hi, a friend of mine gave me a box a while ago full of arduino stuff. between that stuff was a touch screen and shield, i don't know where he got it (he didn't remember either) or how to make it work.
i've been googling for days now and tried EVERYTHING that came up there and here in the forums, i mean EVERYTHING. i am out of ideas, and don't know how to make it work, please does anybody know any hint of how to get this working? only thing i know is that the controller is xpc_2046. i am using an arduino mega 2560. i attach some pictures of the device.
You have three boards:
- 40-pin 3.3V display
- 40-pin Adapter Shield for Mega2560
- MEGA2560 Arduino
You plug (1) into (2) into (3)
Try Bodmer's TFT_HX8357 library.
Or UTFT.
You could Google www.womarts.com
Identify the display. It will tell you which controller is mounted (you can not see the TFT controller)
XPT2046 is for the Touch Screen.
David.
david_prentice:
You have three boards:
- 40-pin 3.3V display
- 40-pin Adapter Shield for Mega2560
- MEGA2560 Arduino
You plug (1) into (2) into (3)
Try Bodmer's TFT_HX8357 library.
Or UTFT.You could Google www.womarts.com
Identify the display. It will tell you which controller is mounted (you can not see the TFT controller)
XPT2046 is for the Touch Screen.David.
yes, i plug them that way and only get white screen, googling womarts was useless, their site is down, a few forum topics appear but none of them worked for me.
now i will try bodmer's library, i tried UTFT, using various display models (that appeared on the web, of people with similar screens) with no success
update: Bodmer's TFT_HX8357 didn't work either
i have found out that a majority of similar screens use ILI9341 controller, but i can't get it working with UTFT library or anything similar, is it possible that this shield uses other pins than the "regular" ones? and if so, how can i recognise which pins it's using? it hasn't got any info on the board, it does not appear on google, and it connects literally to all the pins on the mega