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Gadget999

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I am looking for a touchscreen and a bluetooth solution to build a touchpad/controller

Has anyone used the nextion screens ?

Ideally a screen and enclosure solution

Any suggestions greatly appreciated
 
I have used the Nextion in the past, i used the 7 inch model with capacitive touch.

1) I was not pleased with the editor, strange issues, sporadic loss of elements on the screen.
2) The fonts look really bad, ugly spacing between char's, no antialising.

Br Gigabyte
 
@gadget999 - Not me,

Might help to have an idea of which type ones you are looking at, I see some from banggood for maybe $21 and others from $200-$300 which are probably very different.
 
I use the heck out of the 2.4" and 2.8" inch TFT's (ILI9341) and HX8357 (3.5 inch units). I use all aspects such as graphics, SD usage and touch. I wish there were larger more affordable units. I use a combimation of adafruit buttons, my own libs, pauls font libs, etc. Not sure how i can help other than i've had very good luck with these units

Here are 2 examples of what I use these displays for
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCUUaf6nYE8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9F1ezGgaC4
 
Hi KrisKasprzak - thank you for the information

some neat projects there :) esp liking the thermal camera !


what do you use for enclosures ? 3d printing ?

Regards

G.
 
that looks like the same ones I use. drawing buttons is more dependent on the library and not the display. The library used is ili9341_t3. optimized for the teensy and supports Adafruit_GFX operations. Buttons are part of that lib. Using this lib I can create graphics, buttons, sliders, etc. jsut like what I show in my vids. I've also found a display that supports the getPixel function and I found a screen capture utility that will take a snapshot of the screen and save the image to an sd card.
 
I seriously doubt you fried your display. Send info on you pin connection and code.

the link shows an UNO that pumps out 5 volts, the display in the link may not be 5 volt tolerant. I use the heck out of these https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B017FZTIO6/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

They have resistors built in but still work. There are inline resistors to the SD card and i have to close them. and a jumper needs to get close to bypass the onboard 3v3 regulator. These units have full touch and work well.

Note the units in my link have black headers and for soem reason this unit supports getPixel() meaning i have a screen capture function to create an image of the screen. other units with yellow headers seem to not support the getPixel()...weird.
 
I'm using Nextion 4.3 Enhanced screens in a project. The screens work well. The Ide takes some getting used to (to put it mildly :D). The latest version of the Ide has much better fonts. The support forum is hosted by several abysmal jerks.
 
With the picture you posted, it uses 5v from an Arduino UNO type board. The Teensy 4.0/3.x/LC all run at 3.3v. Many displays can run at either 5v or 3.3v, but you need to check what the display actually does. You likely need to feed it 5v for the power, but usually you don't have to convert the data pins to 5v. For inputs from the display (like touch screen), you need to make sure the display never returns anything over 3.3v or you might fry your Teensy LC, 3.6, or 4.0 (the 3.2 and 3.5 are tolerant of 5v on digital inputs).

PJRC.com sells its own ILI9341 TFT display and there are optimized libraries for it. I would imagine the same pinout would be used on your display, but the pins may be in a different order.:

I have seen complaints that a lot of the random displays that you buy on ebay, amazon, or at buydisplay.com just don't work. So you need to test them.
 
ok i have the screen wired up as here using a T3.2 and no audio board

https://www.pjrc.com/store/display_ili9341_touch.html

Connections
ILI9341 Pin Teensy 3.x
Standard
VCC VIN
GND GND
CS 10
RESET +3.3V (not connected yet)
D/C 9
SDI (MOSI) 11 (DOUT)
SCK 13 (SCK)
LED VIN using 150 ohm resistor
SDO (MISO) 12 (DIN)

sketch is here

Code:
/***************************************************
  This is our GFX example for the Adafruit ILI9341 Breakout and Shield
  ----> http://www.adafruit.com/products/1651

