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Review on πŸ–₯️ MakerHawk Arduino LCD 1.6inch TFT Display Module: High-Quality SPI Screen with SSD1283A Driver for Arduino D1 Mini by Matt Schwartz

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Pin stickers and documentation are confusing

There is a poor guy out there who needs this information, just like me: The pinout for the MSP1601 130x130 color TFT LCD with SSD1283A sold by Makerhawk -Controller fits to these Arduino pins. This is NOT an I2C protocol device. TFT UNO Pin AKA Comment ======= ======= ==== =========================== =======================LED A3 Analog PIN for driving the LED on the module (if needed) .SCK D13 CK, CLK Clock. NOT FROM. SCL clock pin (A5) for I2C protocol only. SDA D11 MOSI data. Hardware SPI is always at UNO. "SDA" should NEVER be used as a line name in SPI. This ONLY applies to the I2C protocol. A0/DC D9 documentation and source includes "CD" which is WRONG. The board has "A0/DC" - "A0" is a complete mystery. RST D8 ResetCS D10 SS chip select. SS is just the name of the SPI line. GND GND Power supply ground (negative) VCC 5V +5V Power supply inN/A D12 MISO Apparently not used. The source code and documentation refer to most pins without the digital/analog prefix. For example, you use "13" instead of "D13". Extremely annoying and confusing.

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