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A000096 Datasheet

Code A000096

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ARDUINO LCD SCREEN Code A000096 Use this small LCD screen with Arduino Robot, Esplora, or on breadboard. OVERVIEW • The Arduino TFT screen is a backlit LCD screen with headers. You can draw text, images, and shapes to the screen with the TFT library. There is an onboard microSD card slot on the back of the screen that can, among other things, store bitmap images for the screen to display. The screen's headers are designed to fit into the socket on the front of the Arduino Esplora, but it is compatible with any AVR-based Arduino Uno, Leonardo, etc or with the Arduino Due. To connect the screen to other Arduino boards, read the tutorial on this link. Connecting to other Arduino boards Even if the screen's headers are designed to fit into the socket on the front of the Arduino Esplora or the Arduino Robot but, this module is compatible with any Arduino Uno, Leonardo, etc... or with the Arduino Due. If you want to use one these other boards, some slight changes on connections are required. You can either connect the screen with hardware SPI pins, or define your own set of pins. Using the hardware SPI is faster when drawing to the screen. • Arduino Uno Connect power and ground to the breadboard. Connect the screen to the breadboard. The headers on the side of the screen with the small blue tab and arrow should be the ones that attach to the board. Pay attention to the orientation of the screen, in these images, it is upside down. Connect the pins following this default configuration: +5V MISO SCK MOSI LCD CS SD CS D/C RESET BL GND: +5V pin 12 pin 13 pin 11 pin 10 pin 4 pin 9 pin 8 +5V GND Connecting the pins in the proper way, you can see the lcd screen working with your Uno or Duemilanove just uploading the simple "TFTBitmapLogo" sketch. • Arduino Leonardo & Arduino Yun The Arduino Leonardo & Arduino Yun use different pins to be compatible with the lcd screen. To set the pins MISO, MOSI and SCK, you have to use the ICSP terminals. +5V MISO SCK MOSI LCD CS SD CS D/C RESET BL GND: +5V Miso pin white wire on ICSP Sck pin brown wire on ICSP Mosi pin yellow wire on ICSP pin 7 pin 8 pin 0 pin 1 +5V GND The image below shows an Arduino Leonardo but it works for an Arduino Yun too. The screen will show this message "Arduino TFT Bitmap Example. Open serial monitor to run the sketch". Open the serial monitor to view the Arduino Logo. • Arduino Mega 2560 e Mega ADK To connect the lcd screen to a Mega board, use this pin configuration: +5V MISO SCK MOSI LCD CS SD CS D/C RESET BL GND: +5V 50 on Mega 2560 Miso on ADK 52 on Mega 2560 Sck on ADK 51 on Mega 2560 Mosi on ADK pin 10 pin 4 pin 9 pin 8 +5V GND • Arduino Due: To connect the lcd screen to an Arduino Due, use this pin configuration and don't forget to set the right value for the variable "sd_cs" #define sd_cs 7 in the sketch: +5V MISO SCK MOSI LCD CS SD CS D/C RESET BL GND: +3.3V Miso pin white wire on SPI Sck pin brown wire on SPI Mosi pin yellow wire on SPI pin 10 pin 7 pin 9 pin 8 +3.3V GND The text of the Arduino getting started guide is licensed under a Creative Commons ShareAlike License. Code samples in the guide are released into the public domain. • Getting Started You can find in the Getting Started section all the information you need to configure your board, use the Arduino So ftware IDE , and start tinker with coding and electronics. Need Help? • On the Software on the Arduino Forum • On Projects on the Arduino Forum • On the Product itself through our Customer Support • Hardware The screen is diagonal, with 160 x 128 pixel resolution. The TFT library interfaces with the screen's controller through SPI when using the TFT library. Refer to the screen's data sheet for complete details. • The screen runs on +5 VDC • The slot is accessible through the SD card library. • The LED backlight is dimmable by PWM. • The screen's headers are laid out so it easily sockets into the Arduino Esplora and Arduino Robot. Library The Arduino TFT library extends the Adafruit GFX, and Adafruit ST7735 libraries that it is based on. The GFX library is responsible for the drawing routines, while the ST7735 library is specific to the screen on the Arduino screen. The Arduino specific additions were designed to work as similarly to the Processing API as possible. The library is backwards compatible, which means you can still use the Adafruit functionsdescribed here. The TFT library relies on the SPI library, which must be included in any sketch that uses the scree. If you wish to use the SD card, you need to include the SD library as well.

