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In the oscilloscope, signal data is read from Arduino’s pin A5. This data value is mapped to display coordinates. Then the value is used to draw each pixel to create the waveform of the signal

In the RGB Mixer, when a slider is touched, map the touch cordinates to display cordinates. Then draw a black box in the slider’s current position. After that, draw the colour box again with the new display cordinates. Map the display position to a value between 0 and 255 and create the RGB colour combination to show in the top right corner of the screen.

Like the second poster to this question is seems has a reading comprehension program. I don"t need to make that work or find the errors in it. I need a menu already built for this device. I thought that was quite clear.

TcMenu supports a wide range of rendering devices, from HD44780 based units using our LiquidCrystal fork through to mono OLEDs and full colour TFT displays using Adafruit_GFX and TFT_eSPI library. Over to the left you see an example of rendering to OLED device with title widgets.

How a menu will look on the device will largely depend on which display is used. However, there are a few common features of all displays. They can generally all have a title, and the title can nearly always contain title widgets. Title widgets provide a way to present the graphical state of something within the system in a small icon, the most common would be the signal strength indicator, or a connection status icon. An example showing this is presented below:

In order to allow for a wide range of displays, we provide multiple extension points within the rendering class hierarchy, and keep as much functionality as possible in the core.

From the above diagram we can see that most graphical and LCD displays (except Uno cases) extend from at least the BaseGraphicalRenderer. And in fact all the true graphical displays extend from GraphicsDeviceRenderer and then have a custom drawable. The benefit of GraphicsDeviceRenderer is that does all the complex logic, and the drawable just has to implement the drawing glue code that calls into the library.

Type: BaseMenuRenderer in BaseRenderers.h - this just provides a few functions to help formatting items, taking over the display and handling dialogs.

In all cases the display plugins will create a global variable called renderer in your sketch. It will be at least of type MenuRenderer meaning that you can rely on an absolute base set of functionality. In most cases it will be of BaseGraphicalRenderer or GraphicsDeviceRenderer so you will be able to rely on nearly all functions being available.

Usually, the renderer is initialised during menu setup and this starts a task manager timer task that calls the display back frequently to check if anything needs drawing. It is this task that keeps the screen up-to-date.

It is also possible to present a simple dialog for either information, or Yes / No question onto almost all supported displays. Along with this you can optionally decide to let the dialog show on any remote connections, taking over the top of the display similar to an Alert Box.

Controllers allow you far more control over a dialog, you can not only add additional menu items and buttons to the dialog, but you can also be informed when dialog buttons are pressed before the dialog ends, and be informed when it is initialising.

You can add additional menu items of any type to the dialog, you can even add more buttons, additional buttons should be of this type [https://www.thecoderscorner.com/ref-docs/tcmenu/html/class_local_dialog_button_menu_item.html].

The easiest way to use touch support, is from tcMenuDesigner where it can be automatically added to appropriate display devices, this just explains how designer adds touch support for those who want more information, or wish to do it manually.

For all displays including LiquidCrystal we support the concept of title widgets. Title widgets allow a small icon to be presented in the title area that can have a number of states. A non exhaustive list of examples of this:

In this article, you will learn how to use TFT LCDs by Arduino boards. From basic commands to professional designs and technics are all explained here.

In electronic’s projects, creating an interface between user and system is very important. This interface could be created by displaying useful data, a menu, and ease of access. A beautiful design is also very important.

There are several components to achieve this. LEDs,  7-segments, Character and Graphic displays, and full-color TFT LCDs. The right component for your projects depends on the amount of data to be displayed, type of user interaction, and processor capacity.

TFT LCD is a variant of a liquid-crystal display (LCD) that uses thin-film-transistor (TFT) technology to improve image qualities such as addressability and contrast. A TFT LCD is an active matrix LCD, in contrast to passive matrix LCDs or simple, direct-driven LCDs with a few segments.

In Arduino-based projects, the processor frequency is low. So it is not possible to display complex, high definition images and high-speed motions. Therefore, full-color TFT LCDs can only be used to display simple data and commands.

In this article, we have used libraries and advanced technics to display data, charts, menu, etc. with a professional design. This can move your project presentation to a higher level.

In electronic’s projects, creating an interface between user and system is very important. This interface could be created by displaying useful data, a menu, and ease of access. A beautiful design is also very important.

