Using the MEGA's additional timers for interrupts

Hello,

I am using a TFT touchscreen (Adafruit's one) and I am trying to implement a timer interrupt to run through several for loops once a second but the interrupts are (I think) being used for the touch screen. I am using the mega 2560 which has additional timers and I cannot figure out how to configure the timers to use them instead of timer0 timer1 timer2 which I believe the touch screen uses in the background. I am posting my code and the timers are included just below the header "Interrupts"

Please let me know what I need to change to use the additional timers in the MEGA

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*                     Include Statements 
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#include <Adafruit_GFX.h>    // Core graphics library
#include <Adafruit_TFTLCD.h> // Hardware-specific library
#include <TouchScreen.h>
#include <Timer.h>

/*********************************************************************************************************
*                     Define Statements 
/********************************************************************************************************/
#define YP A1  // must be an analog pin, use "An" notation!
#define XM A2  // must be an analog pin, use "An" notation!
#define YM 7   // can be a digital pin
#define XP 6   // can be a digital pin

//The min and max pixels of touch screen
#define TS_MINX 150
#define TS_MINY 120
#define TS_MAXX 920
#define TS_MAXY 940

// For better pressure precision, we need to know the resistance
// between X+ and X- Use any multimeter to read it
// For the one we're using, its 300 ohms across the X plate
TouchScreen ts = TouchScreen(XP, YP, XM, YM, 300);

#define LCD_CS A3
#define LCD_CD A2
#define LCD_WR A1
#define LCD_RD A0

// Assign human-readable names to some common 16-bit color values:
#define	BLACK   0x0000
#define	BLUE    0x001F
#define	RED     0xF800
#define	GREEN   0x07E0
#define CYAN    0x07FF
#define MAGENTA 0xF81F
#define YELLOW  0xFFE0
#define WHITE   0xFFFF


#define S3_pin 53
#define S2_pin 51
#define S1_pin 49
#define S0_pin 47

#define E0_pin 45
#define E1_pin 43
#define E2_pin 41
#define E4_pin 39

Adafruit_TFTLCD tft;

#define BOXSIZE   100



/*********************************************************************************************************
*                     Varaible Declaration Statements 
/********************************************************************************************************/
int Isready = 0; // ready to start building
int screen = 0; // selects the screen 
int Analog_voltage; //Analog voltage read




/*********************************************************************************************************
*                     Arduino Setup Statements
*
/********************************************************************************************************/
void setup(void) {
  Serial.begin(9600);
  

/**********************************************************************************************************
*                    Turn on Timer ISR
***********************************************************************************************************/
cli();//stop interrupts

//set timer0 interrupt at 2kHz
  TCCR0A = 0;// set entire TCCR2A register to 0
  TCCR0B = 0;// same for TCCR2B
  TCNT0  = 0;//initialize counter value to 0
  // set compare match register for 2khz increments
  OCR0A = 124;// = (16*10^6) / (2000*64) - 1 (must be <256)
  // turn on CTC mode
  TCCR0A |= (1 << WGM01);
  // Set CS11 and CS10 bits for 64 prescaler
  TCCR0B |= (1 << CS11) | (1 << CS10);   
  // enable timer compare interrupt
  TIMSK0 |= (1 << OCIE0A);

//set timer1 interrupt at 1Hz
  TCCR1A = 0;// set entire TCCR1A register to 0
  TCCR1B = 0;// same for TCCR1B
  TCNT1  = 0;//initialize counter value to 0
  // set compare match register for 1hz increments
  OCR1A = 15624;// = (16*10^6) / (1*1024) - 1 (must be <65536)
  // turn on CTC mode
  TCCR1B |= (1 << WGM12);
  // Set CS12 and CS10 bits for 1024 prescaler
  TCCR1B |= (1 << CS12) | (1 << CS10);  
  // enable timer compare interrupt
  TIMSK1 |= (1 << OCIE1A);

