Review on 🌟 Enhance Your Arduino Experience with ELEGOO UNO R3 2.8 Inches TFT Touch Screen: SD Card Socket Included! by Jeremy Carpenter

Elegoo TFT screen overview. . With the included libraries (mods to the Adafruit gfx and TFT libraries), you can easily attach the shield to your Arduino and be up and running in minutes. There are some peculiarities when using this screen. • The display brightness cannot be adjusted. • The Shield format uses an 8-bit data transfer method. It's slightly faster than SPI, but the problem is that when you use it on an Arduino Uno, it occupies all pins. I would recommend using this with an Arduino Mega if you want to connect other sensors or peripherals. • Some pins are shielded even though they are not used including Vin, 3v3, etc. This can be a problem on certain projects. If used with an Arduino MEGA please note that the Elegoo proprietary documentation that came with this display states that you cannot use SD cards as the SPI headers on the shield are configured for Uno. I'm happy to report that this is WRONG, but it takes some work. According to the Elegoo documentation, you have a Con1 breakout on the side of the display. Connect pin 10 of SD_SS to pin 53 of your Mega, pin 11 of SD_D1 to pin 51, pin 12 of SD_D0 to pin 50 and pin 13 of SD_SCK to pin 52. Then all you have to do is change your code to make sure the Changed chip select from pin 10 (for Uno boards) to pin 53 for Mega. I soldered some stack headers, to make this more convenient and comfortable for the different boards I use. This is a more versatile display. As it stands, it can be a bit restrictive, especially for Arduino Unos users.