This page will cover the basics of setting up the CYD

There really is nothing to setup here, just connect the CYD to a computer using a micro USB cable (it even comes with one)

The driver needs to be setup for uploading to the CYD, including webflashing projects.

The CYD uses the CH340 USB to UART chip. If you do not have a driver already installed for this chip you may need to install one. Check out Sparkfun's guide for installation instruction

Follow these instructions if you want to write new code for the CYD

You will need to have the ESP32 setup for your Arduino IDE, instructions can be found here.

You can then select basically any ESP32 board in the boards menu. (I usually use "ESP32 Dev Module", but it doesn't really matter)

If you see errors uploading a sketch, try setting board upload speed to 115200

The CYD can work with a selection of different libraries, but the main one this repo will focus on is TFT_eSPI as it is a fairly popular library for working with these types of dsiplays and there are lots of examples.

This can be installed from the library manager by searching for "TFT_eSPI".

Note: After install of the library, copy the file User_Setup.h to the libraries\TFT_eSPI Arduino folder. This sets up the library for use with this display.

I have provided examples for you to try out to get some ideas or inspiration. Check them out here.