = 0x9486, 3.6" = 0x9488
1334 ? ? g_identifier =?0x1581;


and see what happens. This forces it to assume the non-default parameters.

Jack, W8TEE

From: Joe <joeman2116@...>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Monday, June 12, 2017 10:24 PM

Subject: Re: [BITX20] W8TEE TFT /VFO BOARD - WHICH DISPLAY?

I wired the display up to a atmega 2560
ran your pgm and the serial said:

Serial took 0ms to start
ID = 0x1289
100 Hz


On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 10:59 PM, Jack Purdum via Groups.Io <econjack@...> wrote:
Do you have the latest Adafruit graphics library installed? Around line 1334 is the line:

? g_identifier = tft.readID(); ? ?// Get TFT ID ?3.95" = 0x9486, 3.6" = 0x9488

put these lines after it:

? Serial.print("g-ID = ");
? Serial.println(g_identifier, HEX);

and see if the ID is in the program. If your number does not appear in the switch/case block (lines 1336-1460), the code by default assumes the display is a 0x154 or 0x9341. If it is not one of those, try changing g_identifier to 0X9488 and see if that works.

Jack, W8TEE



From: Joe <joeman2116@...>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Monday, June 12, 2017 9:46 PM
Subject: Re: [BITX20] W8TEE TFT /VFO BOARD - WHICH DISPLAY?

I ran it ?before.
It suggests trying ?the defined option

One resulted in ?id =0 and?
when I tried the other option the id said ?id =8989
tft =240 x320


On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 10:34 PM, Vince Vielhaber <vev@...> wrote:
Go to the examples for the library and run the LCD_ID example.? Have a serial monitor window open and see what they ID it as, if they do.

Vince.

On 06/12/2017 09:29 PM, Joe wrote:
I have the? MCUFRIEND_kbv library loaded and it compiles with some ino
examples but only white screen.

Joe

On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 10:27 PM, Vince Vielhaber <vev@...
<mailto:vev@...>> wrote:

? ? Go to <> and do a search for
? ? MCUFRIEND_kbv.? That driver should work.

? ? Vince.



? ? On 06/12/2017 09:16 PM, Joe wrote:

? ? ? ? Jack,

? ? ? ? I have been experimenting while waiting for my remaining few
? ? ? ? parts to
? ? ? ? arrive.

? ? ? ? I purchase a 2.8 inch tft display ( it says
? ? ? ? <> on it)

? ? ? ? It has appears to have the correct pins / jacks etc.

? ? ? ? The problem is I thought I would try to find an example to test
? ? ? ? if the
? ? ? ? TFT works.

? ? ? ? Well, I tried several but only get a white screen.? I used a uno and
? ? ? ? attached the tft to - as pins match ...tried other sketches -
? ? ? ? still only
? ? ? ? a white screen
? ? ? ? I tried other arduino, atmega 2560 and adjusted the pins
? ? ? ? accordingly ,
? ? ? ? same results, they compile and upload but nothing but a white
? ? ? ? screen.

? ? ? ? 1. Do you have an exact source where you purchased your display?
? ? ? ? 2. Any guidance to further test my current display?
? ? ? ? 3. The photo below is my current display..


? ? ? ? Any help would be appreciated

? ? ? ? Joe
? ? ? ? VE1BWV



? ? --
? ? ? Michigan VHF Corp.? ?? ?
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?






--
? Michigan VHF Corp.? ?? ?
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?







Virus-free.








Vince Vielhaber
 

Go on the arduino forum and find the thread for the MCUFRIEND_kbv library. The guy that keeps it up to date is on that thread and can tell you how to set it up. Also make sure you have the latest version of the library.

Vince.

On 06/12/2017 10:48 PM, Joe wrote:
Ok thanks... TFt can be a pain... always a driver issue..

Will order another and wait to see if that works..


On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 11:40 PM, Jack Purdum via Groups.Io
<econjack@... <mailto:econjack@...>> wrote:

Well, that's about all the tricks I can control. See if you can find
a driver for that board somewhere. If the vendor has demo code that
runs, ask for that to see how they got it to run.

Jack, W8TEE


------------------------------------------------------------------------
*From:* Joe <joeman2116@... <mailto:joeman2116@...>>
*To:* [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
*Sent:* Monday, June 12, 2017 10:37 PM

*Subject:* Re: [BITX20] W8TEE TFT /VFO BOARD - WHICH DISPLAY?

//g_identifier = tft.readID(); // Get TFT ID 3.95" = 0x9486,
3.6" = 0x9488
g_identifier = 0x1581;
switch (g_identifier) {

no change still white screen...