  Check out the links above for our tutorials and wiring diagrams
  These displays use SPI to communicate, 4 or 5 pins are required to
  interface (RST is optional)
  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.
  MIT license, all text above must be included in any redistribution
 ****************************************************/
#define ILI9341_BLACK       0x0000  ///<   0,   0,   0
#define ILI9341_NAVY        0x000F  ///<   0,   0, 123
#define ILI9341_DARKGREEN   0x03E0  ///<   0, 125,   0
#define ILI9341_DARKCYAN    0x03EF  ///<   0, 125, 123
#define ILI9341_MAROON      0x7800  ///< 123,   0,   0
#define ILI9341_PURPLE      0x780F  ///< 123,   0, 123
#define ILI9341_OLIVE       0x7BE0  ///< 123, 125,   0
#define ILI9341_LIGHTGREY   0xC618  ///< 198, 195, 198
#define ILI9341_DARKGREY    0x7BEF  ///< 123, 125, 123
#define ILI9341_BLUE        0x001F  ///<   0,   0, 255
#define ILI9341_GREEN       0x07E0  ///<   0, 255,   0
#define ILI9341_CYAN        0x07FF  ///<   0, 255, 255
#define ILI9341_RED         0xF800  ///< 255,   0,   0
#define ILI9341_MAGENTA     0xF81F  ///< 255,   0, 255
#define ILI9341_YELLOW      0xFFE0  ///< 255, 255,   0
#define ILI9341_WHITE       0xFFFF  ///< 255, 255, 255
#define ILI9341_ORANGE      0xFD20  ///< 255, 165,   0
#define ILI9341_GREENYELLOW 0xAFE5  ///< 173, 255,  41
#define ILI9341_PINK        0xFC18  ///< 255, 130, 198

#include "SPI.h"
#include "Adafruit_GFX.h"
#include "Adafruit_ILI9341.h"

// For the Adafruit shield, these are the default.
#define TFT_CLK 13
#define TFT_MISO 12
#define TFT_MOSI 11
#define TFT_DC 9
#define TFT_CS 10
#define TFT_RST 9
// Use hardware SPI (on Uno, #13, #12, #11) and the above for CS/DC
//Adafruit_ILI9341 tft = Adafruit_ILI9341(TFT_CS, TFT_DC);
// If using the breakout, change pins as desired
Adafruit_ILI9341 tft = Adafruit_ILI9341(TFT_CS, TFT_DC, TFT_MOSI, TFT_CLK, TFT_RST, TFT_MISO);

void setup() {
  Serial.begin(9600);
  Serial.println("ILI9341 Test!"); 
 
  tft.begin();

  // read diagnostics (optional but can help debug problems)
  uint8_t x = tft.readcommand8(ILI9341_RDMODE);
  Serial.print("Display Power Mode: 0x"); Serial.println(x, HEX);
  x = tft.readcommand8(ILI9341_RDMADCTL);
  Serial.print("MADCTL Mode: 0x"); Serial.println(x, HEX);
  x = tft.readcommand8(ILI9341_RDPIXFMT);
  Serial.print("Pixel Format: 0x"); Serial.println(x, HEX);
  x = tft.readcommand8(ILI9341_RDIMGFMT);
  Serial.print("Image Format: 0x"); Serial.println(x, HEX);
  x = tft.readcommand8(ILI9341_RDSELFDIAG);
  Serial.print("Self Diagnostic: 0x"); Serial.println(x, HEX); 
  /*
  Serial.println(F("Benchmark                Time (microseconds)"));
  delay(10);
  Serial.print(F("Screen fill              "));
  Serial.println(testFillScreen());
  delay(500);

  Serial.print(F("Text                     "));
  Serial.println(testText());
  delay(3000);

  Serial.print(F("Lines                    "));
  Serial.println(testLines(ILI9341_CYAN));
  delay(500);

  Serial.print(F("Horiz/Vert Lines         "));
  Serial.println(testFastLines(ILI9341_RED, ILI9341_BLUE));
  delay(500);

  Serial.print(F("Rectangles (outline)     "));
  Serial.println(testRects(ILI9341_GREEN));
  delay(500);

  Serial.print(F("Rectangles (filled)      "));
  Serial.println(testFilledRects(ILI9341_YELLOW, ILI9341_MAGENTA));
  delay(500);

  Serial.print(F("Circles (filled)         "));
  Serial.println(testFilledCircles(10, ILI9341_MAGENTA));

  Serial.print(F("Circles (outline)        "));
  Serial.println(testCircles(10, ILI9341_WHITE));
  delay(500);

  Serial.print(F("Triangles (outline)      "));
  Serial.println(testTriangles());
  delay(500);

  Serial.print(F("Triangles (filled)       "));
  Serial.println(testFilledTriangles());
  delay(500);

  Serial.print(F("Rounded rects (outline)  "));
  Serial.println(testRoundRects());
  delay(500);

  Serial.print(F("Rounded rects (filled)   "));
  Serial.println(testFilledRoundRects());
  delay(500);

