Arduino Tutorial: Using the 1.44" Color TFT display (ILI9163C) with Arduino

The 1.44" Color TFT display (ILI9163C) is ideal for Arduino. It is fast, low cost and easy to use. In this video we are going to see how to use it with an Arduino Uno, but it will work on any Arduino board. It is the smaller brother of the 1.8" Color TFT display (ST7735) but it is MUCH faster! I really like it!
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[@user-ys2rr8qx9n]

EN: I am from Russia and I have ordered at aliexpress this screen. it is really great! THANK YOU! RU я из России и я уже заказал на aliexpress этот экран. он действительно отличный! СПАСИБО!

[@dukgukim-n9m]

If there is noise at the top of the screen, try adding '#define__OFFSET 0' to the 'TFT_ILI9163C.h' file.

[@tantarantantan_]

what if the noise is at the right side?

[@darkrena]

Where exactly in the TFT_ILI9163C.h file do I add it in? I'm still kinda bugged about this

[@thomassawer6175]

im trying to get this display to work with an arduino nano but all i get is a white screen

[@Acky0078]

Ok, this tutorial is just how to download the library and copy and the example code. Nice

[@egeerdem8272]

bottom 1/4th of the screen displays sum random-fixed blurry image how to fix it?

[@adityaagarwal9044]

i followed everything you said but for some reason my display's edges are not working properly it is shifting the full screen by many pixel to the right

[@jenniferchateau4779]

How do you, in code, replace a single character without overwritting it? If I code: tft.setTextSize(2);//same size tft.setCursor(0,70);//same place tft.println("Input");// text But on the same line later I want to put tft.setTextSize(2);//same size tft.setCursor(0,70);//same place tft.println("Depth");// new text The two texts write over top of each other making them unreadable. On a regular LCD one could write spaces in the spot and then write the new text. This LCD 1.44" Color TFT display (ILI9163C) won't let you. At least I can't figure it out. I examined the ILI9163C.h file and found no extentions. The only thing that works is a tft.fillScreen(); //Clear screen command which of course wipes the whole screen. Any ideas?

[@modjo99]

+Jennifer Chateau I have the same problem.

[@Educ8s]

+Krišs The trick I use is the before printing the new character, I clear the previous character by printing the previous character once more using the background color.

[@jenniferchateau4779]

I'll try that. Thanks.

[@moeburn]

You hooked up the LED pin to 3.3v on the Uno, but it's actually supposed to be 5v. This is a very weird board - all pins on the ILI9163 board are 3.3v EXCEPT the LED pin, which requires 5v with a 100 ohm resistor.

[@NOTuNOTme]

Think I'll be using this on my GPS module. I'm using a 5110 but I want something a bit more robust, although we'll have to see how well this display does in direct sunlight.

[@Educ8s]

+NOTuNOTme Yes, under sunlight color displays suffer. I don't think this one will be great either.

[@djbare9]

Enjoyed your tutorial, clear and concise. I've just purchased this display, plan is to build a wrist watch using an ESP8266 as the controller(wifi off or sleep), do you know the power requirements of this display with back light turned off?

[@mpickard9]

I'd like to connect this display to a Robobloq Q-Scout instead of their LCD display. I haven't received the Q-Scout yet. Their Arduino board is covered by a plastic dome so I don't know pins I have access to, and I don't know if I can load new libraries. What are my next steps?

[@lucratunityllc9922]

Im looking for large cheap displays any idea where i can find them?

[@lukeodonnell37]

i only get a white screen on the display??? Please help!!

[@adityaagarwal9044]

can you make a tutorial for teensy 3.1/3.2 please

[@moeburn]

Hello, thank you for your video! The store that sold me the ILI9163 says it is 3.3v only, but I have the exact same ILI9163 board on the red board with the logic level converter chip that you pointed out (I think the chip has "6525" written on it). I have been using it just fine on my 3.3v Photon, but does this mean I can also use it on my 5v Arduino without problems? That little chip on the back of the board only has 3 pins, but there are 5 logic signals, don't they all need to be converted from 5v to 3.3v?

[@borayurt66]

I have slightly different pins on the lcd. CS RST RS SDA SCL LED NC NC GND GND 5V So, SCL instead of SCK, RS instead of A0, are these the same? I could not get the display to work yet.

[@darkrena]

Does this work for the arduino nano?

