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Bitx TFT display code


 

Has anyone written code to use TFT display i keep searching but not finding anything. ?If someone could point me in the correct direction that would be great thx.


 

Steve ,

There are few in the works.
W8TEE , Jack is working on some code.
He has the display done. So many are waiting for his code.? A very talented coder.

There are some Russian and other hams from Japan with some . Both are on youtube

PD8W also has developed some code.
Nice display. Unfortunately he has not finished the code and cant seem to contact him.
I played with it and the display on the tft was very nice and the code for display works fine with my tft's and atmega2560.
Unfortunately the buttons to control other options need work.

Joe
VE1BWV


On Fri, Jun 30, 2017, 3:09 PM Steve Greer <km4ous@...> wrote:
Has anyone written code to use TFT display i keep searching but not finding anything.? If someone could point me in the correct direction that would be great thx.


 

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I bought 2 nice displays on eBay. 3.2"

2-3 days Fun Invested.? Very complicated and confusing.? Parts of Demos worked others did not.

I could not even understand people trying to help me on the arduino forum.

Buy what Jack says "MCUFriend" Library compatible, that is what he is using.? Make sure you get pin arrangement he is using.

I DIDN'T! Sad........

Mike, WA6ISP



On 6/30/2017 11:24 AM, Joe wrote:

Steve ,

There are few in the works.
W8TEE , Jack is working on some code.
He has the display done. So many are waiting for his code.? A very talented coder.

There are some Russian and other hams from Japan with some . Both are on youtube

PD8W also has developed some code.
Nice display. Unfortunately he has not finished the code and cant seem to contact him.
I played with it and the display on the tft was very nice and the code for display works fine with my tft's and atmega2560.
Unfortunately the buttons to control other options need work.

Joe
VE1BWV


On Fri, Jun 30, 2017, 3:09 PM Steve Greer <km4ous@...> wrote:
Has anyone written code to use TFT display i keep searching but not finding anything.? If someone could point me in the correct direction that would be great thx.

-- 
Mike Hagen, WA6ISP
10917 Bryant Street
Yucaipa, Ca. 92399
(909) 918-0058
PayPal ID  "MotDog@..."
Mike@...


Jack Purdum
 

I've had some setbacks at home, but am still trying to get things going. I don't really use "buttons" on my display, as I am not using a touch screen at this time. The mcufriend displays should plug right into a standard Mega 2560 or my TFT PCB. I should have the VFO working this weekend. The schematic for my PCB is attached. You'll need the same pinouts for my code to work with the display.

Jack, W8TEE



From: Michael Hagen <motdog@...>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Friday, June 30, 2017 2:52 PM
Subject: Re: [BITX20] Bitx TFT display code

I bought 2 nice displays on eBay. 3.2"
2-3 days Fun Invested.? Very complicated and confusing.? Parts of Demos worked others did not.
I could not even understand people trying to help me on the arduino forum.
Buy what Jack says "MCUFriend" Library compatible, that is what he is using.? Make sure you get pin arrangement he is using.
I DIDN'T! Sad........
Mike, WA6ISP


On 6/30/2017 11:24 AM, Joe wrote:
Steve ,
There are few in the works.
W8TEE , Jack is working on some code.
He has the display done. So many are waiting for his code.? A very talented coder.
There are some Russian and other hams from Japan with some . Both are on youtube
PD8W also has developed some code.
Nice display. Unfortunately he has not finished the code and cant seem to contact him.
I played with it and the display on the tft was very nice and the code for display works fine with my tft's and atmega2560.
Unfortunately the buttons to control other options need work.
Joe
VE1BWV

On Fri, Jun 30, 2017, 3:09 PM Steve Greer <km4ous@...> wrote:
Has anyone written code to use TFT display i keep searching but not finding anything.? If someone could point me in the correct direction that would be great thx.

-- 
Mike Hagen, WA6ISP
10917 Bryant Street
Yucaipa, Ca. 92399
(909) 918-0058
PayPal ID  "MotDog@..."
Mike@...



Virus-free.


 

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Jack

I bought TFTs with the double connector on the Right Hand side, to fit Mega 2560.

But some use the single pin headers across the top and botom (Horz) of the Mega 2560?

I got confused over Mega 2560 compatibility?

Mike, WA6ISP


On 6/30/2017 11:59 AM, Jack Purdum via Groups.Io wrote:
I've had some setbacks at home, but am still trying to get things going. I don't really use "buttons" on my display, as I am not using a touch screen at this time. The mcufriend displays should plug right into a standard Mega 2560 or my TFT PCB. I should have the VFO working this weekend. The schematic for my PCB is attached. You'll need the same pinouts for my code to work with the display.

