Introduction: UTFT LCD User Guide

UTFT LCD are Wide Screen Modules , 40pins interface , not just a LCD break but include the Touch , SD card and Flash design. So it’s a powerful extension module for your project. The Screen include a controller SSD1963, it’s a interface supporting 16bit data, easy to drive by many MCU like STM32 ,AVR and 8051 etc.

Application Ideas:

  • Digital Photo Frame (DPF) l
  • Video terminals
  • Instrumentation
  • GPS
  • Game consoles
  • Video phones and Portable VCD, DVD

As many people have questions about the UTFT Usage, we specially take 5'' TFT LCD as an example, making the UTFT LCD User Guide and the UTFT Tutorial video to demonstrate UTFT LCD operations.

Step 1: Hardware and Software Preparation

Step 2: Hardware Operation

1. Assemble the Mega 2560 and the TFT Mega Shield

2. Put the 5'' TFT LCD together with the assembled device, and then connect it to PC with USB cable.

Step 3: Software Operation

1. Download the UTFT Library from here

2. Unzip the UTFT, and then put it into the file of Arduino-1.0.5/libraries

3. Click the file of UTFT, and then open the memorysaver.

4. By disabling the controllers you don't need (remove the //) you can reduce the memory footprint of the library by several Kb(Maintain the controller of 5'' TFT LCD)

5. Open the example of 5’’ UTFT demo 800*480.

6. Click the UFTF File, and then open the UTFT.h

7. As the UTFT library supports many different TFT models, you need to find your specific TFT LCD define, like demonstrated TFT01_50 here

8. Modify other UTFT define into your own TFT define like TFT01_50.

9. Choose the corresponding board (Arduino Mega 2560)and serial port.

10. Compeling sketch until Done compeling appears.

11. Upload the sketch until Done uploading appears

Step 4: Displaying

Step 5: UTouch Function Demonstration

If you want to demonstrate the UTouch function, download the UTouch from here , and the operation ways is the same as previous UTFT.