On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 11:29 PM, Jack Purdum via Groups.Io
<econjack@... <mailto:econjack@...>>
wrote:

Comment out line 1334 and change it:

1334 / // g_identifier = tft.readID(); // Get TFT ID 3.95"
= 0x9486, 3.6" = 0x9488/
/1334 g_identifier = 0x1581;/
/
/
/
/
and see what happens. This forces it to assume the non-default
parameters.

Jack, W8TEE
------------------------------------------------------------------------
*From:* Joe <joeman2116@... <mailto:joeman2116@...>>
*To:* [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
*Sent:* Monday, June 12, 2017 10:24 PM

*Subject:* Re: [BITX20] W8TEE TFT /VFO BOARD - WHICH DISPLAY?

I wired the display up to a atmega 2560
ran your pgm and the serial said:

Serial took 0ms to start
ID = 0x1289
100 Hz


On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 10:59 PM, Jack Purdum via Groups.Io
<econjack@...
<mailto:econjack@...>> wrote:

Do you have the latest Adafruit graphics library installed?
Around line 1334 is the line:

/ g_identifier = tft.readID(); // Get TFT ID 3.95" =
0x9486, 3.6" = 0x9488/

put these lines after it:
/
/
/ Serial.print("g-ID = ");/
/ Serial.println(g_identifier, HEX);/

and see if the ID is in the program. If your number does not
appear in the switch/case block (lines 1336-1460), the code
by default assumes the display is a 0x154 or 0x9341. If it
is not one of those, try changing /g_identifier/ to 0X9488
and see if that works.

Jack, W8TEE


------------------------------------------------------------------------
*From:* Joe <joeman2116@... <mailto:joeman2116@...>>
*To:* [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
*Sent:* Monday, June 12, 2017 9:46 PM
*Subject:* Re: [BITX20] W8TEE TFT /VFO BOARD - WHICH DISPLAY?

I ran it before.
It suggests trying the defined option

One resulted in id =0 and
when I tried the other option the id said id =8989
tft =240 x320


On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 10:34 PM, Vince Vielhaber
<vev@... <mailto:vev@...>> wrote:

Go to the examples for the library and run the LCD_ID
example. Have a serial monitor window open and see what
they ID it as, if they do.

Vince.

On 06/12/2017 09:29 PM, Joe wrote:

I have the MCUFRIEND_kbv library loaded and it
compiles with some ino
examples but only white screen.

Joe

On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 10:27 PM, Vince Vielhaber
<vev@... <mailto:vev@...>
<mailto:vev@... <mailto:vev@...>>>
wrote:

Go to www.arduino.cc <>
< <>> and
do a search for
MCUFRIEND_kbv. That driver should work.

Vince.



On 06/12/2017 09:16 PM, Joe wrote:

Jack,

I have been experimenting while waiting for
my remaining few
parts to
arrive.

I purchase a 2.8 inch tft display ( it says
mcufriends.com <>
<
<>> on it)

It has appears to have the correct pins /
jacks etc.

The problem is I thought I would try to find
an example to test
if the
TFT works.

Well, I tried several but only get a white
screen. I used a uno and
attached the tft to - as pins match ...tried
other sketches -
still only
a white screen
I tried other arduino, atmega 2560 and
adjusted the pins
accordingly ,
same results, they compile and upload but
nothing but a white
screen.

1. Do you have an exact source where you
purchased your display?
2. Any guidance to further test my current
display?
3. The photo below is my current display..


Any help would be appreciated

Joe
VE1BWV



--
Michigan VHF Corp.
<>


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<>

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Virus-free. www.avast.com
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just ordered this one:
3.5 inch TFT LCD Display Touch Screen UNO R3 Board Plug and Play Module Arduino



On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 11:54 PM, Vince Vielhaber <vev@...> wrote:
Go on the arduino forum and find the thread for the MCUFRIEND_kbv library.? The guy that keeps it up to date is on that thread and can tell you how to set it up.? Also make sure you have the latest version of the library.

Vince.



On 06/12/2017 10:48 PM, Joe wrote:
Ok thanks... TFt can be a pain... always a driver issue..

Will order another and wait to see if that works..


On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 11:40 PM, Jack Purdum via Groups.Io
<econjack=[email protected] <mailto:econjack=yahoo.com@groups.io>> wrote:

? ? Well, that's about all the tricks I can control. See if you can find
? ? a driver for that board somewhere. If the vendor has demo code that
? ? runs, ask for that to see how they got it to run.