Jack, W8TEE



From: Michael Hagen <motdog@...>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Friday, June 30, 2017 2:52 PM
Subject: Re: [BITX20] Bitx TFT display code

I bought 2 nice displays on eBay. 3.2"
2-3 days Fun Invested.? Very complicated and confusing.? Parts of Demos worked others did not.
I could not even understand people trying to help me on the arduino forum.
Buy what Jack says "MCUFriend" Library compatible, that is what he is using.? Make sure you get pin arrangement he is using.
I DIDN'T! Sad........
Mike, WA6ISP


On 6/30/2017 11:24 AM, Joe wrote:
Steve ,
There are few in the works.
W8TEE , Jack is working on some code.
He has the display done. So many are waiting for his code.? A very talented coder.
There are some Russian and other hams from Japan with some . Both are on youtube
PD8W also has developed some code.
Nice display. Unfortunately he has not finished the code and cant seem to contact him.
I played with it and the display on the tft was very nice and the code for display works fine with my tft's and atmega2560.
Unfortunately the buttons to control other options need work.
Joe
VE1BWV

On Fri, Jun 30, 2017, 3:09 PM Steve Greer <km4ous@...> wrote:
Has anyone written code to use TFT display i keep searching but not finding anything.? If someone could point me in the correct direction that would be great thx.

-- 
Mike Hagen, WA6ISP
10917 Bryant Street
Yucaipa, Ca. 92399
(909) 918-0058
PayPal ID  "MotDog@..."
Mike@...



Virus-free.

-- 
Mike Hagen, WA6ISP
10917 Bryant Street
Yucaipa, Ca. 92399
(909) 918-0058
PayPal ID  "MotDog@..."
Mike@...


Jack Purdum
 

My PCB uses the Mega 2560 Pro Mini because of its smaller footprint. I buy from Wideenm991 on eBay.

The DDS module is a type II, as shown here:


but are getting hard to find. I can't find the guy who made an adapter board for a Type I to a Type II board (K5ESS??). He sells the adapter for about $2. My board looks like this:

Inline image

You can see where the DDS and Mega boards go. The advantage of the board is that most of the I/O pins are brought out at the bottom and top of the baord for additional hacking. With the schematic I posted earlier today you should be able to "fit" things on the board.

Jack, W8TEE



From: Michael Hagen <motdog@...>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Friday, June 30, 2017 3:20 PM
Subject: Re: [BITX20] Bitx TFT display code

Jack
I bought TFTs with the double connector on the Right Hand side, to fit Mega 2560.
But some use the single pin headers across the top and botom (Horz) of the Mega 2560?
I got confused over Mega 2560 compatibility?
Mike, WA6ISP

On 6/30/2017 11:59 AM, Jack Purdum via Groups.Io wrote:
I've had some setbacks at home, but am still trying to get things going. I don't really use "buttons" on my display, as I am not using a touch screen at this time. The mcufriend displays should plug right into a standard Mega 2560 or my TFT PCB. I should have the VFO working this weekend. The schematic for my PCB is attached. You'll need the same pinouts for my code to work with the display.

Jack, W8TEE



From: Michael Hagen <motdog@...>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Friday, June 30, 2017 2:52 PM
Subject: Re: [BITX20] Bitx TFT display code

I bought 2 nice displays on eBay. 3.2"
2-3 days Fun Invested.? Very complicated and confusing.? Parts of Demos worked others did not.
I could not even understand people trying to help me on the arduino forum.
Buy what Jack says "MCUFriend" Library compatible, that is what he is using.? Make sure you get pin arrangement he is using.
I DIDN'T! Sad........
Mike, WA6ISP


On 6/30/2017 11:24 AM, Joe wrote:
Steve ,
There are few in the works.
W8TEE , Jack is working on some code.
He has the display done. So many are waiting for his code.? A very talented coder.
There are some Russian and other hams from Japan with some . Both are on youtube
PD8W also has developed some code.
Nice display. Unfortunately he has not finished the code and cant seem to contact him.
I played with it and the display on the tft was very nice and the code for display works fine with my tft's and atmega2560.
Unfortunately the buttons to control other options need work.
Joe
VE1BWV

On Fri, Jun 30, 2017, 3:09 PM Steve Greer <km4ous@...> wrote:
Has anyone written code to use TFT display i keep searching but not finding anything.? If someone could point me in the correct direction that would be great thx.

-- 
Mike Hagen, WA6ISP
10917 Bryant Street
Yucaipa, Ca. 92399
(909) 918-0058
PayPal ID  "MotDog@..."
Mike@...



Virus-free.

-- 
Mike Hagen, WA6ISP
10917 Bryant Street
Yucaipa, Ca. 92399
(909) 918-0058
PayPal ID  "MotDog@..."
Mike@...



