sainsmart tft lcd adjustable shield for arduino brands

The SainSmart TFT LCD module works in 3.3V voltage level and you need to use cables to connect with Arduino Mega. And this shield can help you out of the bothers to use other cables. You just need to plug the module to Mega through this shield.

This is SainSmart TFT LCD Extend shield for Arduino Due. Using this shield can help you out of the bothers to use other cables. You just need to plug the module to Arduino Due through this shield.

The shield defines that all the the data transmit ports are PC1-PC8 and PC12-PC19,the controll pins are PD0-PD3.The perfect design could realize that the data transmits in high speed.The SPI interface is designed in the ISP header of arduino due so that the SPI transfer with DMA could be achieved in high speed with no drag.

This is SainSmart TFT LCD Extend shield Arduino UNO(R3) LCD display. Using this shield can help you out of the bothers to use other cables. You just need to plug the module to arduino due through this shield.What is more,we will supply you technical support after your purchase.The document includes the example project,please contact us for the files.

This is SainSmart MEGA2560  + 7 inch TFT LCD module with the TFT LCD shield kit For arduino enthusiasts.It includes one pcs of SainSmart MEGA2560 , 7 inch TFT LCD display and a TFT LCD shield for Arduino MEGA2560.This kit helps you to avoid complicated wiring processes and save you much time to accomplish your goal. You can feel free to enjoy the touch function and SD card function by using our codes.We will provided you the whole document including the example project of the kit. We will supply you the technical support after your purchase.

This is the new MEGA2560 R3. In addition to all the features of the previous board, the MEGA now uses an ATMega16U2 instead of the ATMega8U2 chip. This allows for faster transfer rates and more memory. No drivers needed for Linux or Mac (inf file for Windows is needed and included in the Arduino IDE), and the ability to have the Uno show up as a keyboard, mouse, joystick, etc.

The MEGA2560 R3 also adds SDA and SCL pins next to the AREF. In addition, there are two new pins placed near the RESET pin. One is the IOREF that allow the shields to adapt to the voltage provided from the board. The other is a not connected and is reserved for future purposes. The MEGA2560 R3 works with all existing shields but can adapt to new shields which use these additional pins.

It is 100% compatible with the normal MCU like ARM AVR PIC and 8051,especially on Arduino family such as Arduino Due and Arduino MEGA2560(R3). The module uses the LCD controller Chip SSD1963 with 7 inch LCD including the touchscreen.

LCD-specificed intialization code is provided, so that you can save time to optimize power control register and gamma curves for best display performance. We have test the provided code, it gives the best display performanace

This is Sainsmart TFT LCD Extend shield for arduino due .Using this shield can help you out of the bothers to use other cables. You just need to plug the module to arduino due through this shield.

The shield defines that all the the data transmit ports are PC1-PC8 and PC12-PC19,the controll pins are PD0-PD3.The perfect design could realize that the data transmits in high speed.The SPI interface is designed in the ISP header of arduino due so that the SPI transfer with DMA could be achieved in high speed with no drag.

This shiled is just for Arduno MEGA2560. If you need the LCD Extend shield for Arduino Due,you need a similar shield which is also provided from our store.

This shiled is just for 7 inch TFT LCD.If you need the LCD Extend shield for 3.2/3.5/...,you need a similar shield which is also provided from our store.

The SainSmart Due is a microcontroller board based on the Atmel SAM3X8E ARM Cortex-M3 CPU (Datasheet). It is the first SainSmart board based on a 32-bit ARM core microcontroller. It has 54 digital input/output pins (of which 12 can be used as PWM outputs), 12 analog inputs, 4 UARTs (hardware serial ports), a 84 MHz clock, an USB OTG capable connection, 2 DAC (digital to analog), 2 TWI, a power jack, an SPI header, a JTAG header, a reset button and an erase button.

