Connecting a ILI9341 2.8" Touch Display 320*240 to Raspberry Pico

[cebersp]

Edit: See 4th post for a library including touch input.

Perhaps someone is looking for information how to connect a display to Pico.
This Library
https://github.com/jeffmer/micropython-ili9341
works with Pico, if you use the following settings and pins:

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spi = SPI(0, baudrate=32000000, sck=Pin(18), mosi=Pin(19)) 
display = ILI9341(spi, cs=Pin(17), dc=Pin(20), rst=Pin(21), w=320, h=240, r=3)

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# Tested with Pico
from ili934xnew import ILI9341, color565
from machine import Pin, SPI
import tt14

# Einige Farben from https://www.hobbyelektroniker.ch/resources/PytEsp20.zip
RED = const(0XF800)  # (255, 0, 0)
GREEN = const(0X07E0)  # (0, 255, 0)
BLUE = const(0X001F)  # (0, 0, 255)
YELLOW = const(0XFFE0)  # (255, 255, 0)
FUCHSIA = const(0XF81F)  # (255, 0, 255)
AQUA = const(0X07FF)  # (0, 255, 255)
MAROON = const(0X8000)  # (128, 0, 0)
DARKGREEN = const(0X0400)  # (0, 128, 0)
NAVY = const(0X0010)  # (0, 0, 128)
TEAL = const(0X0410)  # (0, 128, 128)
PURPLE = const(0X8010)  # (128, 0, 128)
OLIVE = const(0X8400)  # (128, 128, 0)
ORANGE = const(0XFC00)  # (255, 128, 0)
DEEP_PINK = const(0XF810)  # (255, 0, 128)
CHARTREUSE = const(0X87E0)  # (128, 255, 0)
SPRING_GREEN = const(0X07F0)  # (0, 255, 128)
INDIGO = const(0X801F)  # (128, 0, 255)
DODGER_BLUE = const(0X041F)  # (0, 128, 255)
CYAN = const(0X87FF)  # (128, 255, 255)
PINK = const(0XFC1F)  # (255, 128, 255)
LIGHT_YELLOW = const(0XFFF0)  # (255, 255, 128)
LIGHT_CORAL = const(0XFC10)  # (255, 128, 128)
LIGHT_GREEN = const(0X87F0)  # (128, 255, 128)
LIGHT_SLATE_BLUE = const(0X841F)  # (128, 128, 255)
WHITE = const(0XFFFF)  # (255, 255, 255)
BLACK = const(0)

text = 'Fine'
spi = SPI(0, baudrate=32000000, sck=Pin(18), mosi=Pin(19)) #SPI(2, baudrate=20000000, miso=Pin(19),mosi=Pin(23), sck=Pin(18))
display = ILI9341(spi, cs=Pin(17), dc=Pin(20), rst=Pin(21), w=320, h=240, r=3)
#spi = SPI(2, baudrate=20000000, miso=Pin(19),mosi=Pin(23), sck=Pin(18))
#display = ILI9341(spi, cs=Pin(2), dc=Pin(27), rst=Pin(33), w=320, h=240, r=0)
display.erase()
display.set_color(WHITE,0)
display.set_font(tt14)
display.set_pos(0,0)
display.print(text)
display.set_pos(0,20)
display.print(text)
display.set_pos(40,20)
display.print(text)
for x in range(0,100):
    display.pixel(2*x,x,BLUE)

[pythoncoder]

There is also nano-gui which has a driver for ILI9341.

Unfortunately some of the widgets don't work with the Pico because currently the Pico lacks the cmath library. Hopefully that, and other similar issues, will be fixed soon. Only the circular widgets and the graph plotting module are affected.

[cebersp]

Thanks, Peter, I will have a look at this too!

[cebersp]

If someone is interested to use touch and display with the same spi-bus, this library works:
https://github.com/rdagger/micropython-ili9341

See pins in the following demo.
Enjoy!
Christof

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# demo_touch works with Pico
# https://github.com/rdagger/micropython-ili9341

# touch and display use the same SPI bus!

from machine import Pin, SPI
from ili9341 import Display, color565
from xglcd_font import XglcdFont
from utime import sleep #sleep_us, ticks_cpu, ticks_us, ticks_diff

from xpt2046 import *

# Einige Farben  from https://www.hobbyelektroniker.ch/resources/PytEsp20.zip
RED = const(0XF800)  # (255, 0, 0)
GREEN = const(0X07E0)  # (0, 255, 0)
BLUE = const(0X001F)  # (0, 0, 255)
YELLOW = const(0XFFE0)  # (255, 255, 0)
FUCHSIA = const(0XF81F)  # (255, 0, 255)
AQUA = const(0X07FF)  # (0, 255, 255)
MAROON = const(0X8000)  # (128, 0, 0)
DARKGREEN = const(0X0400)  # (0, 128, 0)
NAVY = const(0X0010)  # (0, 0, 128)
TEAL = const(0X0410)  # (0, 128, 128)
PURPLE = const(0X8010)  # (128, 0, 128)
OLIVE = const(0X8400)  # (128, 128, 0)
ORANGE = const(0XFC00)  # (255, 128, 0)
DEEP_PINK = const(0XF810)  # (255, 0, 128)
CHARTREUSE = const(0X87E0)  # (128, 255, 0)
SPRING_GREEN = const(0X07F0)  # (0, 255, 128)
INDIGO = const(0X801F)  # (128, 0, 255)
DODGER_BLUE = const(0X041F)  # (0, 128, 255)
CYAN = const(0X87FF)  # (128, 255, 255)
PINK = const(0XFC1F)  # (255, 128, 255)
LIGHT_YELLOW = const(0XFFF0)  # (255, 255, 128)
LIGHT_CORAL = const(0XFC10)  # (255, 128, 128)
LIGHT_GREEN = const(0X87F0)  # (128, 255, 128)
LIGHT_SLATE_BLUE = const(0X841F)  # (128, 128, 255)
WHITE = const(0XFFFF)  # (255, 255, 255)
BLACK = const(0)

dispCS=Pin(17,Pin.OUT) # display shares spi
dispCS.value(1)

#spi = SPI(0, baudrate=32000000, sck=Pin(18), mosi=Pin(19), miso=Pin(16)) too fast!
spi = SPI(0, baudrate=10000000, sck=Pin(18), mosi=Pin(19), miso=Pin(16))

t= Touch(spi,Pin(22), width=240, height=320,
                 x_min=288, x_max=1616, y_min=328, y_max=1872) # spi, CS
d = Display(spi, cs=Pin(17), dc=Pin(20), rst=Pin(21))
d.clear(color565(64, 0, 255))
font = XglcdFont('fonts/FixedFont5x8.c', 5, 8)
sleep(1)
d.clear()
#d.draw_text(0, 319, 'Hello', font, color565(255, 0, 255), landscape=True)
d.draw_text(0, 319, 'Hello', font, YELLOW, landscape=True)
sleep(1)

newX=0
newY=0

while True:
    newPos=t.get_touch()
    if newPos!=None:
        oldX=newX
        oldY=newY
        newX,newY=newPos

        d.clear()
        #print(newX,newY, end=".  ")
        print(t.raw_touch(), end=".")
        d.draw_circle(239-newX,newY,10, GREEN)
        sleep(0.3)