Merge pull request #8 from makermelissa/master

Added example with pinout specific to the shield

Author: makermelissa

.gitignore

@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
+*.mpy
+.idea
 __pycache__
 _build
 *.pyc
 .env
 build*
 bundles
+*.DS_Store
+.eggs
+dist
+**/*.egg-info

examples/ili9341_shield_simpletest.py

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+"""
+This test will initialize the display using displayio
+and draw a solid red background. Pinouts are for the 2.8"
+TFT Shield
+"""
+
+import board
+import displayio
+import adafruit_ili9341
+
+spi = board.SPI()
+tft_cs = board.D10
+tft_dc = board.D9
+
+displayio.release_displays()
+display_bus = displayio.FourWire(spi, command=tft_dc, chip_select=tft_cs)
+
+display = adafruit_ili9341.ILI9341(display_bus, width=320, height=240)
+
+# Make the display context
+splash = displayio.Group(max_size=10)
+display.show(splash)
+
+color_bitmap = displayio.Bitmap(320, 240, 1)
+color_palette = displayio.Palette(1)
+color_palette[0] = 0xFF0000
+
+bg_sprite = displayio.TileGrid(color_bitmap,
+                               pixel_shader=color_palette,
+                               x=0, y=0)
+splash.append(bg_sprite)
+
+while True:
+    pass

examples/ili9341_simpletest.py

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 """
 This test will initialize the display using displayio
-and draw a solid red background
+and draw a solid red background. The default pinouts are
+for the 2.4" TFT FeatherWing with a Feather M4 or M0.
 """
 
 import board