Unlike other SainSmart boards, the SainSmart Due board runs at 3.3V. The maximum voltage that the I/O pins can tolerate is 3.3V. Providing higher voltages, like 5V to an I/O pin could damage the board.

The board contains everything needed to support the microcontroller; simply connect it to a computer with a micro-USB cable or power it with a AC-to-DC adapter or battery to get started. The Due is compatible with all SainSmart shields that work at 3.3V and are compliant with the 1.0 Arduino pinout.

The IOREF pin which allows an attached shield with the proper configuration to adapt to the voltage provided by the board. This enables shield compatibility with a 3.3V board like the Due and AVR-based boards which operate at 5V.

Either of the USB ports can be used for programming the board, though it is recommended to use the Programming port due to the way the erasing of the chip is handled :

Programming port: To use this port, select "Arduino Due (Programming Port)" as your board in the Arduino IDE. Connect the Due"s programming port (the one closest to the DC power jack) to your computer. The programming port uses the 16U2 as a USB-to-serial chip connected to the first UART of the SAM3X (RX0 and TX0). The 16U2 has two pins connected to the Reset and Erase pins of the SAM3X. Opening and closing the Programming port connected at 1200bps triggers a “hard eraseâ€?procedure of the SAM3X chip, activating the Erase and Reset pins on the SAM3X before communicating with the UART. This is the recommended port for programming the Due. It is more reliable than the "soft erase" that occurs on the Native port, and it should work even if the main MCU has crashed.

Native port: To use this port, select "Arduino Due (Native USB Port)" as your board in the Arduino IDE. The Native USB port is connected directly to the SAM3X. Connect the Due"s Native USB port (the one closest to the reset button) to your computer. Opening and closing the Native port at 1200bps triggers a "soft erase" procedure: the flash memory is erased and the board is restarted with the bootloader. If the MCU crashed for some reason it is likely that the soft erase procedure won"t work as this procedure happens entirely in software on the SAM3X. Opening and closing the native port at a different baudrate will not reset the SAM3X.

This is SainSmart 7 inch TFT LCD module with the TFT LCD shield kit For arduino enthusiasts. It includes one pcs of 7 inch TFT LCD display and a TFT LCD shield for Arduino MEGA2560(R3). We will provided you the whole document including the example project of Arduino MEGA2560(R3) with the kit. We will supply you the technical support after your purchase.

It is 100% compatible with the normal MCU like ARM AVR PIC and 8051, especially on Arduino family such as Arduino Due and Arduino MEGA2560(R3).The module uses the LCD controller Chip SSD1963 with 5 inch LCD including the touchscreen.

LCD-specificed intialization code is provided, so that you can save time to optimize power control register and gamma curves for best display performance. We have test the provided code, it gives the best display performanace

This is SainSmart TFT LCD Extend shield for Arduino MEGA2560(R3). Using this shield can help you out of the bothers to use other cables. You just need to plug the module to Arduino MEGA2560(R3) through this shield.

The shield defines that all the the data transmit ports are PC1-PC8 and PC12-PC19,the controll pins are PD0-PD3.The perfect design could realize that the data transmits in high speed. The SPI interface is designed in the ISP header of arduino due so that the SPI transfer with DMA could be achieved in high speed with no drag.

This shiled is just for Arduno MEGA2560(R3). If you need the LCD Extend shield for Arduino Due, you need a similar shield which is also provided from our webstore.

This shiled is just for 7 inch TFT LCD.If you need the LCD Extend shield for 3.2"" or 5"", you need a similar shield which is also provided from our store.

This is Sainsmart Due + 7 inch TFT LCD module with the TFT LCD shield kit For arduino enthusiasts.This kit helps you to avoid complicated wiring processes and save you much time to accomplish your goal.

