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In this guide we’re going to show you how you can use the 1.8 TFT display with the Arduino. You’ll learn how to wire the display, write text, draw shapes and display images on the screen.

The 1.8 TFT is a colorful display with 128 x 160 color pixels. The display can load images from an SD card – it has an SD card slot at the back. The following figure shows the screen front and back view.

This module uses SPI communication – see the wiring below . To control the display we’ll use the TFT library, which is already included with Arduino IDE 1.0.5 and later.

The TFT display communicates with the Arduino via SPI communication, so you need to include the SPI library on your code. We also use the TFT library to write and draw on the display.

In which “Hello, World!” is the text you want to display and the (x, y) coordinate is the location where you want to start display text on the screen.

The 1.8 TFT display can load images from the SD card. To read from the SD card you use the SD library, already included in the Arduino IDE software. Follow the next steps to display an image on the display:

Note: some people find issues with this display when trying to read from the SD card. We don’t know why that happens. In fact, we tested a couple of times and it worked well, and then, when we were about to record to show you the final result, the display didn’t recognized the SD card anymore – we’re not sure if it’s a problem with the SD card holder that doesn’t establish a proper connection with the SD card. However, we are sure these instructions work, because we’ve tested them.

In this guide we’ve shown you how to use the 1.8 TFT display with the Arduino: display text, draw shapes and display images. You can easily add a nice visual interface to your projects using this display.

TFT LCD display flickering problem origins from vary sources. Topway"s technical support team worked with clients solved another screen flickering issue.

We have this customer, who uses Topway TFT LCD display on the new Programmable Electronic Loads project. An electronic load is a instrument that voltage and sinks current. Programmable electronic load, unlike passive resistive load, offers variety of voltage/current ranges and operates under multiple modes. It is an indispensable tool for functional test on batteries, solar cells, wind generator and other power sources.

During testing, customer observed serious screen flickering problem when the instrument operated in -10℃ environment. And the TFT LCD screen returned to normal after one minute in operation.

Topway"s support engineers joint customer"s project team immediately. The engineer group drew out a game plan to tackle the TFT LCD flickering problem.

Topway TFT LCD displays are designed to work in -20℃ to 70℃ environment. Stand-alone TFT LCD screen was lit up and put into below -10℃ room for 30 minutes. There was no flickering symptom observed. So the TFT LCD itself is not the culprit.

The engineers hooked up a monitor device on LCD screen"s power supply, saw no fluctuation in term of voltage and current. But LCD screen flickering persisted.

After analyzing Phase Locked Loop synthesizer output signal, engineers realized the frequency was set too high. Adjusting that solved the TFT LCD"s flickering issue.

Topway support team successfully help customer resolve the TFT screen issue. And the programmable electronic load device passed all the necessary tests.

In this Arduino touch screen tutorial we will learn how to use TFT LCD Touch Screen with Arduino. You can watch the following video or read the written tutorial below.

As an example I am using a 3.2” TFT Touch Screen in a combination with a TFT LCD Arduino Mega Shield. We need a shield because the TFT Touch screen works at 3.3V and the Arduino Mega outputs are 5 V. For the first example I have the HC-SR04 ultrasonic sensor, then for the second example an RGB LED with three resistors and a push button for the game example. Also I had to make a custom made pin header like this, by soldering pin headers and bend on of them so I could insert them in between the Arduino Board and the TFT Shield.

Here’s the circuit schematic. We will use the GND pin, the digital pins from 8 to 13, as well as the pin number 14. As the 5V pins are already used by the TFT Screen I will use the pin number 13 as VCC, by setting it right away high in the setup section of code.

I will use the UTFT and URTouch libraries made by Henning Karlsen. Here I would like to say thanks to him for the incredible work he has done. The libraries enable really easy use of the TFT Screens, and they work with many different TFT screens sizes, shields and controllers. You can download these libraries from his website, RinkyDinkElectronics.com and also find a lot of demo examples and detailed documentation of how to use them.

After we include the libraries we need to create UTFT and URTouch objects. The parameters of these objects depends on the model of the TFT Screen and Shield and these details can be also found in the documentation of the libraries.

So now I will explain how we can make the home screen of the program. With the setBackColor() function we need to set the background color of the text, black one in our case. Then we need to set the color to white, set the big font and using the print() function, we will print the string “Arduino TFT Tutorial” at the center of the screen and 10 pixels  down the Y – Axis of the screen. Next we will set the color to red and draw the red line below the text. After that we need to set the color back to white, and print the two other strings, “by HowToMechatronics.com” using the small font and “Select Example” using the big font.

I advise you to check this application noteAN4861describes the LCD-TFT display controller of the STM32 MCUs, and demonstrates how to use and configure the LTDC peripheral.

The ML-T analytical balances from Mettler Toledo are the most complete entry level analytical balances on the market. With large and vibrant color touchscreen displays, that can be operated with gloves on, these balances are incredibly easy to read and operate. The MonoBloc weighing cell is fast and durable and comes with Mettler Toledo"s FACT (fully automatic calibration and temperature) internal adjustment functionality. Three interfaces (USB, USB (host) and RS-232) come standard (Bluetooth is optional) and, when connected to a computer, can transmit data directly to open Windows programs like Excel, without additional software. ML-T balances are compact and can be run on batteries or the included AC adapter. The ingenious balance leveling function guides the user through leveling the balance with easy to follow on-screen instructions. The MinWeigh functionality allows operaters to set minimum weight tolerances for dosing and indicates limits by flashing green or red on the screen. ML-T are constructed with robust metal bottom housings and easy to clean ABS top housings. The draftshield is easy to take apart for cleaning and all parts are washing machine safe.

The MS-TS (touch screen) series of analytical balances brings Mettler-Toledo"s impressive MS line to a whole new level. The TS versions feature a huge optimized TFT color touch screen display that is operable even through lab gloves. Standard with the MS line, the TS versions have Mettler-Toledo"s renowned high performance MonoBloc weighing cell with ProFACT automatic internal adjustment. All balances in this line have rigid die-cast aluminum housings which improves balance life and stability. The touchscreen interface also has a MinWeigh function, which keeps the weight reading red until it reaches the pre-programmed minimun weight value, and a handy built-in leveling function that guides the user in levelling the balance.

I have a question regarding eliminating the flicker caused when a tft screen is refreshed. In my case, the screen displays a clock, and flickers with each second. I have tried to solve this issue myself with a solution I found here on the Adafruit forums, but could do with some help understanding the solution, and getting it to work with my sketch as I have been having some issues with that.

This thread gave me the hint "you may need to set up a fixed-size string and fill it with spaces each time before sprintf()ing into it...but this is an in-memory operation and would go very quickly, vs. accessing the display.", but I was not sure how to implement that. Improving 1.8 TFT SPI Speed? - adafruit industries

This thread seemed to solve the issue via the same method "i wrote a small "Format" function to pad the data with spaces. That way the total digit amount is the same, so painting the background black works in all cases." Adafruit 3.5" TFT 320x480 display / flicker issues - adafruit industries