 

In searching for tft displays, i noticed there were serial and parallel. The ones with connectors on the top and bottom are generally pin compatible with uno and atmega2560.? I have several of these and the 3.5" just plugged and Jacks display worked great.. These were mci friends type marked on the board. My other tft's were 2.8 inch.
One i had to change some text size for the display to look correct. The other 2.8 from elegoo was also mcufriend, but Jacks display code worked with no changes.
His code is able to identify several tft drivers and select the correct one.. Very cool.

The serial type tft usually have single set of pins - 8-10 pins. The usually say spi or serial in the description.
I see that some Japanese and Russian hams use these type.
Looking forward to Jack"s next code run...

Joe
VE1BWV


On Fri, Jun 30, 2017, 4:57 PM Jack Purdum via Groups.Io <econjack=[email protected]> wrote:
My PCB uses the Mega 2560 Pro Mini because of its smaller footprint. I buy from Wideenm991 on eBay.

The DDS module is a type II, as shown here:


but are getting hard to find. I can't find the guy who made an adapter board for a Type I to a Type II board (K5ESS??). He sells the adapter for about $2. My board looks like this:



You can see where the DDS and Mega boards go. The advantage of the board is that most of the I/O pins are brought out at the bottom and top of the baord for additional hacking. With the schematic I posted earlier today you should be able to "fit" things on the board.

Jack, W8TEE



From: Michael Hagen <motdog@...>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Friday, June 30, 2017 3:20 PM

Subject: Re: [BITX20] Bitx TFT display code

Jack
I bought TFTs with the double connector on the Right Hand side, to fit Mega 2560.
But some use the single pin headers across the top and botom (Horz) of the Mega 2560?
I got confused over Mega 2560 compatibility?
Mike, WA6ISP

On 6/30/2017 11:59 AM, Jack Purdum via Groups.Io wrote:
I've had some setbacks at home, but am still trying to get things going. I don't really use "buttons" on my display, as I am not using a touch screen at this time. The mcufriend displays should plug right into a standard Mega 2560 or my TFT PCB. I should have the VFO working this weekend. The schematic for my PCB is attached. You'll need the same pinouts for my code to work with the display.

Jack, W8TEE



From: Michael Hagen <motdog@...>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Friday, June 30, 2017 2:52 PM
Subject: Re: [BITX20] Bitx TFT display code

I bought 2 nice displays on eBay. 3.2"
2-3 days Fun Invested.? Very complicated and confusing.? Parts of Demos worked others did not.
I could not even understand people trying to help me on the arduino forum.
Buy what Jack says "MCUFriend" Library compatible, that is what he is using.? Make sure you get pin arrangement he is using.
I DIDN'T! Sad........
Mike, WA6ISP


On 6/30/2017 11:24 AM, Joe wrote:
Steve ,
There are few in the works.
W8TEE , Jack is working on some code.
He has the display done. So many are waiting for his code.? A very talented coder.
There are some Russian and other hams from Japan with some . Both are on youtube
PD8W also has developed some code.
Nice display. Unfortunately he has not finished the code and cant seem to contact him.
I played with it and the display on the tft was very nice and the code for display works fine with my tft's and atmega2560.
Unfortunately the buttons to control other options need work.
Joe
VE1BWV

On Fri, Jun 30, 2017, 3:09 PM Steve Greer <km4ous@...> wrote:
Has anyone written code to use TFT display i keep searching but not finding anything.? If someone could point me in the correct direction that would be great thx.

-- 
Mike Hagen, WA6ISP
10917 Bryant Street
Yucaipa, Ca. 92399
(909) 918-0058
PayPal ID  "MotDog@..."
Mike@...



Virus-free.

-- 
Mike Hagen, WA6ISP
10917 Bryant Street
Yucaipa, Ca. 92399
(909) 918-0058
PayPal ID  "MotDog@..."
Mike@...



 

Please have a look at my blog for TFT touch screen based vfo and bfo. The first version of code should be there soon.
Blog is at

73
Vu2spf
Bhatnagar


Jack Purdum
 

All:

I bought a Mega 2560 Pro Mini from RobotDyn and it does NOT fit my PCB.

?


This is too bad, as it sell for about half the price of the one that does fit.

Jack, W8TEE


From: Joe <joeman2116@...>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Friday, June 30, 2017 5:51 PM
Subject: Re: [BITX20] Bitx TFT display code

In searching for tft displays, i noticed there were serial and parallel. The ones with connectors on the top and bottom are generally pin compatible with uno and atmega2560.? I have several of these and the 3.5" just plugged and Jacks display worked great.. These were mci friends type marked on the board. My other tft's were 2.8 inch.
One i had to change some text size for the display to look correct. The other 2.8 from elegoo was also mcufriend, but Jacks display code worked with no changes.
His code is able to identify several tft drivers and select the correct one.. Very cool.
The serial type tft usually have single set of pins - 8-10 pins. The usually say spi or serial in the description.
I see that some Japanese and Russian hams use these type.
Looking forward to Jack"s next code run...
Joe
VE1BWV

On Fri, Jun 30, 2017, 4:57 PM Jack Purdum via Groups.Io <econjack=[email protected]> wrote:
My PCB uses the Mega 2560 Pro Mini because of its smaller footprint. I buy from Wideenm991 on eBay.