The SainSmart Due is a microcontroller board based on the Atmel SAM3X8E ARM Cortex-M3 CPU .It is the first Arduino board based on a 32-bit ARM core microcontroller. It has 54 digital input/output pins (of which 12 can be used as PWM outputs), 12 analog inputs, 4 UARTs (hardware serial ports), a 84 MHz clock, an USB OTG capable connection, 2 DAC (digital to analog), 2 TWI, a power jack, an SPI header, a JTAG header, a reset button and an erase button.

The shield defines that all the the data transmit ports are PC1-PC8 and PC12-PC19,the controll pins are PD0-PD3.The perfect design could realize that the data transmits in high speed.The SPI interface is designed in the ISP header of arduino due so that the SPI transfer with DMA could be achieved in high speed with no drag.

If you are looking to get into Arduino development or are wanting to expand your existing collection, this is the perfect item for you. You get a great value for your money:SainSmart Mega 2560 board (Arduino clone) ($33)SainSmart TFTP display with touch screen and full sized SD card slot ($25)SainSmart TFTP Display adaptor ($15)Short USB cableI spent $46 for this setup, so the value is obvious.The Mega 2560 clone worked perfectly, the display worked perfectly and the adapter board mated them properly. I had purchased a Seeed 3.2" display at Radio Shack for $49. It had many issues and I returned it and used the money to buy this setup. This display is much faster than the Seeed display and the drivers were very easy to locate and install. Just google "UTFT drivers henningkarlsen" and get all of the UTFT drivers. Henning has several more drivers on his site, go ahead and get them all. They are very easy to use and configure. To use the drivers with this particular board (they are "universal drivers") use this setting for the board type:UTFT myGLCD(ITDB32S,38,39,40,41); // the ITB32s and correct pins for Mega shieldSo in summary:Pros:1. Great value for the money2. Everything worked greatCons:1. Not a "real" Arduino. You"ll have to decide for yourself how important this is to you.The nice thing about SainSmart is that they admit that they are cloning the Arduino boards. Most of the boards available on Amazon are counterfeits and the sellers are not particularly upfront about this. These counterfeit boards exactly copy the Arduino boards, definitely graying the area between legitimacy and piracy. SainSmart clearly marks their boards as clones. I appreciate this honesty in a company, especially when there"s more money to be made by tricking buyers into purchasing counterfeit boards.I highly recommend this package for anyone wanting to get into Arduino development or wanting a touchscreen. The value is great. Now, I guess I need to hunt down a 7" TFTP display to continue this adventure.[9/19/13] Update:After digging into the touch screen, I found that the UTouch lib had some serious accuracy problems, even after trying to use the calibration utility provided with the library. I re-wrote the lib and now I find that the accuracy of the screen is very good. To re-write the lib, you need to take these factors into account:1. The reading of the x values for the screen at the extreme left and right edges.2. The reading of the y values for the screen at the extreme top and bottom edges.This is confused a bit by the fact that the screen is natively in portrait mode. Which is to say that the long side is the y-axis and the short-side is the x-axis. I wanted a landscape mode, so I swapped the coordinates in my driver.Once you know the x and y extremes for the touch screen, simply use the map function to map them to the actual screen coordinates. This gives you a pretty accurate x and y for the display.The other issue I had was with how the touch screen was sampled. The library code polls the touch screen several times per read and averages the results to get a more accurate reading. In the case of "EXTREME" accuracy, it polls 10 times. The problem with this is that if you lift your stylus during the polling, the last few reads are bogus and throw the entire read off. You can see this happening in the SainSmart demo video that they posted for this device. The symptoms are that pixels get set on the sample paint program way far away from where the stylus is. Not cool! The fix is to only sample the screen if the screen is detecting the stylus as being pressed. You can do this by checking the dataAvailable() before each read in the poll. If there is no data available, don"t do the read.I wish I had a more effective method of sharing this information with the Arduino community.

If you are looking to get into Arduino development or are wanting to expand your existing collection, this is the perfect item for you. You get a great value for your money:SainSmart Mega 2560 board (Arduino clone) ($33)SainSmart TFTP display with touch screen and full sized SD card slot ($25)SainSmart TFTP Display adaptor ($15)Short USB cableI spent $46 for this setup, so the value is obvious.The Mega 2560 clone worked perfectly, the display worked perfectly and the adapter board mated them properly. I had purchased a Seeed 3.2" display at Radio Shack for $49. It had many issues and I returned it and used the money to buy this setup. This display is much faster than the Seeed display and the drivers were very easy to locate and install. Just google "UTFT drivers henningkarlsen" and get all of the UTFT drivers. Henning has several more drivers on his site, go ahead and get them all. They are very easy to use and configure. To use the drivers with this particular board (they are "universal drivers") use this setting for the board type:UTFT myGLCD(ITDB32S,38,39,40,41); // the ITB32s and correct pins for Mega shieldSo in summary:Pros:1. Great value for the money2. Everything worked greatCons:1. Not a "real" Arduino. You"ll have to decide for yourself how important this is to you.The nice thing about SainSmart is that they admit that they are cloning the Arduino boards. Most of the boards available on Amazon are counterfeits and the sellers are not particularly upfront about this. These counterfeit boards exactly copy the Arduino boards, definitely graying the area between legitimacy and piracy. SainSmart clearly marks their boards as clones. I appreciate this honesty in a company, especially when there"s more money to be made by tricking buyers into purchasing counterfeit boards.I highly recommend this package for anyone wanting to get into Arduino development or wanting a touchscreen. The value is great. Now, I guess I need to hunt down a 7" TFTP display to continue this adventure.[9/19/13] Update:After digging into the touch screen, I found that the UTouch lib had some serious accuracy problems, even after trying to use the calibration utility provided with the library. I re-wrote the lib and now I find that the accuracy of the screen is very good. To re-write the lib, you need to take these factors into account:1. The reading of the x values for the screen at the extreme left and right edges.2. The reading of the y values for the screen at the extreme top and bottom edges.This is confused a bit by the fact that the screen is natively in portrait mode. Which is to say that the long side is the y-axis and the short-side is the x-axis. I wanted a landscape mode, so I swapped the coordinates in my driver.Once you know the x and y extremes for the touch screen, simply use the map function to map them to the actual screen coordinates. This gives you a pretty accurate x and y for the display.The other issue I had was with how the touch screen was sampled. The library code polls the touch screen several times per read and averages the results to get a more accurate reading. In the case of "EXTREME" accuracy, it polls 10 times. The problem with this is that if you lift your stylus during the polling, the last few reads are bogus and throw the entire read off. You can see this happening in the SainSmart demo video that they posted for this device. The symptoms are that pixels get set on the sample paint program way far away from where the stylus is. Not cool! The fix is to only sample the screen if the screen is detecting the stylus as being pressed. You can do this by checking the dataAvailable() before each read in the poll. If there is no data available, don"t do the read.I wish I had a more effective method of sharing this information with the Arduino community.

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This is TFT LCD Extend shield for Arduino MEGA2560(R3). Using this shield can help you out of the bothers to use other cables. You just need to plug the module to Arduino MEGA2560(R3)  through this shield.

The shield defines that all the the data transmit ports are PC1-PC8 and PC12-PC19,the controll pins are PD0-PD3.The perfect design could realize that the data transmits in high speed.The SPI interface is designed in the ISP header of arduino due so that the SPI transfer with DMA could be achieved in high speed with no drag.

Adafruit_ST7735 is the library we need to pair with the graphics library for hardware specific functions of the ST7735 TFT Display/SD-Card controller.

In the file dialog select the downloaded ZIP file and your library will be installed automatically. This will automatically install the library for you (requires Arduino 1.0.5 or newer). Restarting your Arduino software is recommended as it will make the examples visible in the examples menu.

