Display properties

Use these properties to enable code generation support for Dashboard Display and Gauge blocks on the LCD and TFT display types. You can also launch the Display Configuration Setup window and configure properties of the LCD and TFT display types. Simulink^® Support Package for Arduino^® Hardware supports the Adafruit^® ILI 9341 library for graphical display types and Adafruit Liquid Crystal library for character display types. You can also use your own custom character or graphical display devices to suit your requirements and application.

Enable code generation for Dashboard blocks

Select this option to enable code generation support for:

• Dashboard Display block on the LCD and TFT display types

• Dashboard Gauge block on the TFT display type

Settings

Default: Off

on

Configured display properties

Displays name of the present parameters configured in the Display Configuration Setup window for the LCD and TFT display types.

For example, if you have configured a graphical display type and used the Adafruit ILI 9341 library, the text displayed in this field is Graphical Display: Adafruit ILI 9341.

Settings

Default: None

Launch Display Configuration Setup

Click this button to launch the Display Configuration Setup window. Follow the onscreen instructions to configure the graphical and character display types interfaced with your Arduino hardware board. After you have completed configuring the display types, you can deploy the code on your Arduino hardware and observe the output in the display.