  Serial.println(F("Done!"));
*/
}


void loop(void) {
  tft.fillScreen(ILI9341_NAVY);
  tft.setCursor(0, 0);
  tft.setTextColor(ILI9341_WHITE);  tft.setTextSize(1);
  tft.println("Hello World!");
  tft.setTextColor(ILI9341_YELLOW); tft.setTextSize(2);
  tft.println(1234.56);
  tft.setTextColor(ILI9341_RED);    tft.setTextSize(3);
  tft.println(0xDEADBEEF, HEX);
  tft.println();
  tft.setTextColor(ILI9341_GREEN);
  tft.setTextSize(5);
  tft.println("Groop");
  tft.setTextSize(2);
  tft.println("I implore thee,");
  tft.setTextSize(1);
  tft.println("my foonting turlingdromes.");
  tft.println("And hooptiously drangle me");
  tft.println("with crinkly bindlewurdles,");
  tft.println("Or I will rend thee");
  tft.println("in the gobberwarts");
  tft.println("with my blurglecruncheon,");
  tft.println("see if I don't!");
  delay(5000);

}

unsigned long testFillScreen() {
  unsigned long start = micros();
  tft.fillScreen(ILI9341_BLACK);
  yield();
  tft.fillScreen(ILI9341_RED);
  yield();
  tft.fillScreen(ILI9341_GREEN);
  yield();
  tft.fillScreen(ILI9341_BLUE);
  yield();
  tft.fillScreen(ILI9341_BLACK);
  yield();
  return micros() - start;
}

unsigned long testText() {
  tft.fillScreen(ILI9341_BLACK);
  unsigned long start = micros();
  tft.setCursor(0, 0);
  tft.setTextColor(ILI9341_WHITE);  tft.setTextSize(1);
  tft.println("Hello World!");
  tft.setTextColor(ILI9341_YELLOW); tft.setTextSize(2);
  tft.println(1234.56);
  tft.setTextColor(ILI9341_RED);    tft.setTextSize(3);
  tft.println(0xDEADBEEF, HEX);
  tft.println();
  tft.setTextColor(ILI9341_GREEN);
  tft.setTextSize(5);
  tft.println("Groop");
  tft.setTextSize(2);
  tft.println("I implore thee,");
  tft.setTextSize(1);
  tft.println("my foonting turlingdromes.");
  tft.println("And hooptiously drangle me");
  tft.println("with crinkly bindlewurdles,");
  tft.println("Or I will rend thee");
  tft.println("in the gobberwarts");
  tft.println("with my blurglecruncheon,");
  tft.println("see if I don't!");
  return micros() - start;
}

unsigned long testLines(uint16_t color) {
  unsigned long start, t;
  int           x1, y1, x2, y2,
                w = tft.width(),
                h = tft.height();

  tft.fillScreen(ILI9341_BLACK);
  yield();
  
  x1 = y1 = 0;
  y2    = h - 1;
  start = micros();
  for(x2=0; x2<w; x2+=6) tft.drawLine(x1, y1, x2, y2, color);
  x2    = w - 1;
  for(y2=0; y2<h; y2+=6) tft.drawLine(x1, y1, x2, y2, color);
  t     = micros() - start; // fillScreen doesn't count against timing

  yield();
  tft.fillScreen(ILI9341_BLACK);
  yield();

  x1    = w - 1;
  y1    = 0;
  y2    = h - 1;
  start = micros();
  for(x2=0; x2<w; x2+=6) tft.drawLine(x1, y1, x2, y2, color);
  x2    = 0;
  for(y2=0; y2<h; y2+=6) tft.drawLine(x1, y1, x2, y2, color);
  t    += micros() - start;

  yield();
  tft.fillScreen(ILI9341_BLACK);
  yield();

  x1    = 0;
  y1    = h - 1;
  y2    = 0;
  start = micros();
  for(x2=0; x2<w; x2+=6) tft.drawLine(x1, y1, x2, y2, color);
  x2    = w - 1;
  for(y2=0; y2<h; y2+=6) tft.drawLine(x1, y1, x2, y2, color);
  t    += micros() - start;

  yield();
  tft.fillScreen(ILI9341_BLACK);
  yield();

  x1    = w - 1;
  y1    = h - 1;
  y2    = 0;
  start = micros();
  for(x2=0; x2<w; x2+=6) tft.drawLine(x1, y1, x2, y2, color);
  x2    = 0;
  for(y2=0; y2<h; y2+=6) tft.drawLine(x1, y1, x2, y2, color);

  yield();
  return micros() - start;
}

unsigned long testFastLines(uint16_t color1, uint16_t color2) {
  unsigned long start;
  int           x, y, w = tft.width(), h = tft.height();

