LCD display with ILI9341 driver on Arduino

david_prentice:
In fact most of these libraries will make some form of diagnostic report on the Serial Terminal. (you need to connect MISO line to #12. you do not need the 4050)

Will have to look into this.

bodmer:
@Atomic_Sheep

Have you identified pin 1 correctly and plugged the 4050 in the correct way around?

Yer pretty sure I'm right in this department.

Pin 1 is bottom right with the red cable.

bodmer:
Is the backlight LED working? If it is, you should see some white light leaking out around the edges of the display.

No the unit is completely blank.

Bought one of those Logic Level converter modules from Arduino.

Maybe there's something wrong with my 4050. I'll use it for the SS signal... see how I go.