There are several components to achieve this. LEDs,  7-segments, Character and Graphic displays, and full-color TFT LCDs. The right component for your projects depends on the amount of data to be displayed, type of user interaction, and processor capacity.

TFT LCD is a variant of a liquid-crystal display (LCD) that uses thin-film-transistor (TFT) technology to improve image qualities such as addressability and contrast. A TFT LCD is an active matrix LCD, in contrast to passive matrix LCDs or simple, direct-driven LCDs with a few segments.

In Arduino-based projects, the processor frequency is low. So it is not possible to display complex, high definition images and high-speed motions. Therefore, full-color TFT LCDs can only be used to display simple data and commands.

In this article, we have used libraries and advanced technics to display data, charts, menu, etc. with a professional design. This can move your project presentation to a higher level.

Size of displays affects your project parameters. Bigger Display is not always better. if you want to display high-resolution images and signs, you should choose a big size display with higher resolution. But it decreases the speed of your processing, needs more space and also needs more current to run.

After choosing the right display, It’s time to choose the right controller. If you want to display characters, tests, numbers and static images and the speed of display is not important, the Atmega328 Arduino boards (such as Arduino UNO) are a proper choice. If the size of your code is big, The UNO board may not be enough. You can use Arduino Mega2560 instead. And if you want to show high resolution images and motions with high speed, you should use the ARM core Arduino boards such as Arduino DUE.

In electronics/computer hardware a display driver is usually a semiconductor integrated circuit (but may alternatively comprise a state machine made of discrete logic and other components) which provides an interface function between a microprocessor, microcontroller, ASIC or general-purpose peripheral interface and a particular type of display device, e.g. LCD, LED, OLED, ePaper, CRT, Vacuum fluorescent or Nixie.

The display driver will typically accept commands and data using an industry-standard general-purpose serial or parallel interface, such as TTL, CMOS, RS232, SPI, I2C, etc. and generate signals with suitable voltage, current, timing and demultiplexing to make the display show the desired text or image.

The LCDs manufacturers use different drivers in their products. Some of them are more popular and some of them are very unknown. To run your display easily, you should use Arduino LCDs libraries and add them to your code. Otherwise running the display may be very difficult. There are many free libraries you can find on the internet but the important point about the libraries is their compatibility with the LCD’s driver. The driver of your LCD must be known by your library. In this article, we use the Adafruit GFX library and MCUFRIEND KBV library and example codes. You can download them from the following links.

You must add the library and then upload the code. If it is the first time you run an Arduino board, don’t worry. Just follow these steps:Go to www.arduino.cc/en/Main/Software and download the software of your OS. Install the IDE software as instructed.

By these two functions, You can find out the resolution of the display. Just add them to the code and put the outputs in a uint16_t variable. Then read it from the Serial port by Serial.println(); . First add Serial.begin(9600); in setup().

First you should convert your image to hex code. Download the software from the following link. if you don’t want to change the settings of the software, you must invert the color of the image and make the image horizontally mirrored and rotate it 90 degrees counterclockwise. Now add it to the software and convert it. Open the exported file and copy the hex code to Arduino IDE. x and y are locations of the image. sx and sy are sizes of image. you can change the color of the image in the last input.

Upload your image and download the converted file that the UTFT libraries can process. Now copy the hex code to Arduino IDE. x and y are locations of the image. sx and sy are size of the image.

In this template, We converted a .jpg image to .c file and added to the code, wrote a string and used the fade code to display. Then we used scroll code to move the screen left. Download the .h file and add it to the folder of the Arduino sketch.

In this template, We used sin(); and cos(); functions to draw Arcs with our desired thickness and displayed number by text printing function. Then we converted an image to hex code and added them to the code and displayed the image by bitmap function. Then we used draw lines function to change the style of the image. Download the .h file and add it to the folder of the Arduino sketch.

In this template, We created a function which accepts numbers as input and displays them as a pie chart. We just use draw arc and filled circle functions.

In this template, We added a converted image to code and then used two black and white arcs to create the pointer of volumes.  Download the .h file and add it to the folder of the Arduino sketch.

