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#MCUFRIEND_kbv
Library for Uno 2.4, 2.8, 3.5, 3.6, 3.95 inch mcufriend Shields
1. Install "Adafruit_GFX.h" library from GitHub into your User libraries folder if not already there.
1. The Arduino Library Manager should find and install MCUFRIEND_kbv library
2. Unzip the attached "MCUFRIEND_kbv.zip" into your User libraries folder.
2. Install the Adafruit_GFX library if not already in your User libraries.
3. Insert your Mcufriend style display shield into UNO. Only 28-pin shields are supported.
4. Start your Arduino IDE.
5. Build any of the Examples from the File->Examples->Mcufriend_kbv menu. e.g.
4. Build any of the Examples from the File->Examples->Mcufriend_kbv menu. e.g.
graphictest_kbv.ino: shows all the methods.
LCD_ID_readreg.ino: diagnostic check to identify unsupported controllers.
MCUFRIEND_kbv inherits all the methods from the
[url=https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-gfx-graphics-library/overview]Adafruit_GFX class[/url] and
[url=https://www.arduino.cc/en/Serial/Print]Print class[/url]
The only "new" methods are hardware related:
vertScroll(), readGRAM(), readPixel(), setAddrWindow(), pushColors(), readID(), begin()
readReg(), pushCommand() access the controller registers
HOW TO INSTALL AND USE: is now in "mcufriend_how_to.txt"