# ESP LCD ILI9342
[](https://components.espressif.com/components/jbrilha/esp_lcd_ili9342)
This component prvides an implementation of the ILI9342(C) LCD driver using the `esp_lcd` component API, adapted from Espressif's own [ILI9341 component](https://components.espressif.com/components/espressif/esp_lcd_ili9341).
| LCD controller | Communication interface | Component name | Link to datasheet |
| :------------: | :---------------------: | :-------------: | :-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------: |
| ILI9342 | SPI (half-duplex)* | esp_lcd_ili9342 | [Specification](https://www.displayfuture.com/Display/datasheet/controller/ILI9342.pdf) |
## Usage in a project
1. As an ESP-IDF component, via `idf.py add-dependency`:
```bash
idf.py add-dependency "jbrilha/esp_lcd_ili9342^1.0.0"
```
2. Or including in it `idf_component.yml`
- As a dependency:
```bash
dependencies:
jbrilha/esp_lcd_ili9342: "^1.0.0"
```
- As a direct repository
```bash
dependencies:
esp_lcd_ili9342:
git: https://github.com/jbrilha/esp_lcd_ili9342.git
```
## *Important note regarding SPI
This display driver uses half-duplex communication, so instead of the usual MOSI/MISO separation, it uses a single SDA line.
This means that SPI must be configured as such:
```c
void init_lcd_spi() {
spi_bus_config_t buscfg = {
.sclk_io_num = LCD_CLK_PIN,
.mosi_io_num = LCD_MOSI_PIN,
.miso_io_num = -1, // set to -1
.quadwp_io_num = -1,
.quadhd_io_num = -1,
.max_transfer_sz = LCD_H_RES * 80 * sizeof(uint16_t),
.flags = SPICOMMON_BUSFLAG_SCLK |
// SPICOMMON_BUSFLAG_MISO | // ommit this flag
SPICOMMON_BUSFLAG_MOSI |
SPICOMMON_BUSFLAG_MASTER,
.intr_flags = ESP_INTR_FLAG_LOWMED | ESP_INTR_FLAG_IRAM};
ESP_ERROR_CHECK(spi_bus_initialize(LCD_HOST, &buscfg, SPI_DMA_CH_AUTO));
}
```
## Supported devices
Only tested on an M5Stack Core Basic (v2.7) as it is its embedded display, but should work with other ESP32 variants as well
## Examples
An example is present in the `examples` directory, using LVGL
idf.py add-dependency "jbrilha/esp_lcd_ili9342^1.0.1"