Samples

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Shield Code

  • Using the LCD Plus shield. Written by David Barker. A simple program that can be used to test all of the available functionality of the LCD Plus shield, including: LCD display; variable backlight control; reading a DS18B20 temperature sensor; reading a light sensitive resistor; reading and writing to a DS1307 Real Time Clock (RTC); reading from the 5 button keypad; writing data, time and temperature readings to the onboard SD card slot.
  • Using the microSD data logging shield. Written by David Barker. A simple program that can be used to test all of the available functionality of the microSD data logging shield.
  • LCD Backlight Control Using the LCDPlus Shield. Written by Gavin Wiggett. A Simple example on how you could control the Backlight on the LCDPlus shield.

Secure Digital (SD) Card

  • SD Card File Reader. Written by David Barker. A simple program that reads a *.hex file from a SD card and dumps the results to the screen using the Firewing built in 232 to USB interface.

Graphics

Interfacing to External Devices

FTDI Eve Graphics Controller - FT800