The DDS module is a type II, as shown here:


but are getting hard to find. I can't find the guy who made an adapter board for a Type I to a Type II board (K5ESS??). He sells the adapter for about $2. My board looks like this:

Inline image

You can see where the DDS and Mega boards go. The advantage of the board is that most of the I/O pins are brought out at the bottom and top of the baord for additional hacking. With the schematic I posted earlier today you should be able to "fit" things on the board.

Jack, W8TEE



From: Michael Hagen <motdog@...>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Friday, June 30, 2017 3:20 PM

Subject: Re: [BITX20] Bitx TFT display code

Jack
I bought TFTs with the double connector on the Right Hand side, to fit Mega 2560.
But some use the single pin headers across the top and botom (Horz) of the Mega 2560?
I got confused over Mega 2560 compatibility?
Mike, WA6ISP

On 6/30/2017 11:59 AM, Jack Purdum via Groups.Io wrote:
I've had some setbacks at home, but am still trying to get things going. I don't really use "buttons" on my display, as I am not using a touch screen at this time. The mcufriend displays should plug right into a standard Mega 2560 or my TFT PCB. I should have the VFO working this weekend. The schematic for my PCB is attached. You'll need the same pinouts for my code to work with the display.

Jack, W8TEE



From: Michael Hagen <motdog@...>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Friday, June 30, 2017 2:52 PM
Subject: Re: [BITX20] Bitx TFT display code

I bought 2 nice displays on eBay. 3.2"
2-3 days Fun Invested.? Very complicated and confusing.? Parts of Demos worked others did not.
I could not even understand people trying to help me on the arduino forum.
Buy what Jack says "MCUFriend" Library compatible, that is what he is using.? Make sure you get pin arrangement he is using.
I DIDN'T! Sad........
Mike, WA6ISP


On 6/30/2017 11:24 AM, Joe wrote:
Steve ,
There are few in the works.
W8TEE , Jack is working on some code.
He has the display done. So many are waiting for his code.? A very talented coder.
There are some Russian and other hams from Japan with some . Both are on youtube
PD8W also has developed some code.
Nice display. Unfortunately he has not finished the code and cant seem to contact him.
I played with it and the display on the tft was very nice and the code for display works fine with my tft's and atmega2560.
Unfortunately the buttons to control other options need work.
Joe
VE1BWV

On Fri, Jun 30, 2017, 3:09 PM Steve Greer <km4ous@...> wrote:
Has anyone written code to use TFT display i keep searching but not finding anything.? If someone could point me in the correct direction that would be great thx.

-- 
Mike Hagen, WA6ISP
10917 Bryant Street
Yucaipa, Ca. 92399
(909) 918-0058
PayPal ID  "MotDog@..."
Mike@...



Virus-free.

-- 
Mike Hagen, WA6ISP
10917 Bryant Street
Yucaipa, Ca. 92399
(909) 918-0058
PayPal ID  "MotDog@..."
Mike@...





 

Wow!,
The features look great.... cant wait to try it out.
Your website on the Colour TFT display and si5351 looks very interesting.

I like the idea of using the si5351

Thanks for the info
Joe
VE1BWV





On Fri, Jun 30, 2017 at 10:44 PM, SP Bhatnagar <vu2spf@...> wrote:
Please have a look at my blog for TFT touch screen based vfo and bfo. The first version of code should be there soon.
Blog is at

73
Vu2spf
Bhatnagar



 

Do you have a hardware list for your project.. I did not see a listing on your site
I want of make sure I have the correct type of tft or I need to order one..

Joe
VE1BWV


On Fri, Jun 30, 2017 at 10:44 PM, SP Bhatnagar <vu2spf@...> wrote:
Please have a look at my blog for TFT touch screen based vfo and bfo. The first version of code should be there soon.
Blog is at

73
Vu2spf
Bhatnagar



 

I came across your site and was looking all over to find some sample code but no joy. ?I'm very interested I will keep checking back.


Pavel Milanes Costa
 

El 30/06/17 a las 14:24, Joe escribi¨®:

I played with it and the display on the tft was very nice and the code for display works fine with my tft's and atmega2560.
Unfortunately the buttons to control other options need work.
This may help you:

Joe
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73 de Pavel CO7WT