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/*
 * display_st7735_1.44_TFT.ino
 *  
 * Test screen update speed with large solid fonts on 
 * a 128x128 TFT screen that uses the ST7735 chip.
 *  
 * Consumes 26% of program storage space and
 * 5% of dynamic memory on a Pro Mini.
 * 
 * Mithat Konar
 */

#include <TFT.h>  // Arduino LCD library
#include <SPI.h>

/*
 * Pin assignments:
 * RST: 8
 * CE/CS/SCE: 10
 * DC/"D/C"/A0: 9
 * DIN/DN/MOSI/DATA: 11 (Arduino HW standard)
 * CLK/SCLK/SCK: 13  (Arduino HW standard)
 * VCC: 3.3V
 * LIGHT/LED: ground through 1 ohm resistor (yields about 20mA)
 * GND: ground
 */

const unsigned int CLOCK_PIN = 13,
                   DATA_PIN = 11,
                   CS_PIN = 10,
                   DC_PIN = 9,
                   RESET_PIN = 8;

const unsigned int LEFT_MARGIN = 32; // number of pixels you need to shift for 128x128 screen


TFT TFTscreen = TFT(CS_PIN, DC_PIN, RESET_PIN);
char dispStr[4];    // null terminated char array used to pass to TFT.text()
unsigned int counter = 80;

void setup() {
  TFTscreen.begin();
  TFTscreen.background(0, 0, 0);    // clear the screen

  TFTscreen.stroke(255, 255, 255);  // set font color
  TFTscreen.setTextSize(1);         // set font size
  TFTscreen.text("TFT library", LEFT_MARGIN, 0);
  
  TFTscreen.setTextSize(7);
}

void loop() {
  // draw over what you wrote last time
  TFTscreen.stroke(0, 0, 0);    // background color
  String(counter).toCharArray(dispStr, 4);
  TFTscreen.text(dispStr, LEFT_MARGIN, 40);  

  // update and draw something new
  counter++;

  TFTscreen.stroke(255, 255, 255);  // font color
  String(counter).toCharArray(dispStr, 4);
  TFTscreen.text(dispStr, LEFT_MARGIN, 40);

  // inherent frame rate of this loop is about 15 fps w/o added delay (8 MHz processor).
  delay(500);
}
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