How to code a TFT?

[rclare15]

WARNING: I am REALLY NEW to arduino TFT so dont be mad at me

I had this 3.5inch TFT display I bought about 2 years ago and till this day I dont know how to PROPERLY use it. I have messed arround in the Libarys and TFT is working. All I want is the tft to display some values (alot of them). I was going to use a oled and/or a 16x2 lcd but they where too small for what I am doing. I feel like its too much work designing a whole tft screen my self in the arduino ide without live changes like microsoft vs code and always uploading over and over again. Is there a TFT desinger software that I can use instead?

the things that I want to display:
2 temp sensors
2 ultrasonic sensor values in cm
1 voltage sensor
2 amp sensor
RGB remote (with a button to chage to that screen)

I am willing to make funtions to change the screen data values using buttons or just buy a bigger one off amazon.

the TFT:

for ArduinoIDE 2560 Board Module, Longruner 3.5" TFT Shield Touch Display Screen...

Ive seen donebot workshop tft video (because he has the same tft as me) and all he did was show me the included libraries.

Thanks!

[jremington]

Adafruit has a good collection of tutorials on TFT displays and how to use their graphics libraries.

I feel like its too much work designing a whole tft screen my self

It IS a lot of work to make a nice display, real nit-picking work, and there are no shortcuts because everyone's data and applications are different.

If you want to pay someone to do it for you, post on the Jobs and Paid Consultancy forum section.

[hammy]

Did you get the CD with the display ? There are, I guess, Some examples on that.
Just go for something simple to start with -write "hello world" or something and go from there.

If you are a beginner it might better starting with a simple two line mono chrome display , what you have is not simple to use - and looks like it needs a arduino mega .

walk before you run - you have listed some tough objectives.