Need pointing in the right direction (TFT diplay)

Using Arduino Displays
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Think I may just get a new shield/TFT want to go a bit bigger maybe a 2.8" or 3.2" are there any shields/tft's you would recommend

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I personally like SPI displays. The display with the ILI9341 looks best:
http://forum.arduino.cc/index.php?topic=222327

Oliver

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Been looking at this

Any thoughts? And how would I go about powering up the gps module if I had a shield? As it looks like that shield covers them all

Thanks

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Hi

Sainsmart is good. They also usually offer their own librarys.

And how would I go about powering up the gps module if I had a shield?

How is this related to the TFT?

covers them all

What do you mean by this?

Oliver

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At the moment im using vin and a ground pin to power the gps module but if you look at the pic below the shield plugs into them. Does the shield/tft need all of these?

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No. You can additionally attach (solder) the GPS module also.

Oliver

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Ok sweet and have been quickly looking about at them screens and was wondering if i could just write text to it? most of the stuff seems to be a bit more graphics orientated on that screen

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Have been looking into the UTFT fonts think these would work?

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3056rf:
Ok sweet and have been quickly looking about at them screens and was wondering if i could just write text to it? most of the stuff seems to be a bit more graphics orientated on that screen

You can make each individual pixel whatever colour you like - a font is just a group of pixels so, yes, you can write text to these screens. Some of the example sketches will show you what they can do.

3056rf:
Have been looking into the UTFT fonts think these would work?

Absolutely.

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Ok nice :slight_smile: have ordered that screen now should be with me within the next couple of days, thanks for all your help Oliver has really helped a lot!!