? ? Jack, W8TEE


? ? ------------------------------------------------------------------------
? ? *From:* Joe <joeman2116@... <mailto:joeman2116@...>>
? ? *To:* [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
? ? *Sent:* Monday, June 12, 2017 10:37 PM

? ? *Subject:* Re: [BITX20] W8TEE TFT /VFO BOARD - WHICH DISPLAY?

? ? ?//g_identifier = tft.readID();? ? // Get TFT ID? 3.95" = 0x9486,
? ? 3.6" = 0x9488
? ? ? g_identifier = 0x1581;
? ? ? switch (g_identifier) {

? ? no change? still white screen...


? ? On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 11:29 PM, Jack Purdum via Groups.Io
? ? <econjack=[email protected] <mailto:econjack=yahoo.com@groups.io>>
? ? wrote:

? ? ? ? Comment out line 1334 and change it:

? ? ? ? 1334? ?/ // g_identifier = tft.readID();? ? // Get TFT ID? 3.95"
? ? ? ? = 0x9486, 3.6" = 0x9488/
? ? ? ? /1334? ? ?g_identifier = 0x1581;/
? ? ? ? /
? ? ? ? /
? ? ? ? /
? ? ? ? /
? ? ? ? and see what happens. This forces it to assume the non-default
? ? ? ? parameters.

? ? ? ? Jack, W8TEE
? ? ? ? ------------------------------------------------------------------------
? ? ? ? *From:* Joe <joeman2116@... <mailto:joeman2116@...>>
? ? ? ? *To:* [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
? ? ? ? *Sent:* Monday, June 12, 2017 10:24 PM

? ? ? ? *Subject:* Re: [BITX20] W8TEE TFT /VFO BOARD - WHICH DISPLAY?

? ? ? ? I wired the display up to a atmega 2560
? ? ? ? ran your pgm and the serial said:

? ? ? ? Serial took 0ms to start
? ? ? ? ID = 0x1289
? ? ? ? 100 Hz


? ? ? ? On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 10:59 PM, Jack Purdum via Groups.Io
? ? ? ? <econjack=[email protected]
? ? ? ? <mailto:econjack=yahoo.com@groups.io>> wrote:

? ? ? ? ? ? Do you have the latest Adafruit graphics library installed?
? ? ? ? ? ? Around line 1334 is the line:

? ? ? ? ? ? /? g_identifier = tft.readID();? ? // Get TFT ID? 3.95" =
? ? ? ? ? ? 0x9486, 3.6" = 0x9488/

? ? ? ? ? ? put these lines after it:
? ? ? ? ? ? /
? ? ? ? ? ? /
? ? ? ? ? ? /? Serial.print("g-ID = ");/
? ? ? ? ? ? /? Serial.println(g_identifier, HEX);/

? ? ? ? ? ? and see if the ID is in the program. If your number does not
? ? ? ? ? ? appear in the switch/case block (lines 1336-1460), the code
? ? ? ? ? ? by default assumes the display is a 0x154 or 0x9341. If it
? ? ? ? ? ? is not one of those, try changing /g_identifier/ to 0X9488
? ? ? ? ? ? and see if that works.

? ? ? ? ? ? Jack, W8TEE


? ? ? ? ? ? ------------------------------------------------------------------------
? ? ? ? ? ? *From:* Joe <joeman2116@... <mailto:joeman2116@...>>
? ? ? ? ? ? *To:* [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
? ? ? ? ? ? *Sent:* Monday, June 12, 2017 9:46 PM
? ? ? ? ? ? *Subject:* Re: [BITX20] W8TEE TFT /VFO BOARD - WHICH DISPLAY?

? ? ? ? ? ? I ran it? before.
? ? ? ? ? ? It suggests trying? the defined option

? ? ? ? ? ? One resulted in? id =0 and
? ? ? ? ? ? when I tried the other option the id said? id =8989
? ? ? ? ? ? tft =240 x320


? ? ? ? ? ? On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 10:34 PM, Vince Vielhaber
? ? ? ? ? ? <vev@... <mailto:vev@...>> wrote:

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Go to the examples for the library and run the LCD_ID
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? example.? Have a serial monitor window open and see what
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? they ID it as, if they do.

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Vince.

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? On 06/12/2017 09:29 PM, Joe wrote:

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? I have the? MCUFRIEND_kbv library loaded and it
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? compiles with some ino
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? examples but only white screen.

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Joe

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 10:27 PM, Vince Vielhaber
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? <vev@... <mailto:vev@...>
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? <mailto:vev@... <mailto:vev@...>>>
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? wrote:

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Go to <>
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? < <>> and
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? do a search for
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? MCUFRIEND_kbv.? That driver should work.

