/* Esplora TFT Temperature Display This example for the Arduino TFT screen is for use with an Arduino Esplora. This example reads the temperature of the Esplora's on board thermisistor and displays it on an attached LCD screen, updating every second. This example code is in the public domain. Created 15 April 2013 by Scott Fitzgerald http://arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/EsploraTFTTemp */ // include the necessary libraries #include #include // Arduino LCD library #include char tempPrintout[3]; // array to hold the temperature data void setup() { // Put this line at the beginning of every sketch that uses the GLCD EsploraTFT.begin(); // clear the screen with a black background EsploraTFT.background(0, 0, 0); // set the text color to magenta EsploraTFT.stroke(200, 20, 180); // set the text to size 2 EsploraTFT.setTextSize(2); // start the text at the top left of the screen // this text is going to remain static EsploraTFT.text("Degrees in C :\n ", 0, 0); // set the text in the loop to size 5 EsploraTFT.setTextSize(5); } void loop() { // read the temperature in Celcius and store it in a String String temperature = String(Esplora.readTemperature(DEGREES_C)); // convert the string to a char array temperature.toCharArray(tempPrintout, 3); // set the text color to white EsploraTFT.stroke(255, 255, 255); // print the temperature one line below the static text EsploraTFT.text(tempPrintout, 0, 30); delay(1000); // erase the text for the next loop EsploraTFT.stroke(0, 0, 0); EsploraTFT.text(tempPrintout, 0, 30); }