In this template, We added a converted image and use the arc and print function to create this gauge.  Download the .h file and add it to folder of the Arduino sketch.

while (a < b) { Serial.println(a); j = 80 * (sin(PI * a / 2000)); i = 80 * (cos(PI * a / 2000)); j2 = 50 * (sin(PI * a / 2000)); i2 = 50 * (cos(PI * a / 2000)); tft.drawLine(i2 + 235, j2 + 169, i + 235, j + 169, tft.color565(0, 255, 255)); tft.fillRect(200, 153, 75, 33, 0x0000); tft.setTextSize(3); tft.setTextColor(0xffff); if ((a/20)>99)

while (b < a) { j = 80 * (sin(PI * a / 2000)); i = 80 * (cos(PI * a / 2000)); j2 = 50 * (sin(PI * a / 2000)); i2 = 50 * (cos(PI * a / 2000)); tft.drawLine(i2 + 235, j2 + 169, i + 235, j + 169, tft.color565(0, 0, 0)); tft.fillRect(200, 153, 75, 33, 0x0000); tft.setTextSize(3); tft.setTextColor(0xffff); if ((a/20)>99)

In this template, We display simple images one after each other very fast by bitmap function. So you can make your animation by this trick.  Download the .h file and add it to folder of the Arduino sketch.

In this template, We just display some images by RGBbitmap and bitmap functions. Just make a code for touchscreen and use this template.  Download the .h file and add it to folder of the Arduino sketch.

You may have used an electronic device with a small Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) which has a textual hierarchical menu system for setting device configuration parameters. If you have tried writing menu code for your Arduino projects, you will recognise the challenge in developing a generic menu system for an open prototyping platform. This is because there are many input and display devices available, and a generic menu system must be independent of whichever input and display devices you wish to use. With our Arduino menu library, this independence is achieved by having the menu manager code use callback methods for handling user input and rendering the menu display.

To keep things simple, all coding examples have been targeted to work with an R3 Arduino Uno/Leonardo/Mega2560, and an LCD keypad shield similar to one illustrated above. There are numerous manufacturers of LCD keypad shields that have the same or similar pin connections, and you must ensure that the sample menu code uses the pin connections that are right for your shield. If the keypad buttons of your shield give different analog readings, you’ll need to make changes to file LcdKeypad.h. Bear in mind that the analog readings are not always consistent, which can lead to the occasional misreporting of a button press. Once you become familiar with the menu library, adapting it for use with other input and display devices should be straight-forward.

With numerous menu libraries readily available, why use this Arduino menu library? We think it is easier to use thanks to our online code generator, and has better memory efficiency with its use of PROGMEM. Watch the short video clip below and see for yourself.

Download the following Arduino sample project for testing out your menus. You’ll need to find and install the TimerOne library for the code to compile.

Our free online menu builder allows you to paste in a simple Xml representation of your menu, from which the Arduino menu source code is generated automatically. Use the sample Xml included in the project you just downloaded to get started.

After successfully uploading your Arduino project, test out your menu. Now that you have a menu in place, you can work on the main logic of your application. If you need to rework your menu in the future, the MenuData.h file has a copy of the xml that was used to generate it, which you can copy and paste in to the online menu builder.

You can use the downloaded sample Arduino project as a starting point for your own coding requirements. You will need to write your own code in the body of method processMenuCommand(byte cmdId) to determine what must be done when a menu item is selected. The cmdId parameter is the Id you associate with a menu item in your menu Xml file. Callback method getNavAction() handles user input, and callback method refreshMenuDisplay(byte refreshMode) renders the menu. To work with other input and display devices you’ll need to re-write the code in these methods. Some LCD keypad shields are not suited for hardware PWM backlight control, and as such the coding example uses a soft PWM alternative.

The Select button on the LCD shield starts/stops a timer, with a long press resetting the timer. A long press of Up enters the menu. Up/Down/Right buttons are for navigating the menu, and Select for choosing a menu item. When an item is selected, Up/Down are used for changing values. When the Reset menu item is displayed, a long press of Select loads default configuration values. Digital pin 2 is used for activating a beeper for the alarm. Examining the source should give you good insight for using the menu system in your own projects. If you find this Arduino menu library guide useful, please share it.

