Hi I'm new to all this only started Soldering this year
for what i have read its the joins of solder that is the problem but i'm not sure if that is the case for me!
as i have gone over all of them and i still don't have text displaying
here are some picture of the Shield
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/1ue0zmal07oryp1/94JhuA8DBm
i noticed that in Adafruit_RGBLCDShield.h that Print.h is surrounded by quotation not < >
#include <inttypes.h>
#include "Print.h"
#include <Adafruit_MCP23017.h>
RGB 16x2 LCD Shield No Text
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Re: RGB 16x2 LCD Shield No Text
That all looks good. Have you tried adjusting the contrast pot (yellow knob in lower right)
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Re: RGB 16x2 LCD Shield No Text
*slap forhead* Thanks heaps i can see the text now!!
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Re: RGB 16x2 LCD Shield No Text
Ha! Just been down the same path. Put it together, colours work but no text. Then I read this Thanks Rick
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