The easiest way to remedy this is by extracting the GitHub ZIP file. Place the files in a directory with the proper library name (Adafruit_GFX, Adafruit_ST7735 or SD) and zip the folder (Adafruit_GFX, Adafruit_ST7735.zip, SD.zip). Now the Arduino software can read and install the library automatically for you.

Basically, besides the obvious backlight, we tell the controller first what we are talking to with the CS pins. CS(TFT) selects data to be for the Display, and CS(SD) to set data for the SD-Card. Data is written to the selected device through SDA (display) or MOSI (SD-Card). Data is read from the SD-Card through MISO.

So when using both display and SD-Card, and utilizing the Adafruit libraries with a SainSmart display, you will need to connect SDA to MOSI, and SCL to SCLK.

As mentioned before, the display has a SLOW and a FAST mode, each serving it’s own purpose. Do some experiments with both speeds to determine which one works for your application. Of course, the need of particular Arduino pins plays a role in this decision as well …

Note: Adafruit displays can have different colored tabs on the transparent label on your display. You might need to adapt your code if your display shows a little odd shift. I noticed that my SainSmart display (gree tab) behaves best with the code for the black tab – try them out to see which one works best for yours.

Low Speed display is about 1/5 of the speed of High Speed display, which makes it only suitable for particular purposes, but at least the SPI pins of the Arduino are available.

After connecting the display in Low Speed configuration, you can load the first example from the Arduino Software (“File” “Example” “Adafruit_ST7735” –  recommend starting with the “graphictest“).

Below the code parts for a LOW SPEED display (pay attention to the highlighted lines) – keep in mind that the names of the pins in the code are based on the Adafruit display:

#define sclk 4 // SainSmart: SCL#define mosi 5 // SainSmart: SDA#define cs 6 // SainSmart: CS#define dc 7 // SainSmart: RS/DC#define rst 8 // SainSmart: RES

#define sclk 13 // SainSmart: SCL#define mosi 11 // SainSmart: SDA#define cs 10 // SainSmart: CS#define dc 9 // SainSmart: RS/DC#define rst 8 // SainSmart: RES

The SD-Card needs to be FAT-16 or FAT-32 formatted, single partition, and the BMP file needs to be placed in the root (ie. not in a directory or anything like that).

You can name your BMP file “parrot.bmp” or modify the Sketch to have the proper filename (in “spitftbitmap” line 70, and in “soft_spitftbitmap” line 74).

#define SD_CS 4 // Chip select line for SD card#define TFT_CS 10 // Chip select line for TFT display#define TFT_DC 9 // Data/command line for TFT#define TFT_RST 8 // Reset line for TFT (or connect to +5V)

#define SD_CS 4 // Chip select line for SD card#define TFT_CS 10 // Chip select line for TFT display#define TFT_DC 9 // Data/command line for TFT#define TFT_RST 8 // Reset line for TFT (or connect to +5V)

As you have seen before the Adafruit_GFX library (supported by the Adafruit_ST7735 library) makes this easy for us – More information can be found at the GFX Reference page.

To use this in your Arduino Sketch: The first 2 characters represent RED, the second set of two characters is for GREEN and the last 2 characters represent BLUE. Add ‘0x’ in front of each of these hex values when using them (‘0x’ designates a hexadecimal value).

Based on these functions, I did create a little demo to show what these functions do. Either download the file or just copy the code and paste it into an empty Arduino Sketch.

tft.print("Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Curabitur adipiscing ante sed nibh tincidunt feugiat. Maecenas enim massa, fringilla sed malesuada et, malesuada sit amet turpis. Sed porttitor neque ut ante pretium vitae malesuada nunc bibendum. Nullam aliquet ultrices massa eu hendrerit. Ut sed nisi lorem. In vestibulum purus a tortor imperdiet posuere. ");

The input is limited to a 5volt peak to peak waveform, unless you use a voltage divider at the input, and also limited to positive waveforms from 0 to 5 volts.