How to interface TFT ILI9431 LCD With Arduino

HI friends in thi video you will learn how to interface TFT ILI9431 LCD with Arduino its easy process, It's a simulation in proteus. you can also use TFT lcd shield its a color tft lcd . I hope you like this tutorial

Introduction to TFT LCD ILI9431

ILI9341 is a 262,144-shading single-chip SOC driver for a-TFT fluid precious stone showcase with goal of 240RGBx320

specks, containing a 720-channel source driver, a 320-channel door driver, 172,800 bytes GRAM for realistic

show information of 240RGBx320 specks, and power supply circuit.

ILI9341 upholds equal 8-/9-/16-/18-piece information transport MCU interface, 6-/16-/18-piece information transport RGB interface and

3-/4-line sequential fringe interface (SPI). The moving picture region can be indicated in interior GRAM by window

address work. The predefined window region can be refreshed specifically, so that moving picture can be

shown at the same time free of still picture region.

ILI9341 can work with 1.65V ~ 3.3V I/O interface voltage and a fused voltage devotee circuit to

produce voltage levels for driving a LCD. ILI9341 upholds full tone, 8-shading show mode and rest mode for

exact power control by programming and these highlights make the ILI9341 an optimal LCD driver for medium or little

size compact items, for example, computerized cells, PDA, MP3 and PMP where long battery duration is a

main issue.

 Arduino

An Arduino is an open-source microcontroller advancement board. In plain English, you can utilize the Arduino to understand sensors and control things like engines and lights. This permits you to transfer projects to this board which can then cooperate with things in reality. With this, you can cause gadgets which to answer and respond to the world in general.

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Fundamentally, assuming there is something in any capacity constrained by power, the Arduino can connect with it in some way. Furthermore, regardless of whether it isn't constrained by power, you can presumably still use things which are (like engines and electromagnets), to connect with it.

The conceivable outcomes of the Arduino are practically boundless. Thusly, it is absolutely impossible that that one single instructional exercise can cover all that you could at any point have to know. All things considered, I've put forth a valiant effort to give an essential outline of the key abilities and information that you want to make your Arduino ready. In the case of nothing more, this should work as a springboard into additional trial and error and learning.