[@CT3164]

I wanted to make a small camera system. How would I go about hooking up a screen like this to a tiny camera?

[@didiersee]

Congratulations from Belgium. I would like replace my LCD display (16x2) of my alarme home with your TFT display. Because 16x2 line it's too little character. Is possible? can you help me for this project?

[@cbm80amiga]

You connect this LCD directly to 5V Arduino? AFAIK ILI9163 data lines are not 5V tolerant and should be used with level shifter. Didn't you notice any issues?

[@Educ8s]

+cbm80amiga So far I didn't have any issues at all.

[@9h5bmjason19]

Are these displays 3v3 or 5v logic ? mine did not work when connected to arduino directly ?

[@RodrigoGonzalez-2024]

Hi, thanks for the video. I can not see the TFT_ILI9163C in the examples menu in arduino program, I have already loaded the library TFT_ILI9163C-master.zip but still cannot see the example. Any suggestions? I am really new to arduino and maybe I`m missing a lot of things, one thousand thanks!

[@Kenitso]

Hi. You don't actually unzip it in the Library folder now. You use Sketch/Include Library/Add .ZIP library to import it.

[@mellee3436]

Close Arduino ide and then open it again ?

[@DogRox]

cool! I do remember the video about the other when you had. I was just curious now, I believe you said that was SPI, I'm curious to see if that would can be converted to I2C and if there's a library for it. Although I'm fairly new to that technology, I do like it because it so much simpler with just two wires. :-)

[@Educ8s]

+Dog Rox Hello! I don't know if a technology like this exists.

[@tserbos2]

μπορω να χρησιμοποιησω την απομιμηση του uno που εχεις στο λινκ κανονικά σαν το πραγματικο uno η θα εχω προβληματα συμβατοτητας ;;; το waveshield της adafruit που εχω θα δουλευει ? επισης αν βαλω αυτην την οθονη θα μπορω να χρησιμοποιησω το arduino για σιριαλ κομαντς σε αλλα μποαρντς η θα παρεμβαίνει το ενα με το αλλο ? ευχαριστω για τον χρονο σου !!

[@Educ8s]

Δεν είναι απομίμηση Uno αλλά κλώνος και δουλεύει σαν ένα κανονικό Arduino. Το δεύτερο σου ερώτημα δεν το καταλαβαίνω.

[@booguloofurstaverg1301]

Hi There, I have different pins: Vcc Gnd Gnd Nc Nc LED CLK SDI RS RST CS This is still Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI), right? I presume CLK = SCK (clock); SDA = SDI (serial data Master Out Slave In?) ; RS=A0???? I have wired mine up but the screen just flickers white... Have I made a mistake in my presumption above? Thanks

[@Mjrm-99]

I have the same problem if you found a solution please tell me.

[@booguloofurstaverg1301]

Solved: I connected Vcc to Uno5V, GND to UnoGND, NC(No connection) to nothing, NC to nothing, LED to Uno5V, CLK (clock) to Uno13, SDI (Serial Data In) to Uno11, RS to Uno9, RST to Uno8, CS to Uno10. I used then used the standard example in the Arduino App's File >Examples >TFT and it worked perfectly. It turns out the flickering was due to a faulty jumper wire.

[@Mjrm-99]

Booguloo Furstaverg Thanks

[@jamesjordan318]

Does this still work if you don't connect the display

[@glynnhm0lsg308]

useful video as always

[@tserbos2]

λεω αν θα μπορω να στελνω εντολες μεσω serial απο το arduino σε αλλη πλακετα ή η οθονη που ειναι και αυτη serial θα παρεμβαίνει??

[@Educ8s]

Όχι μπορείς να στέλνεις κανονικά δεδομένα στη σειριακή θύρα, δες το βίντεο με τον αισθητήρα δακτυλικών αποτυπωμάτων

[@orlandosebastian3301]

Hello, I am trying this project with ARDUINO MEGA but the screen off/on sometimes. Maybe my connectons are not the correct. Could you help me please? All my conecctions are: Screen Pinout UNO (SPI) MEGA A0 8 ICP1 49* RST 9 RESET 41* CS 10 SS 53 SDA 11 MOSI 51 SCK 12 SCK 52

[@labonczgergo5227]

I w'll make a smartwatch with this display.It's a good idea?