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I"ve just followed a tutorial so that when a button is pressed it goes through a menu. Click once, next slide. Only issue is it isn"t appearing on my screen at all. It has uploaded but I"m a total novice when it comes to breadboards etc. Here is my code:

Hi! A menu on a TFT LCD display shield using Arduino would be nice right ? Here’s a demo of a simple menu I created. The complete code is available too.

In the oscilloscope, signal data is read from Arduino’s pin A5. This data value is mapped to display coordinates. Then the value is used to draw each pixel to create the waveform of the signal

In the RGB Mixer, when a slider is touched, map the touch cordinates to display cordinates. Then draw a black box in the slider’s current position. After that, draw the colour box again with the new display cordinates. Map the display position to a value between 0 and 255 and create the RGB colour combination to show in the top right corner of the screen.

The four sample codes: DisplayString, DrawGraphic, ShowBMP, and TouchPanel are used to display strings, graphics, pictures in BMP format, and touch pen functions.

Before performing the ShowImage display picture experiment, first, copy the pictures in the PIC folder in the data to the root directory of the SD card

Before experimenting with the TouchPanel, the touchscreen must be calibrated according to the displayed prompts. Open the corresponding project, burn the program, and you will be prompted when running:

The demos are developed based on the HAL library. Download the program, find the STM32 program file directory, and open the STM32 with four project folders: DisplayString, DrawGraphic, ShowImage, and Touchscreen.

The four sample codes: DisplayString, DrawGraphic, ShowBMP, and TouchPanel are used to display strings, graphics, pictures in BMP format, and touch pen functions.

Before performing the ShowImage display picture experiment, first, copy the pictures in the PIC folder in the data to the root directory of the SD card

Before experimenting with the TouchPanel, the touchscreen must be calibrated according to the displayed prompts. Open the corresponding project, burn the program, and you will be prompted when running:

Hi guys, welcome to today’s tutorial. Today, we will look on how to use the 1.8″ ST7735  colored TFT display with Arduino. The past few tutorials have been focused on how to use the Nokia 5110 LCD display extensively but there will be a time when we will need to use a colored display or something bigger with additional features, that’s where the 1.8″ ST7735 TFT display comes in.

The ST7735 TFT display is a 1.8″ display with a resolution of 128×160 pixels and can display a wide range of colors ( full 18-bit color, 262,144 shades!). The display uses the SPI protocol for communication and has its own pixel-addressable frame buffer which means it can be used with all kinds of microcontroller and you only need 4 i/o pins. To complement the display, it also comes with an SD card slot on which colored bitmaps can be loaded and easily displayed on the screen.

The schematics for this project is fairly easy as the only thing we will be connecting to the Arduino is the display. Connect the display to the Arduino as shown in the schematics below.

Due to variation in display pin out from different manufacturers and for clarity, the pin connection between the Arduino and the TFT display is mapped out below:

We will use two example sketches to demonstrate the use of the ST7735 TFT display. The first example is the lightweight TFT Display text example sketch from the Adafruit TFT examples. It can be accessed by going to examples -> TFT -> Arduino -> TFTDisplaytext. This example displays the analog value of pin A0 on the display. It is one of the easiest examples that can be used to demonstrate the ability of this display.

The second example is the graphics test example from the more capable and heavier Adafruit ST7735 Arduino library. I will explain this particular example as it features the use of the display for diverse purposes including the display of text and “animated” graphics. With the Adafruit ST7735 library installed, this example can be accessed by going to examples -> Adafruit ST7735 library -> graphics test.

The first thing, as usual, is to include the libraries to be used after which we declare the pins on the Arduino to which our LCD pins are connected to. We also make a slight change to the code setting reset pin as pin 8 and DC pin as pin 9 to match our schematics.

Next, we create an object of the library with the pins to which the LCD is connected on the Arduino as parameters. There are two options for this, feel free to choose the most preferred.

Next, we move to the void setup function where we initialize the screen and call different test functions to display certain texts or images.  These functions can be edited to display what you want based on your project needs.

The complete code for this is available under the libraries example on the Arduino IDE. Don’t forget to change the DC and the RESET pin configuration in the code to match the schematics.

Uploading the code to the Arduino board brings a flash of different shapes and text with different colors on the display. I captured one and its shown in the image below.

That’s it for this tutorial guys, what interesting thing are you going to build with this display? Let’s get the conversation started. Feel free to reach me via the comment section if you have any questions as regards this project.