1.8" TFT Shield

[randrews]

I figured it out; I can run both graphicstest and graphicstest_highspeed on the shield now:

The difference was that shieldtest and graphicstest default to using different pins. At the top of the file, there is a set of #defines, like this:

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#define cs   6
#define dc   7
#define rst  8

Change these to match the corresponding lines in shieldtest; so cs ought to be 10, dc 8, and rst -1 (make sure you're looking at TFT_CS and not SD_CS in shieldtest). Then, to use highspeed graphics, below those are two different calls to Adafruit_ST7735(), one labeled "option 1" and one labeled "option 2". Comment out option 1 and use option 2, like this:

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// Option 1: use any pins but a little slower
//Adafruit_ST7735 tft = Adafruit_ST7735(cs, dc, mosi, sclk, rst);

// Option 2: must use the hardware SPI pins
Adafruit_ST7735 tft = Adafruit_ST7735(cs, dc, rst);


(I think this is the only difference between normal graphics mode and highspeed mode, and it seems like there's no reason not to do highspeed with the shield).

I did this and it worked perfectly! Really cool shield!

[craigs2]

I just got my new 1.8 TFT. I encountered the same issues noted in this thread.

Note that the default library referenced from the product page is still the old one. I had to find the one on this thread to make my shield work.

Like the comment above notes, after I switch the pin config to 10/8/-1, the graphics test worked like a charm.

I can't wait to build this into my project!