LCD RGB only - color Blue triggers response - Arduino Mega 2560

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I have my RGB LCD pins connected to 45, 44, 46, respectively, and I am able to see output only when I output the blue pin. I have a function colorPicker(int r, int g, int b) that takes in 3 integer values between 0-255. It outputs the subsequent analog value. If I have colorPicker(255, 0, 0) to test red, or colorPicker(0, 255, 0) to test green, I get a blank screen on my LCD screen. But if I do colorPicker(0, 0, 255) to test blue, I get my blue color.

Now before you tell me to check my wires and connections and all that 'necessary-prevention-method-for-a-timely-solution' business, when I have colorPicker(0, 255, 255), I actually get purple! When I try any combination, always including some value for the blue, I get different colored outputs. Only when blue isn't triggered do I get a blank screen.

Code is in check (let me know if you need to look at it).
Wiring is in check (hopefully, in my inexperienced world I still easily could have missed something).

Any thoughts on this puzzle?

Actually, here's the code anyway...

#include <LiquidCrystal.h>
#include <SPI.h>

LiquidCrystal lcd(8, 9, 4, 5, 6, 7);
const int red = 45;
const int green = 44;
const int blue = 46;

volatile boolean process_it;
char buff[2];
volatile byte spot = 0;

void setup()
{
  Serial.begin(115200);

  lcd.begin(16,2);
  pinMode(red, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(green, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(blue, OUTPUT);
  SPCR |= bit(SPE);
  SPI.attachInterrupt();
}


ISR (SPI_STC_vect)
{
  byte b = SPDR;
  buff[spot] = b;
  spot++;
  if (spot > 1) {
    spot = 0;
    process_it = true;
  }
}

void loop() {
  if (process_it)
  {
    byte c = buff[0];
    byte s = buff[1];
    Serial.println(c);
    situation(s);
    background(c);
    process_it = false;
  }
  delay(300);
}

void background(byte color) {
  switch (color)
  {
     case 0:
          colorPicker(255,0,0);
          break;
     case 1:
          colorPicker(0,255,0);
          break;
     case 2:
          colorPicker(0,0,255);
          break;
     case 3:
          colorPicker(127,0,255);
          break;
     case 4:
          colorPicker(255,51,153);
          break;
     case 5:
          colorPicker(0,255,255);
          break;
     case 6:
          colorPicker(255,255,0);
          break;
     case 7:
          colorPicker(255,128,0);
          break;
     case 8:
          colorPicker(224,224,224);
          break;
     case 9:
          colorPicker(153,153,0);
          break;
  }
}

void colorPicker(int r, int g, int b) {
   analogWrite(red,r);
   analogWrite(green,g);
   analogWrite(blue,b);
}

So every case you see that has a 0 in the blue spot does not produce a color, but the rest do.

  1. I am running SPI information from an FPGA in Labview. All relatively unimportant, my oscilloscope shows the data line coming in is ok. When I print the byte value of 'c', I get what I selected in my FPGA interface.
  2. Ignore the ISR function, I am also incorporating a string display system based on the same idea as the color display system. Each is represented by a byte, I send over 16 bits for 2 bytes, and the buffer stores those byte values and displays them to my serial monitor.

Again, everything works accordingly (as far as I know).

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If we believe you that code and wiring are perfect, then the only conclusion is that your screen is broken. Buy a new one.