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DFRobot display is not working?

userHead Casey.Connor 2023-10-21 10:34:09 1755 Views2 Replies

Hello – I have a “Fermion” DFRobot 420x320 display and I can't make it work.

 

I am connecting to an ESP32 DevKitC-VIE (pinout here).

 

I have done:

 

VCC→5V pin on ESP32

GND→GND

SCLK→18/"VSPI_SCK"

MOSI→23/"VSPI_MOSI"

MISO→19/"VSPI_MISO"

CS→5/"VSPI_SS"

RES→16/"GPIO16"

DC→17/"GPIO17"

BLK→not connected

SCL→22/"GPIO22"/"WIRE_SCL" (not using touch screen yet)

SDA→21/"GPIO21"/"WIRE_SDA" (not using touch screen yet)

INT→not connected (not using touch screen yet)

 

Example code:

 

#include <Arduino.h>

#include "DFRobot_GDL.h" //must add "SD" and "FS" in lib_deps

 

#define TFT_DC 17

#define TFT_CS 5

#define TFT_RST 16

 

DFRobot_ILI9488_320x480_HW_SPI screen(/*dc=*/TFT_DC,/*cs=*/TFT_CS,/*rst=*/TFT_RST);

 

void setup() {

Serial.begin(115200);

while (!Serial) delay(10);

Serial.println("reset");

}

 

void loop() {

Serial.println("fill screen");

screen.fillScreen(COLOR_RGB565_RED);

Serial.println("done");

delay(1000);

}


Terminal output is as expected:

 

fill screen

done

fill screen

done

 

…but the screen never turns red.

 

Any help? Thanks very much!

 

2023-10-21 21:49:31

Hi, I suggest you test the display in an Arduino UNO with the given code in the wiki.

 

https://wiki.dfrobot.com/3.5inches_480_320_TFT_LCD_Capacitive_Touchscreen_SKU_DFR0669

userHeadPic lia.ifat
2023-10-21 10:44:20

Second link is not working for some reason; pinout is here: https://docs.espressif.com/projects/esp-idf/en/latest/esp32/_images/esp32-devkitC-v4-pinout.png

userHeadPic Casey.Connor