  tft.fillScreen(ILI9341_BLACK);
  start = micros();
  for(y=0; y<h; y+=5) tft.drawFastHLine(0, y, w, color1);
  for(x=0; x<w; x+=5) tft.drawFastVLine(x, 0, h, color2);

  return micros() - start;
}

unsigned long testRects(uint16_t color) {
  unsigned long start;
  int           n, i, i2,
                cx = tft.width()  / 2,
                cy = tft.height() / 2;

  tft.fillScreen(ILI9341_BLACK);
  n     = min(tft.width(), tft.height());
  start = micros();
  for(i=2; i<n; i+=6) {
    i2 = i / 2;
    tft.drawRect(cx-i2, cy-i2, i, i, color);
  }

  return micros() - start;
}

unsigned long testFilledRects(uint16_t color1, uint16_t color2) {
  unsigned long start, t = 0;
  int           n, i, i2,
                cx = tft.width()  / 2 - 1,
                cy = tft.height() / 2 - 1;

  tft.fillScreen(ILI9341_BLACK);
  n = min(tft.width(), tft.height());
  for(i=n; i>0; i-=6) {
    i2    = i / 2;
    start = micros();
    tft.fillRect(cx-i2, cy-i2, i, i, color1);
    t    += micros() - start;
    // Outlines are not included in timing results
    tft.drawRect(cx-i2, cy-i2, i, i, color2);
    yield();
  }

  return t;
}

unsigned long testFilledCircles(uint8_t radius, uint16_t color) {
  unsigned long start;
  int x, y, w = tft.width(), h = tft.height(), r2 = radius * 2;

  tft.fillScreen(ILI9341_BLACK);
  start = micros();
  for(x=radius; x<w; x+=r2) {
    for(y=radius; y<h; y+=r2) {
      tft.fillCircle(x, y, radius, color);
    }
  }

  return micros() - start;
}

unsigned long testCircles(uint8_t radius, uint16_t color) {
  unsigned long start;
  int           x, y, r2 = radius * 2,
                w = tft.width()  + radius,
                h = tft.height() + radius;

  // Screen is not cleared for this one -- this is
  // intentional and does not affect the reported time.
  start = micros();
  for(x=0; x<w; x+=r2) {
    for(y=0; y<h; y+=r2) {
      tft.drawCircle(x, y, radius, color);
    }
  }

  return micros() - start;
}

unsigned long testTriangles() {
  unsigned long start;
  int           n, i, cx = tft.width()  / 2 - 1,
                      cy = tft.height() / 2 - 1;

  tft.fillScreen(ILI9341_BLACK);
  n     = min(cx, cy);
  start = micros();
  for(i=0; i<n; i+=5) {
    tft.drawTriangle(
      cx    , cy - i, // peak
      cx - i, cy + i, // bottom left
      cx + i, cy + i, // bottom right
      tft.color565(i, i, i));
  }

  return micros() - start;
}

unsigned long testFilledTriangles() {
  unsigned long start, t = 0;
  int           i, cx = tft.width()  / 2 - 1,
                   cy = tft.height() / 2 - 1;

  tft.fillScreen(ILI9341_BLACK);
  start = micros();
  for(i=min(cx,cy); i>10; i-=5) {
    start = micros();
    tft.fillTriangle(cx, cy - i, cx - i, cy + i, cx + i, cy + i,
      tft.color565(0, i*10, i*10));
    t += micros() - start;
    tft.drawTriangle(cx, cy - i, cx - i, cy + i, cx + i, cy + i,
      tft.color565(i*10, i*10, 0));
    yield();
  }

  return t;
}

unsigned long testRoundRects() {
  unsigned long start;
  int           w, i, i2,
                cx = tft.width()  / 2 - 1,
                cy = tft.height() / 2 - 1;

  tft.fillScreen(ILI9341_BLACK);
  w     = min(tft.width(), tft.height());
  start = micros();
  for(i=0; i<w; i+=6) {
    i2 = i / 2;
    tft.drawRoundRect(cx-i2, cy-i2, i, i, i/8, tft.color565(i, 0, 0));
  }

  return micros() - start;
}

unsigned long testFilledRoundRects() {
  unsigned long start;
  int           i, i2,
                cx = tft.width()  / 2 - 1,
                cy = tft.height() / 2 - 1;

  tft.fillScreen(ILI9341_BLACK);
  start = micros();
  for(i=min(tft.width(), tft.height()); i>20; i-=6) {
    i2 = i / 2;
    tft.fillRoundRect(cx-i2, cy-i2, i, i, i/8, tft.color565(0, i, 0));
    yield();
  }

  return micros() - start;
}

the screen does nothing

any suggestions greatly appreciated
 
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