[@Krishna245194]

does it use bitmap to program to program it?

[@Nakin_72]

do you try connect it to raspberry pi? or ssd1331?

[@elcamino176]

Thank You Sir!

[@caioporai]

Great video! Thank you! Do you know how I adjust the offset of the screen? Everything displayed on the screen is offset maybe 30 pixels down and 2 pixels to the left. I am using Arduino Uno with a Nokia 5100 display hooked up as you well explained.

[@loganotoole4859]

Hey Caio, did you find a solution to this issue? I'm having the same one. Thanks

[@caioporai]

Hey man, I can't fully remember if I got it to work, I think I did. I got the LCD just for experiments and I remember I got data on the screen, but I cant remember if this offset was corrected or not. What's your baud rate? Try setting Serial.begin(38400) or lower.

[@loganotoole4859]

Thanks man. Got it working alright by changing the __OFFSET value to 0 in the TFT_ILI9163C_settings.h file. There is still a line of pixels offset incorrectly down one side but it will work for what I need it for. Thanks again!

[@caioporai]

Sweet! Glad you got it to work and thanks for sharing your solution. One of these days I will sit down and work on it again, haven gotten the time to just yet. Happy coding!

[@ysndilmen]

Hello. How to use with bitmap? For 1.44" Color TFT display (ILI9163C)

[@blaze12256]

Hello, I followed your tutorial but only half of my TFT screen is functional. Like this: imgur.com/VIDSMg8 Any idea how to fix this?

[@danielborak2859]

+theREDshadow I have the same problem :/

[@emmecicosta]

+Daniel Borák Because the display it looks similar but not exact same. You should look to github.com/sumotoy/TFT_ILI9163C/tree/Pre-Release-1.0p7 This is the new library that support this display

[@bobranger1657]

Probably too late to help you but may assist others. This worked for me (thanks to developer.mbed.org). Open Arduino libraries, openTFT_ILI9163C, open _settings, right click TFT_ILI9163C_settings.h and open with wordpad. should see //DID YOU HAVE A RED PCB, BLACK PCB or WHAT DISPLAY TYPE????????????? // ---> SELECT HERE SELECT HERE

[@namocrafts1101]

thank u very much sir it works perfectlly .thank u

[@MaxSMoke777]

I can tell you that no longer works with the current version of the board.

[@tserbos2]

γιατι δεν απαντας φιλε μου .. αν ειναι επιδει εγραψα ελληνικα πες μου να γραψω στα αγγλικά αμα ειναι 🙏😖😖😖

[@mdpappu7021]

Can we use big display

[@awdxys]

hi, great video! Is it save to use a arduino uno(16Mhz) since it has a logic output of 5V and on the sumotoy library it says that the ILI9163C only supports 3.3V Logic Input? I hope you can help me! Thanks! kind regards david

[@Educ8s]

+awdxys Check carefully at the back of the display for a small chip, a regulator. If it exists you can safely use the 5V Arduinos as I do in the video.

[@awdxys]

+educ8s.tv Thank you very much!

[@mrrobin3728]

Any other people who get static noise in a 5th of the screen?

[@maccatele]

I do, no idea why

[@mazevedo852]

@@maccatele me too.

[@lucas_gmiranda]

How can I use this display with a DHT22 sensor? Don't you have any similar project's code?

[@Educ8s]

+Lucas Miranda Not yet, but it won't be dificult to prepare a video on that.

[@lucas_gmiranda]

+educ8s.tv I'd be very grateful

[@vcuelectronik]

maybe onboard computer with clock ds3231, temperature ds18b20 and speedometer with GPS?

[@Educ8s]

+@vcu_electronik Great idea! Thanks!

[@jonathangonzaga95]

Hi. How can I use this display with PIC18F4550 and MikroC?

[@Educ8s]

Haven't tried it, so I can't help you.

[@elricho72]

great video thanks for share

[@ParthBhat]

thanks for sharing

[@silviuivanov1988]

Make a projector

[@user-ys2rr8qx9n]

круто

[@peterlaw6895]

Alarm clock

[@NemonicanatLarge]

If you knew how to make this video I might have a clue as to do it. No more.

[@morgoth9671]

Thx for the video, very clear etc (btw cyka blyat #tradition)

[@moeburn]

This is what I used mine to make: i.imgur.com/F9KktVr.jpg