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Vince.



? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? On 06/12/2017 09:16 PM, Joe wrote:

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Jack,

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? I have been experimenting while waiting for
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? my remaining few
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? parts to
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? arrive.

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? I purchase a 2.8 inch tft display ( it says
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? <>
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? <
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? <>> on it)


? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? It has appears to have the correct pins /
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? jacks etc.

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? The problem is I thought I would try to find
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? an example to test
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? if the
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? TFT works.

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Well, I tried several but only get a white
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? screen.? I used a uno and
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? attached the tft to - as pins match ...tried
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? other sketches -
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? still only
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? a white screen
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? I tried other arduino, atmega 2560 and
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? adjusted the pins
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? accordingly ,
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? same results, they compile and upload but
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? nothing but a white
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? screen.

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 1. Do you have an exact source where you
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? purchased your display?
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 2. Any guidance to further test my current
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? display?
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 3. The photo below is my current display..


? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Any help would be appreciated

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Joe
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? VE1BWV



? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? --
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? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? <>

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? <>






? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? --
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Michigan VHF Corp.? ?
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? <>
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? <>







? ? ? ? ? ? <>
? ? ? ? ? ? Virus-free.
? ? ? ? ? ? <>


? ? ? ? ? ? <>










--
? Michigan VHF Corp.? ?? ?
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?





Jack Purdum
 

The guy's name is David Prentice and he knows everything about the displays and was a huge help to me a while back. Search his name, too.

Jack, W8TEE



From: Vince Vielhaber <vev@...>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Monday, June 12, 2017 10:54 PM
Subject: Re: [BITX20] W8TEE TFT /VFO BOARD - WHICH DISPLAY?

Go on the arduino forum and find the thread for the MCUFRIEND_kbv
library.? The guy that keeps it up to date is on that thread and can
tell you how to set it up.? Also make sure you have the latest version
of the library.

Vince.



