Arduino_LCD_TFT_SDcard_shield_breakout

Using a Arduino TFT LCD shield in your project has some disadvantages.
1) The LCD TFT and SDcard occupy most of the IO pins on an Arduino Uno.
2) The IO pins are not easy accessible to connect other hardware.
This blogpost describes how i solved this second issue.
When using the shield with the LCD TFT the SDcard fee IO pins are :

A5 Analog5

D0 RX

D1 TX

D0 and D1 are also used for serial communication over USB but can be used if the Arduino is used standalone.

For interfacing i also wanted access to GND, +5V and 3V3.

I used some colored cables with a female Dupont connectors on one side. Male connectors can easy give short circuit if not in use, so i used female.
You can easy create them from cutting a long Dupont Cables in two parts.
I put them trough heat shrink tube and soldered them on my LCD TFT shield.
You can use any color scheme, but Black for GND  and Red for the Power can give less confusion in your projects. I used this colors:

3V3	Orange
+5V	Red
GND	Black
A5 Analog5	Brown
D0 RX	Green
D1 TX	Yellow

After soldering and arranging the cables i heated heat shrink tube.
The female Dupont connectors are available to interface your project.

As there are some differences between the shields i do not provide a script to display the analog signal on the TFT LCD for testing. Better use the Arduino program below that sends the Analog signal A5 to the serial (USB) port.

/* 2016 Analog A5 JanJeronimus
Get Analog 5 value every second
Writes time [ uptime millis() ]  , 
 analog gas sensor value to the serial port
*/

const int PinA5 = A5 ; //Connect Arduino analog A5 pin to sensor

int val = 0;     // variable to store the Digital read value

void setup()
{
Serial.begin(9600); //Initialize serial port - 9600 bps
}

void loop()
{
Serial.print( millis() ) ;
Serial.print( " ,  " ) ;
Serial.println( analogRead(PinA5) );
delay(1000); // Print value every 1 sec.
}

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