# TFT screen


## Prequesites

To use the TFT screen, you need to install the following libraries:

``` SPI.h , Adafruit_GFX.h, Adafruit_ST7796S_kbv.h ```


## Programming the screen
To program the screen we need to first declare all the pins and give it to the Adafruit_ST7796S_kbv.h library. Then we need to initialize the screen and we can start using it.

```cpp
#define TFT_CS 14
#define TFT_DC 13
#define TFT_RST 12 
#define MOSI 11
#define SCK 10
#define MISO 9

//simplify the name of the library and feed all the correct pins to it

Adafruit_ST7796S_kbv tft = Adafruit_ST7796S_kbv(TFT_CS, TFT_DC, MOSI, SCK, TFT_RST, MISO);
```

## Drawing on the screen

To draw on the screen we can use the following functions:

```cpp
tft.fillScreen(0x0000); //clear the screen
tft.fillRect(0, 0, 240, 240, 0xFFFF); //draw a white rectangle
tft.fillCircle(120, 120, 50, 0xF800); //draw a red circle
tft.fillTriangle(0, 0, 240, 240, 0, 240, 0x1F); //draw a blue triangle
tft.fillRoundRect(0, 0, 240, 240, 10, 0xF81F); //draw a pink rounded rectangle
tft.drawChar(120, 120, 'A', 0xFFFF, 0x0000, 2); //draw a character
tft.setTextSize(2); //set the text size
tft.setTextColor(0xFFFF); //set the text color
tft.setCursor(0, 0); //set the cursor
tft.println("Hello World!"); //print a string
```

To write Hello world on the screen we can use the following code:

```cpp
tft.fillScreen(0x0000); //clear the screen
tft.setTextSize(2); //set the text size
tft.setTextColor(0xFFFF); //set the text color
tft.setCursor(0, 0); //set the cursor so it starts at the top right, you can also make this other numbers to change the position
tft.println("Hello World!"); //print a string
```

To clear the screen for new text you can use the following code:

```cpp
tft.fillScreen(0x0000); //clear the screen
```
## Wiring
You can connect the wires to any pin except the vcc and the ground. The vcc and ground need to be connected to the 3.3v and ground of the esp32. The other pins can be connected to any pin of the esp32.

![TFT screen diagram](../assets/imagesSp2/fritzingscreen.png)

We aren't using the cs2 and the pen pin because we arent utilizing the touch function of the screen.


```mermaid
classDiagram

writeText <|-- Adafruit_ST7796S_kbv
loop <-- writeText

class writeText{ 
    +text
    +color
    +size
    +posx
    +posy
    +writeText()
}

class Adafruit_ST7796S_kbv{
    +fillScreen()
    +fillRect()
    +fillCircle()
    +fillTriangle()
    +fillRoundRect()
    +drawChar()
    +setTextSize()
    +setTextColor()
    +setCursor()
    +println()
}
```

## Sources
* https://www.tinytronics.nl/en/displays/tft/4-inch-tft-display-320*480-pixels-with-touchscreen-spi-st7796s Source for Driver
* https://github.com/prenticedavid/Adafruit_ST7796S_kbv Download link for the library