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ARDUINO LCD SCREEN

Code A000096

Use this small LCD screen with Arduino Robot, Esplora, or on breadboard. OVERVIEW
• The Arduino TFT screen is a backlit LCD screen with headers. You can draw text, images, and shapes to the screen with the TFT library. There is an onboard microSD card slot on the back of the screen that can, among other things, store bitmap images for the screen to display. The screen's headers are designed to fit into the socket on the front of the Arduino Esplora, but it is compatible with any AVR-based Arduino Uno, Leonardo, etc or with the Arduino Due. To connect the screen to other Arduino boards, read the tutorial on this link.

Connecting to other Arduino boards

Even if the screen's headers are designed to fit into the socket on the front of the Arduino Esplora or the Arduino Robot but, this module is compatible with any Arduino Uno, Leonardo, etc... or with the Arduino Due. If you want to use one these other boards, some slight changes on connections are required.

You can either connect the screen with hardware SPI pins, or define your own set of pins. Using the hardware SPI is faster when drawing to the screen.
• Arduino Uno Connect power and ground to the breadboard.

Connect the screen to the breadboard. The headers on the side of the screen with the small blue tab and arrow should be the ones that attach to the board. Pay attention to the orientation of the screen, in these images, it is upside down.

Connect the pins following this default configuration:
+5V MISO SCK MOSI LCD CS SD CS D/C RESET BL GND:
+5V pin 12 pin 13 pin 11
pin 10
pin 4 pin 9 pin 8 +5V GND

Connecting the pins in the proper way, you can see the lcd screen working with your Uno or Duemilanove just uploading the simple "TFTBitmapLogo" sketch.
• Arduino Leonardo & Arduino Yun The Arduino Leonardo & Arduino Yun use different pins to be compatible with the lcd screen. To set the pins MISO, MOSI and SCK, you have to use the ICSP terminals.
+5V MISO SCK MOSI LCD CS SD CS D/C RESET BL GND:
+5V Miso pin white wire on ICSP Sck pin brown wire on ICSP Mosi pin yellow wire on ICSP
pin 7
pin 8 pin 0 pin 1 +5V GND

The image below shows an Arduino Leonardo but it works for an Arduino Yun too.

The screen will show this message "Arduino TFT Bitmap Example. Open serial monitor to run the sketch". Open the serial monitor to view the Arduino Logo.
• Arduino Mega 2560 e Mega ADK To connect the lcd screen to a Mega board, use this pin configuration:
+5V MISO SCK MOSI LCD CS SD CS D/C RESET BL GND:
+5V 50 on Mega 2560 Miso on ADK 52 on Mega 2560 Sck on ADK 51 on Mega 2560 Mosi on ADK
pin 10
pin 4 pin 9 pin 8 +5V GND
• Arduino Due:

To connect the lcd screen to an Arduino Due, use this pin configuration and don't forget to set the right value for the variable "sd_cs" #define sd_cs 7 in the sketch:
+5V MISO SCK MOSI LCD CS SD CS D/C RESET BL GND:
+3.3V Miso pin white wire on SPI Sck pin brown wire on SPI Mosi pin yellow wire on SPI
pin 10
pin 7 pin 9 pin 8 +3.3V GND

The text of the Arduino getting started guide is licensed under a Creative Commons ShareAlike License. Code samples in the guide are released into the public domain.
• Getting Started You can find in the Getting Started section all the information you need to configure your board, use the Arduino So ftware IDE , and start tinker with coding and electronics. Need Help?
• On the Software on the Arduino Forum
• On Projects on the Arduino Forum
• On the Product itself through our Customer Support
• Hardware

The screen is diagonal, with 160 x 128 pixel resolution. The TFT library interfaces with the screen's controller through SPI when using the TFT library. Refer to the screen's data sheet for complete details.
• The screen runs on +5 VDC
• The slot is accessible through the SD card library.
• The LED backlight is dimmable by PWM.
• The screen's headers are laid out so it easily sockets into the Arduino Esplora and

Arduino Robot.

Library The Arduino TFT library extends the Adafruit GFX, and Adafruit ST7735 libraries that it is based on. The GFX library is responsible for the drawing routines, while the ST7735 library is specific to the screen on the Arduino screen. The Arduino specific additions were designed to work as similarly to the Processing API as possible. The library is backwards compatible, which means you can still use the Adafruit functionsdescribed here. The TFT library relies on the SPI library, which must be included in any sketch that uses the scree. If you wish to use the SD card, you need to include the SD library as well.

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Datasheet ID: A000096 518314