ILI9341 Cube
Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2015 2:08 pmHi all, I am new here so firstly hello ESP8266 community 
I have found my way here as a result of tinkering with the ESP8266 v7. I was really hoping to get an LCD working using the micro alone and after some research found a video of someone doing exactly that. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-v8q2nEihvc
After some more research I found a tutorial for setting up an Eclipse environment to write firmware for the ESP8266 in C/C++http://www.esp8266.com/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=820
I successfully installed the tool chain, wired up blinky and it worked, great
I then headed over to this github repo https://github.com/Sermus/ESP8266_Adafruit_ILI9341 and grabbed a copy of his firmware that draws a cube on the screen.
I have wired it all up (correctly I think) and flashed the firmware but all I get is a white screen. I am a bit stuck and wondered if anyone could give me a hand working out why.
Alas I have no oscilloscope and even if I did I doubt I could fathom out what the SPI was supposed to be saying to the screen anyway as my ability to comprehend data sheets is fairly limited, otherwise, this is where I would start trying to debug it.
I did however notice in the readMe on github, the guy says to connect ILI9341(MISO) -> ESP8266(GPIO12(HSPIQ(MISO)))
I find this difficult to understand as I'd have thought it should have been ESP8266(MOSI) -> ILI9341(MOSI) seing as it's Master Out Slave In, slave being the screen?
Anyway, I guess something as cool as this must have been tried by others here and so I wonder if anyone could shine some light on it as I've been at it for days to no avail.
Thanks guys, regards, Rick.
I have found my way here as a result of tinkering with the ESP8266 v7. I was really hoping to get an LCD working using the micro alone and after some research found a video of someone doing exactly that. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-v8q2nEihvc
After some more research I found a tutorial for setting up an Eclipse environment to write firmware for the ESP8266 in C/C++http://www.esp8266.com/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=820
I successfully installed the tool chain, wired up blinky and it worked, great
I then headed over to this github repo https://github.com/Sermus/ESP8266_Adafruit_ILI9341 and grabbed a copy of his firmware that draws a cube on the screen.
I have wired it all up (correctly I think) and flashed the firmware but all I get is a white screen. I am a bit stuck and wondered if anyone could give me a hand working out why.
Alas I have no oscilloscope and even if I did I doubt I could fathom out what the SPI was supposed to be saying to the screen anyway as my ability to comprehend data sheets is fairly limited, otherwise, this is where I would start trying to debug it.
I did however notice in the readMe on github, the guy says to connect ILI9341(MISO) -> ESP8266(GPIO12(HSPIQ(MISO)))
I find this difficult to understand as I'd have thought it should have been ESP8266(MOSI) -> ILI9341(MOSI) seing as it's Master Out Slave In, slave being the screen?
Anyway, I guess something as cool as this must have been tried by others here and so I wonder if anyone could shine some light on it as I've been at it for days to no avail.
Thanks guys, regards, Rick.