RA8875 not found - Mega 2560

[John_RA]

Hello,

I've recently purchased Arduino 2560, the RA8875 driver, and the 7.0" inch resistive touchscreen display.

I've been trying for a while now, and seem to be unable to get a connection. Serial Monitor displays RA8875 not found. I've been using the basic buildtest example that comes with the RA8875 library. I changed the setup to have "!tft.begin(RA8875_800x480)" instead of the smaller screen version, but otherwise have left it alone.

I've checked several things, from SPI and RA8875 libraries to the hardware specs. I feel like i'm missing something simple, but can't seem to get a connection.

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/******************************************************************
 This is an example for the Adafruit RA8875 Driver board for TFT displays
 ---------------> http://www.adafruit.com/products/1590
 The RA8875 is a TFT driver for up to 800x480 dotclock'd displays
 It is tested to work with displays in the Adafruit shop. Other displays
 may need timing adjustments and are not guanteed to work.
 
 Adafruit invests time and resources providing this open
 source code, please support Adafruit and open-source hardware
 by purchasing products from Adafruit!
 
 Written by Limor Fried/Ladyada for Adafruit Industries.
 BSD license, check license.txt for more information.
 All text above must be included in any redistribution.
 ******************************************************************/

#include <SPI.h>
#include "Adafruit_GFX.h"
#include "Adafruit_RA8875.h"


// Library only supports hardware SPI at this time
// Connect SCLK to UNO Digital #13 (Hardware SPI clock)
// Connect MISO to UNO Digital #12 (Hardware SPI MISO)
// Connect MOSI to UNO Digital #11 (Hardware SPI MOSI)
#define RA8875_INT 3
#define RA8875_CS 10
#define RA8875_RESET 9

Adafruit_RA8875 tft = Adafruit_RA8875(RA8875_CS, RA8875_RESET);
uint16_t tx, ty;

void setup() 
{
  Serial.begin(9600);
  Serial.println("RA8875 start");

  /* Initialise the display using 'RA8875_480x272' or 'RA8875_800x480' */
  if (!tft.begin(RA8875_800x480)) {
    Serial.println("RA8875 Not Found!");
    while (1);
  }

  Serial.println("Found RA8875");

  tft.displayOn(true);
  tft.GPIOX(true);      // Enable TFT - display enable tied to GPIOX
  tft.PWM1config(true, RA8875_PWM_CLK_DIV1024); // PWM output for backlight
  tft.PWM1out(255);

  // With hardware accelleration this is instant
  tft.fillScreen(RA8875_WHITE);

  // Play with PWM
  for (uint8_t i=255; i!=0; i-=5 ) 
  {
    tft.PWM1out(i); 
    delay(10);
  }  
  for (uint8_t i=0; i!=255; i+=5 ) 
  {
    tft.PWM1out(i); 
    delay(10);
  }
  tft.PWM1out(255); 
  
  tft.fillScreen(RA8875_RED);
  delay(500);
  tft.fillScreen(RA8875_YELLOW);
  delay(500);
  tft.fillScreen(RA8875_GREEN);
  delay(500);
  tft.fillScreen(RA8875_CYAN);
  delay(500);
  tft.fillScreen(RA8875_MAGENTA);
  delay(500);
  tft.fillScreen(RA8875_BLACK);
  
  // Try some GFX acceleration!
  tft.drawCircle(100, 100, 50, RA8875_BLACK);
  tft.fillCircle(100, 100, 49, RA8875_GREEN);
  
  tft.fillRect(11, 11, 398, 198, RA8875_BLUE);
  tft.drawRect(10, 10, 400, 200, RA8875_GREEN);
  tft.fillRoundRect(200, 10, 200, 100, 10, RA8875_RED);
  tft.drawPixel(10,10,RA8875_BLACK);
  tft.drawPixel(11,11,RA8875_BLACK);
  tft.drawLine(10, 10, 200, 100, RA8875_RED);
  tft.drawTriangle(200, 15, 250, 100, 150, 125, RA8875_BLACK);
  tft.fillTriangle(200, 16, 249, 99, 151, 124, RA8875_YELLOW);
  tft.drawEllipse(300, 100, 100, 40, RA8875_BLACK);
  tft.fillEllipse(300, 100, 98, 38, RA8875_GREEN);
  // Argument 5 (curvePart) is a 2-bit value to control each corner (select 0, 1, 2, or 3)
  tft.drawCurve(50, 100, 80, 40, 2, RA8875_BLACK);  
  tft.fillCurve(50, 100, 78, 38, 2, RA8875_WHITE);
  
  pinMode(RA8875_INT, INPUT);
  digitalWrite(RA8875_INT, HIGH);
  
  tft.touchEnable(true);
    
  Serial.print("Status: "); Serial.println(tft.readStatus(), HEX);
  Serial.println("Waiting for touch events ...");
}

void loop() 
{
  float xScale = 1024.0F/tft.width();
  float yScale = 1024.0F/tft.height();

  /* Wait around for touch events */
  if (! digitalRead(RA8875_INT)) 
  {
    if (tft.touched()) 
    {
      Serial.print("Touch: "); 
      tft.touchRead(&tx, &ty);
      Serial.print(tx); Serial.print(", "); Serial.println(ty);
      /* Draw a circle */
      tft.fillCircle((uint16_t)(tx/xScale), (uint16_t)(ty/yScale), 4, RA8875_WHITE);
    } 
  }
}

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[Franklin97355]

You need to solder the headers on the RA8875.