background()
Description
Erases everything currently on the LCD screen with the indicated color. Can be used in loop() to clear the screen.
While background() expects 8-bit values for each of the red, green, and blue channels, the screen does not display with this fidelity. The red and blue values are scaled to 5-bit color (32 discrete steps), and the green is 6-bit color (64 discrete steps).
Syntax
screen.background(red, green, blue);
Parameters
red: int 0-255
green: int 0-255
blue: int 0-255
Returns
none
Example
#include <SPI.h>
#include <TFT.h>
#define cs 10
#define dc 9
#define rst 8
TFT screen = TFT(cs, dc, rst);
void setup() {
// initialize the screen
screen.begin();
// make the background white
screen.background(255,255,255);
}
void loop() {
}
See also
The text of the 86Duino reference is a modification of the Arduino reference, and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 License. Code samples in the reference are released into the public domain.