//set timer2 interrupt at 8kHz
  TCCR2A = 0;// set entire TCCR2A register to 0
  TCCR2B = 0;// same for TCCR2B
  TCNT2  = 0;//initialize counter value to 0
  // set compare match register for 8khz increments
  OCR2A = 249;// = (16*10^6) / (8000*8) - 1 (must be <256)
  // turn on CTC mode
  TCCR2A |= (1 << WGM21);
  // Set CS11 bit for 8 prescaler
  TCCR2B |= (1 << CS11);   
  // enable timer compare interrupt
  TIMSK2 |= (1 << OCIE2A);


sei();//allow interrupts

// reset something? 
  tft.reset();


  uint16_t identifier = tft.readID();


  tft.begin(identifier);


  pinMode(13, OUTPUT);
}

#define MINPRESSURE 10
#define MAXPRESSURE 1000


/*********************************************************************************************************
/                     Arduino Loop Statements
/*******************************************************************************************************/
void loop()
{
 
  digitalWrite(13, HIGH);// Get point on TFT board
  Point p = ts.getPoint();
  digitalWrite(13, LOW);

  // if sharing pins, you'll need to fix the directions of the touchscreen pins
  //pinMode(XP, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(XM, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(YP, OUTPUT);
  //pinMode(YM, OUTPUT);

  // we have some minimum pressure we consider 'valid'
  // pressure of 0 means no pressing!

  if (p.z > MINPRESSURE && p.z < MAXPRESSURE) {
    Serial.print("\tPressure = "); Serial.println(p.z);

    
    // scale from 0->1023 to tft.width
    p.x = map(p.x, TS_MINX, TS_MAXX, tft.width(), 0);
    p.y = map(p.y, TS_MINY, TS_MAXY, tft.height(), 0);
  
    Serial.print("("); Serial.print(p.x);
    Serial.print(", "); Serial.print(p.y);
    Serial.println(")");
   //Setup Complete
   
   //Start Screen 
   if (screen == 0){
     Isready = 0;
     tft.fillScreen(BLACK);
     tft.fillRect(20, 20, 200, 40, RED);
     tft.drawRect(20, 20, 200, 40, WHITE);
     tft.setCursor(30, 25);
     tft.setTextColor(WHITE);  tft.setTextSize(2); 
     tft.println("START BULILDING");
    
     if (((20 < p.y) && (p.y < 60 )) && ((20 < p.x) && (p.x < 220))) {
       Serial.println("hello screen 0");
       screen  = 1;
       delay(100);
     }
     else{
       Serial.println("Not Red Button");
       
     }
  }
  else if (screen == 1){
     Isready = 1;
     tft.fillScreen(BLACK);
     tft.fillRect(20, 20, 200, 40, GREEN);
     tft.drawRect(20, 20, 200, 40, WHITE);
     tft.setCursor(40, 30);
     tft.setTextColor(WHITE);  tft.setTextSize(2); 
     tft.println("  Ghost Block");
     
     tft.fillRect(20, 80, 200, 40, BLUE);
     tft.drawRect(20, 80, 200, 40, WHITE);
     tft.setCursor(40, 90);
     tft.setTextColor(WHITE);  tft.setTextSize(2); 
     tft.println(" UnGhost Block");
     
     if (((20 < p.y) && (p.y < 60 )) && ((20 < p.x) && (p.x < 220))) {
       Serial.println("hello screen 1");
       screen  = 1;
       delay(100);
     }
     else if (((80 < p.y) && (p.y < 120 )) && ((20 < p.x) && (p.x < 220))) {
       Serial.println("hello screen 3");
       screen  = 0;
       delay(100);
     }
     else{
       Serial.println("Not green Button");
     }

     }// else if screen = 1
    
     
  }//If pressure is correct 
 
}
//timer1 interrupt 1Hz 
ISR(TIMER1_COMPA_vect){
      for(int quadrent = 0; quadrent < 4; quadrent++){ 
       for(int channel= 0; channel < 16; channel++){
         if (quadrent == 0){
            set_channel(channel); // turns on channel
            Serial.println(quadrent);
            
  
            int Analog_voltage = analogRead(A15);
           }
         else if (quadrent == 1){
           set_channel(channel); // turns on channel
           int Analog_voltage = analogRead(A14);
           Serial.println(quadrent);
           
           }
         else if (quadrent == 2){
           set_channel(channel); // turns on channel
           int Analog_voltage = analogRead(A13);
           Serial.println(quadrent);
           
           }
         else {
            set_channel(channel); // turns on channel
            int Analog_voltage = analogRead(A12);
            Serial.println(quadrent);
          
            delay(1000);
           }
     }//second for loop
    }// first for loop  
 }//Interrupt  
 
  

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/                     Function Statements
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Thanks for your time :slight_smile: