DIY Aquarium Touchscreen Controller

[Mike in MD]

Originally Posted by boxhead1990

that looks exactly like the one i bought and i can get it to do all those blink things and stuff in examples


i just have no idea why i cant get it to load programes like everyone else
i mean i shoulnt have so many issues getting this jarduino stuff to simply just work

Exactly, that is why I am leading towards the mainboard being bad or having other issues. You should have not had any issues loading any of the examples. I got the Jarduino sketch to load up my first try.
If you look at the upper left hand corner of my board, you will see "Made in Italy" This is the real Arduino board, anything else is a knockoff and you are taking a chance with it. I ordered my mainboard off of Amazon.com.

Edit: It could be a firmware issue also

[boxhead1990]

yeah mine doesnt have made in itally on it its about the only diffwerance i can find with it


maybe it is a firmware issue how the hell do i change the firmware ????

[Mike in MD]

Originally Posted by boxhead1990

yeah mine doesnt have made in itally on it its about the only diffwerance i can find with it


maybe it is a firmware issue how the hell do i change the firmware ????

You would have to check the manufactures website, and download it from there. As far as uploading it, I have no clue.....

[boxhead1990]

Il have a look into it tomorow see what i can turn up

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[mistergreen]

Try loading a sample sketch to see if its a defective arduino.

[boxhead1990]

it does load the blink and one of the screen test's which displays a blue box that moves across the screen

[mistergreen]

Here you go
http://arduino.cc/en/Hacking/DFUProgramming8U2

[boxhead1990]

cheers

[Drowki]

hey bud, my parts came in and I put the three pieces together. I followed the instructions for the Aquarium Controller. Now I am stuck, all I am getting is a white LCD screen. I tried various examples and they all do not work.

Anything I could be doing possibly wrong?

[boxhead1990]

Above there's a link that you can try, it has a lot of usegfull info too

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[Mike in MD]

Originally Posted by Drowki

hey bud, my parts came in and I put the three pieces together. I followed the instructions for the Aquarium Controller. Now I am stuck, all I am getting is a white LCD screen. I tried various examples and they all do not work.

Anything I could be doing possibly wrong?

What parts did you order? Depending on shield/lcd combo you need to make sure the sketch is modified for them. Ill be away from my computer today, ill try to post tonite what lines need modified.

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[Drowki]

Originally Posted by Mike in MD

What parts did you order? Depending on shield/lcd combo you need to make sure the sketch is modified for them. Ill be away from my computer today, ill try to post tonite what lines need modified.

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Hehheh the ones you told me:

Arduino Mega 2560 R3 (Amazon.com)
ITDB02 Arduino MEGA Shield
ITDB02-3.2S

[Darkblade48]

I assume all the coding compiles fine?

If so, then it might be a hardware issue. Check to make sure you have everything plugged in, etc (the basics).

Some things to consider:

Is the sample code made for an older version of the Arduino coding software (i.e. 0023)?

Did you update your libraries?

If anything, I would check the sample code to see if it was made with an older version, and if it was, compile and upload to try that instead.

[Mike in MD]

Originally Posted by Drowki

Hehheh the ones you told me:

Arduino Mega 2560 R3 (Amazon.com)
ITDB02 Arduino MEGA Shield
ITDB02-3.2S

Ooops I forgot LOL!!!!
Did you download and install Arduino 0023???

[mistergreen]

Make sure to select the correct board in the arduino app under /tools/board