On 06/12/2017 10:48 PM, Joe wrote:
> Ok thanks... TFt can be a pain... always a driver issue..
>
> Will order another and wait to see if that works..
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 11:40 PM, Jack Purdum via Groups.Io
> <econjack=[email protected] <mailto:econjack=[email protected]>> wrote:
>
>? ? Well, that's about all the tricks I can control. See if you can find
>? ? a driver for that board somewhere. If the vendor has demo code that
>? ? runs, ask for that to see how they got it to run.
>
>? ? Jack, W8TEE
>
>
>? ? ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>? ? *From:* Joe <joeman2116@... <mailto:joeman2116@...>>
>? ? *To:* [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
>? ? *Sent:* Monday, June 12, 2017 10:37 PM
>
>? ? *Subject:* Re: [BITX20] W8TEE TFT /VFO BOARD - WHICH DISPLAY?
>
>? ? ? //g_identifier = tft.readID();? ? // Get TFT ID? 3.95" = 0x9486,
>? ? 3.6" = 0x9488
>? ? ? g_identifier = 0x1581;
>? ? ? switch (g_identifier) {
>
>? ? no change? still white screen...
>
>
>? ? On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 11:29 PM, Jack Purdum via Groups.Io
>? ? <econjack=[email protected] <mailto:econjack=[email protected]>>
>? ? wrote:
>
>? ? ? ? Comment out line 1334 and change it:
>
>? ? ? ? 1334? / // g_identifier = tft.readID();? ? // Get TFT ID? 3.95"
>? ? ? ? = 0x9486, 3.6" = 0x9488/
>? ? ? ? /1334? ? g_identifier = 0x1581;/
>? ? ? ? /
>? ? ? ? /
>? ? ? ? /
>? ? ? ? /
>? ? ? ? and see what happens. This forces it to assume the non-default
>? ? ? ? parameters.
>
>? ? ? ? Jack, W8TEE
>? ? ? ? ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>? ? ? ? *From:* Joe <joeman2116@... <mailto:joeman2116@...>>
>? ? ? ? *To:* [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
>? ? ? ? *Sent:* Monday, June 12, 2017 10:24 PM
>
>? ? ? ? *Subject:* Re: [BITX20] W8TEE TFT /VFO BOARD - WHICH DISPLAY?
>
>? ? ? ? I wired the display up to a atmega 2560
>? ? ? ? ran your pgm and the serial said:
>
>? ? ? ? Serial took 0ms to start
>? ? ? ? ID = 0x1289
>? ? ? ? 100 Hz
>
>
>? ? ? ? On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 10:59 PM, Jack Purdum via Groups.Io
>? ? ? ? <econjack=[email protected]
>? ? ? ? <mailto:econjack=[email protected]>> wrote:
>
>? ? ? ? ? ? Do you have the latest Adafruit graphics library installed?
>? ? ? ? ? ? Around line 1334 is the line:
>
>? ? ? ? ? ? /? g_identifier = tft.readID();? ? // Get TFT ID? 3.95" =
>? ? ? ? ? ? 0x9486, 3.6" = 0x9488/
>
>? ? ? ? ? ? put these lines after it:
>? ? ? ? ? ? /
>? ? ? ? ? ? /
>? ? ? ? ? ? /? Serial.print("g-ID = ");/
>? ? ? ? ? ? /? Serial.println(g_identifier, HEX);/
>
>? ? ? ? ? ? and see if the ID is in the program. If your number does not
>? ? ? ? ? ? appear in the switch/case block (lines 1336-1460), the code
>? ? ? ? ? ? by default assumes the display is a 0x154 or 0x9341. If it
>? ? ? ? ? ? is not one of those, try changing /g_identifier/ to 0X9488
>? ? ? ? ? ? and see if that works.
>
>? ? ? ? ? ? Jack, W8TEE
>
>
>? ? ? ? ? ? ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>? ? ? ? ? ? *From:* Joe <joeman2116@... <mailto:joeman2116@...>>
>? ? ? ? ? ? *To:* [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
>? ? ? ? ? ? *Sent:* Monday, June 12, 2017 9:46 PM
>? ? ? ? ? ? *Subject:* Re: [BITX20] W8TEE TFT /VFO BOARD - WHICH DISPLAY?
>
>? ? ? ? ? ? I ran it? before.
>? ? ? ? ? ? It suggests trying? the defined option
>
>? ? ? ? ? ? One resulted in? id =0 and
>? ? ? ? ? ? when I tried the other option the id said? id =8989
>? ? ? ? ? ? tft =240 x320
>
>
>? ? ? ? ? ? On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 10:34 PM, Vince Vielhaber
>? ? ? ? ? ? <vev@... <mailto:vev@...>> wrote:
>
>? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Go to the examples for the library and run the LCD_ID
>? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? example.? Have a serial monitor window open and see what
>? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? they ID it as, if they do.
>
>? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Vince.
>
>? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? On 06/12/2017 09:29 PM, Joe wrote:
>
>? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? I have the? MCUFRIEND_kbv library loaded and it
>? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? compiles with some ino
>? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? examples but only white screen.
>
>? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Joe
>
>? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 10:27 PM, Vince Vielhaber
>? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? <vev@... <mailto:vev@...>
>? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? <mailto:vev@... <mailto:vev@...>>>
>? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? wrote:
>
>? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Go to www.arduino.cc <>
>? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? <<>> and
>? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? do a search for
>? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? MCUFRIEND_kbv.? That driver should work.
>
>? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Vince.
>
>
>
>? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? On 06/12/2017 09:16 PM, Joe wrote:
>
>? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Jack,
>
>? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? I have been experimenting while waiting for
>? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? my remaining few
>? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? parts to
>? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? arrive.
>
>? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? I purchase a 2.8 inch tft display ( it says
>? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? mcufriends.com <>
>? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? <
>? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? <>> on it)
>
>? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? It has appears to have the correct pins /
>? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? jacks etc.
>
>? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? The problem is I thought I would try to find
>? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? an example to test
>? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? if the
>? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? TFT works.
>
>? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Well, I tried several but only get a white
>? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? screen.? I used a uno and
>? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? attached the tft to - as pins match ...tried
>? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? other sketches -
>? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? still only
>? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? a white screen
>? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? I tried other arduino, atmega 2560 and
>? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? adjusted the pins
>? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? accordingly ,
>? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? same results, they compile and upload but
>? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? nothing but a white
>? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? screen.
>
>? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 1. Do you have an exact source where you
>? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? purchased your display?
>? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 2. Any guidance to further test my current
>? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? display?
>? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 3. The photo below is my current display..
>
>
>? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Any help would be appreciated
>
>? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Joe
>? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? VE1BWV
>
>
>
>? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? --
>? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Michigan VHF Corp.?
>? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? <>
>
>? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
>? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? <>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? --
>? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Michigan VHF Corp.?
>? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? <>
>? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
>? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? <>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>? ? ? ? ? ? <>
>? ? ? ? ? ? Virus-free. www.avast.com
>? ? ? ? ? ? <>
>
>
>? ? ? ? ? ? <>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

--
? Michigan VHF Corp.? ?
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?