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Code

/*************************************************** This is our GFX example for the Adafruit ILI9341 Breakout and Shield ----> http://www.adafruit.com/products/1651 Check out the links above for our tutorials and wiring diagrams These displays use SPI to communicate, 4 or 5 pins are required to interface (RST is optional) Adafruit invests time and resources providing this open source code, please support Adafruit and open-source hardware by purchasing products from Adafruit! Written by Limor Fried/Ladyada for Adafruit Industries. MIT license, all text above must be included in any redistribution ****************************************************/ #include "SPI.h" #include "Adafruit_GFX.h" #include "Adafruit_ILI9341.h" // For the Adafruit shield, these are the default. //#define TFT_DC 9 //#define TFT_CS 10 // Use hardware SPI (on Uno, #13, #12, #11) and the above for CS/DC //Adafruit_ILI9341 tft = Adafruit_ILI9341(TFT_CS, TFT_DC); // If using the breakout, change pins as desired Adafruit_ILI9341 tft = Adafruit_ILI9341(8, 9, 11, 13,10, 12); void setup() { Serial.begin(9600); Serial.println("ILI9341 Test!"); tft.begin(); // read diagnostics (optional but can help debug problems) uint8_t x = tft.readcommand8(ILI9341_RDMODE); Serial.print("Display Power Mode: 0x"); Serial.println(x, HEX); x = tft.readcommand8(ILI9341_RDMADCTL); Serial.print("MADCTL Mode: 0x"); Serial.println(x, HEX); x = tft.readcommand8(ILI9341_RDPIXFMT); Serial.print("Pixel Format: 0x"); Serial.println(x, HEX); x = tft.readcommand8(ILI9341_RDIMGFMT); Serial.print("Image Format: 0x"); Serial.println(x, HEX); x = tft.readcommand8(ILI9341_RDSELFDIAG); Serial.print("Self Diagnostic: 0x"); Serial.println(x, HEX); Serial.println(F("Benchmark Time (microseconds)")); delay(10); Serial.print(F("Screen fill ")); Serial.println(testFillScreen()); delay(500); Serial.print(F("Text ")); Serial.println(testText()); delay(3000); Serial.print(F("Lines ")); Serial.println(testLines(ILI9341_CYAN)); delay(500); Serial.print(F("Horiz/Vert Lines ")); Serial.println(testFastLines(ILI9341_RED, ILI9341_BLUE)); delay(500); Serial.print(F("Rectangles (outline) ")); Serial.println(testRects(ILI9341_GREEN)); delay(500); Serial.print(F("Rectangles (filled) ")); Serial.println(testFilledRects(ILI9341_YELLOW, ILI9341_MAGENTA)); delay(500); Serial.print(F("Circles (filled) ")); Serial.println(testFilledCircles(10, ILI9341_MAGENTA)); Serial.print(F("Circles (outline) ")); Serial.println(testCircles(10, ILI9341_WHITE)); delay(500); Serial.print(F("Triangles (outline) ")); Serial.println(testTriangles()); delay(500); Serial.print(F("Triangles (filled) ")); Serial.println(testFilledTriangles()); delay(500); Serial.print(F("Rounded rects (outline) ")); Serial.println(testRoundRects()); delay(500); Serial.print(F("Rounded rects (filled) ")); Serial.println(testFilledRoundRects()); delay(500); Serial.println(F("Done!")); } void loop(void) { for(uint8_t rotation=0; rotation<4; rotation++) { tft.setRotation(rotation); testText(); delay(1000); } } unsigned long testFillScreen() { unsigned long start = micros(); tft.fillScreen(ILI9341_BLACK); yield(); tft.fillScreen(ILI9341_RED); yield(); tft.fillScreen(ILI9341_GREEN); yield(); tft.fillScreen(ILI9341_BLUE); yield(); tft.fillScreen(ILI9341_BLACK); yield(); return micros() - start; } unsigned long testText() { tft.fillScreen(ILI9341_BLACK); unsigned long start = micros(); tft.setCursor(0, 0); tft.setTextColor(ILI9341_WHITE); tft.setTextSize(1); tft.println("Hello World!"); tft.setTextColor(ILI9341_YELLOW); tft.setTextSize(2); tft.println(1234.56); tft.setTextColor(ILI9341_RED); tft.setTextSize(3); tft.println(0xDEADBEEF, HEX); tft.println(); tft.setTextColor(ILI9341_GREEN); tft.setTextSize(5); tft.println("Groop"); tft.setTextSize(2); tft.println("I implore thee,"); tft.setTextSize(1); tft.println("my foonting turlingdromes."); tft.println("And hooptiously drangle me"); tft.println("with crinkly bindlewurdles,"); tft.println("Or I will rend thee"); tft.println("in the gobberwarts"); tft.println("with my blurglecruncheon,"); tft.println("see if I don't!"); return micros() - start; } unsigned long testLines(uint16_t color) { unsigned long start, t; int x1, y1, x2, y2, w = tft.width(), h = tft.height(); tft.fillScreen(ILI9341_BLACK); yield(); x1 = y1 = 0; y2 = h - 1; start = micros(); for(x2=0; x2<w; x2+=6) tft.drawLine(x1, y1, x2, y2, color); x2 = w - 1; for(y2=0; y2<h; y2+=6) tft.drawLine(x1, y1, x2, y2, color); t = micros() - start; // fillScreen doesn't count against timing yield(); tft.fillScreen(ILI9341_BLACK); yield(); x1 = w - 1; y1 = 0; y2 = h - 1; start = micros(); for(x2=0; x2<w; x2+=6) tft.drawLine(x1, y1, x2, y2, color); x2 = 0; for(y2=0; y2<h; y2+=6) tft.drawLine(x1, y1, x2, y2, color); t += micros() - start; yield(); tft.fillScreen(ILI9341_BLACK); yield(); x1 = 0; y1 = h - 1; y2 = 0; start = micros(); for(x2=0; x2<w; x2+=6) tft.drawLine(x1, y1, x2, y2, color); x2 = w - 1; for(y2=0; y2<h; y2+=6) tft.drawLine(x1, y1, x2, y2, color); t += micros() - start; yield(); tft.fillScreen(ILI9341_BLACK); yield(); x1 = w - 1; y1 = h - 1; y2 = 0; start = micros(); for(x2=0; x2<w; x2+=6) tft.drawLine(x1, y1, x2, y2, color); x2 = 0; for(y2=0; y2<h; y2+=6) tft.drawLine(x1, y1, x2, y2, color); yield(); return micros() - start; } unsigned long testFastLines(uint16_t color1, uint16_t color2) { unsigned long start; int x, y, w = tft.width(), h = tft.height(); tft.fillScreen(ILI9341_BLACK); start = micros(); for(y=0; y<h; y+=5) tft.drawFastHLine(0, y, w, color1); for(x=0; x<w; x+=5) tft.drawFastVLine(x, 0, h, color2); return micros() - start; } unsigned long testRects(uint16_t color) { unsigned long start; int n, i, i2, cx = tft.width() / 2, cy = tft.height() / 2; tft.fillScreen(ILI9341_BLACK); n = min(tft.width(), tft.height()); start = micros(); for(i=2; i<n; i+=6) { i2 = i / 2; tft.drawRect(cx-i2, cy-i2, i, i, color); } return micros() - start; } unsigned long testFilledRects(uint16_t color1, uint16_t color2) { unsigned long start, t = 0; int n, i, i2, cx = tft.width() / 2 - 1, cy = tft.height() / 2 - 1; tft.fillScreen(ILI9341_BLACK); n = min(tft.width(), tft.height()); for(i=n; i>0; i-=6) { i2 = i / 2; start = micros(); tft.fillRect(cx-i2, cy-i2, i, i, color1); t += micros() - start; // Outlines are not included in timing results tft.drawRect(cx-i2, cy-i2, i, i, color2); yield(); } return t; } unsigned long testFilledCircles(uint8_t radius, uint16_t color) { unsigned long start; int x, y, w = tft.width(), h = tft.height(), r2 = radius * 2; tft.fillScreen(ILI9341_BLACK); start = micros(); for(x=radius; x<w; x+=r2) { for(y=radius; y<h; y+=r2) { tft.fillCircle(x, y, radius, color); } } return micros() - start; } unsigned long testCircles(uint8_t radius, uint16_t color) { unsigned long start; int x, y, r2 = radius * 2, w = tft.width() + radius, h = tft.height() + radius; // Screen is not cleared for this one -- this is // intentional and does not affect the reported time. start = micros(); for(x=0; x<w; x+=r2) { for(y=0; y<h; y+=r2) { tft.drawCircle(x, y, radius, color); } } return micros() - start; } unsigned long testTriangles() { unsigned long start; int n, i, cx = tft.width() / 2 - 1, cy = tft.height() / 2 - 1; tft.fillScreen(ILI9341_BLACK); n = min(cx, cy); start = micros(); for(i=0; i<n; i+=5) { tft.drawTriangle( cx , cy - i, // peak cx - i, cy + i, // bottom left cx + i, cy + i, // bottom right tft.color565(i, i, i)); } return micros() - start; } unsigned long testFilledTriangles() { unsigned long start, t = 0; int i, cx = tft.width() / 2 - 1, cy = tft.height() / 2 - 1; tft.fillScreen(ILI9341_BLACK); start = micros(); for(i=min(cx,cy); i>10; i-=5) { start = micros(); tft.fillTriangle(cx, cy - i, cx - i, cy + i, cx + i, cy + i, tft.color565(0, i*10, i*10)); t += micros() - start; tft.drawTriangle(cx, cy - i, cx - i, cy + i, cx + i, cy + i, tft.color565(i*10, i*10, 0)); yield(); } return t; } unsigned long testRoundRects() { unsigned long start; int w, i, i2, cx = tft.width() / 2 - 1, cy = tft.height() / 2 - 1; tft.fillScreen(ILI9341_BLACK); w = min(tft.width(), tft.height()); start = micros(); for(i=0; i<w; i+=6) { i2 = i / 2; tft.drawRoundRect(cx-i2, cy-i2, i, i, i/8, tft.color565(i, 0, 0)); } return micros() - start; } unsigned long testFilledRoundRects() { unsigned long start; int i, i2, cx = tft.width() / 2 - 1, cy = tft.height() / 2 - 1; tft.fillScreen(ILI9341_BLACK); start = micros(); for(i=min(tft.width(), tft.height()); i>20; i-=6) { i2 = i / 2; tft.fillRoundRect(cx-i2, cy-i2, i, i, i/8, tft.color565(0, i, 0)); yield(); } return micros() - start; }

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