https://www.ghielectronics.com/community/codeshare/entry/214 is probably the simplest driver to look at. Just looking at it, the driver doesn’t use too much GHI specific so you shouldn’t have too many conversion woes. Give it a try ? (the only GHI specific things are the fez pin constructor variant; you could just leave it out)
If you take the driver from @ godfroi that @ Brett has pointed out and remove the constructor that uses Fez pins enumeration (remove the using statement as well), then you should be able to use it as is. Unless something is wrong with SPI on your N2/firmware.
@ Brett -
Eh I had bad luck. I think I ported a good chunk but the part of assigning SPI pins gots me as Fabien’s syntax was very different to this “text only” driver.
You say this is a simple driver. I obviously have to master this project to continue my adventures in .net mf.
so SPI shouldn’t be hard. netmf (not the GHI or Netduino ports) support SPI, so you should only need to use “SPI1” channel and figure out what physical pins that is.
@ Brett - :’(
Really sorry Brett. I’m lost. I HAVE to get this working but I really appreciate your help mate.
I’m sorry to be time consuming on you but could you write me a simple setup example for me to study? That’s actually how I learn best.
Is this a university assignment ? I don’t do homework unless there’s a transfer of coffee involved
I don’t have a Netduino, and people here aren’t guaranteed to have one, so you might struggle getting someone oto write this up and “just work”. Can you tell us what you’re not able to do ? What ARE you able to do ? Have you been through the “blink a LED” examples and stuff like that ?
@ Brett -
This isn’t I uni project, just as a hobby.
I easily did the blinky tests. My old code after a lot of work only results in a blank screen with a white backlight. I’d share my link with you from the netduino forums.
hey, I see from the Netduino forums you’re in Wellington, NZ. I’m in Sydney AU. I also see you’re 14, so it’s not a uni assignment unless you’re a real smart cookie and got an early place - and good on you if you are
Anyway, I had a quick look on your onedrive. My first comment is I reckon your GND wire isn’t soldered properly, and I’d re-solder that. The R- wire also has a bit of a bulge on the solder so you might want to clean the soldering iron tip and then hit it with the iron and have it reflow and take up some of the solder onto the tip, just to clean it up.
Can you tell us if you have access to a multimeter ? That might help troubleshoot the issue - I’d first forget the driver, and start simple by toggling a pin and measuring each signal on the LCD.
From there, I can’t comment on the Netduino helper code (I didn’t know where to start diving into the folder structure !) But I honestly think the initial problem you’re having is wiring. Lets get past that bit and then talk software.
PS: I’ll be online for the next few hours and will check back to see if you’ve updated things here
@ david98xp - I have looked at the schematic of the Netduino 2 and it looks like SPI2 is exposed on D11,12,13 pins not SPI1.
But the netduino helper driver that you are using is trying SPI1 channel by default. That is the first thing I have noticed. There may be some other issues.
also it might be better if you create a SMALL test app and post the code HERE. If you want to make it easy on people to help you, you’ll need to help us
