Basic TouchShield Programming
This code package contains three examples of basic TouchShield programming: A classic hello world script demonstrates text rendering, another renders circles on the shield, and a third displays a square. The text renderer also demonstrates TouchShield polling and rendering based on those coordinates. A great batch of introductory code for the TouchShield user.
Parts for Basic TouchShield Programming:
Tarball download for Basic TouchShield Programming:
I’ve uploaded the rest of the TouchShield’s built-in commands are over at the function reference wiki.
4 Comments on Basic TouchShield Programming
Chris Oct 31 2008
Martin,
Simply read the sensor value on the Arduino, pass it up to the TouchShield via serial, then display the value however you’d like.
Arne Oct 21 2009
Unfortunately the link to the downloadable files is dead. Touching_In_5_Minutes.tar.gz
pauric Nov 22 2009
ditto – linky no blinky
So, one thing i dont get about the TouchShield-addon is: Is the whole arduino runnin’ on another “core” or something? Say i wanted to use the arduino to monitor the temperature on 5 one-wire digital sensors and display it on touchshield, then i couldn’t use some stock library for the arduino for the one-wire interface and would have to make one myself?
Mind you, i might be a bit sesoned in avr but is fairly new to arduino ;-)