Just received this item ([ https://www.robotshop.com/en/openmv-cam-lcd-shield.html ]( http://LCD Shield)) and attached it to my working OpenMV board - attempted to run the example code and it fails. I presume the shield may be bad but wanted to confirm I wasn’t doing anything out o…

Thanks for the response - I read that in the documentation as it being an optional parameter so I did not include it. I just attempted to include it : when I set it to 0 (no lcd shield) the system runs and I see the view in the IDE but nothing on the LCD - which makes perfect se…

Hi, I’ve contacted the manufacturer and they seems to agree that it is defective. However, they want you to post on their forums if possible. You can post here: http://forums.openmv.io/

I just wanted to follow up here - the problem is mine - I originally soldered the pins facing up (towards the camera lens) and turns out they want you to solder down (facing away from lens). As such there was a mis-match between what was expected and what I was providing. User …

Hey @deroses Thank you for your follow-up!

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OpenMV LCD Shield not functioning

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Hi @deroses

Please use the following link to help you with your code:
lcd — lcd driver — MicroPython 1.20 documentation

Functions

lcd. init ([ type=1 ])

Initializes an attached lcd shield using I/O pins P0, P2, P3, P6, P7, and P8.

type indicates the type of lcd shield (for future use possibly):

0: None

1: lcd shield