Hardware Reference
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as shown in the preceding screenshot. This change is required for the newer Ar-
duino IDE versions.
5. When you have made the change, go back and navigate to
File
|
Examples
|
TFT18
|
graphicstest
. This will open an example program that will run on your
Arduino and drive the display. Upload this, and you should see a graphical set of
test patterns on the display, as shown in the following image:
By the way, you may need to exercise a bit of patience; it can take some time for the
graphics to display. Now, you can present information on your display. You can also use
the example programs under the TFT library as well. Select the
TFTDisplayText
example
by navigating to
Examples
|
TFT
|
Arduino
|
TFTDisplayText
. This example program
shows you how to display text and a simple number on your display. Here is what this ex-
ample will look like on the display:
