adafruit 1.8 tft lcd shield brands

This lovely little shield is the best way to add a small, colorful and bright display to any project. We took our popular 1.8″ TFT breakout board and remixed it into an Arduino shield complete with microSD card slot and a 5-way joystick navigation switch (with a nice plastic knob)! Since the display uses only 4 pins to communicate and has its own pixel-addressable frame buffer, it can be used easily to add a display & interface without exhausting the memory or pins.

The 1.8″ display has 128×160 color pixels. Unlike the low cost “Nokia 6110” and similar LCD displays, which are CSTN type and thus have poor color and slow refresh, this display is a true TFT! The TFT driver (ST7735R) can display full 18-bit color (262,144 shades!). And the LCD will always come with the same driver chip so there’s no worries that your code will not work from one to the other.

The shield has the TFT display soldered on (it uses a delicate flex-circuit connector) as well as a ultra-low-dropout 3.3V regulator and a 3/5V level shifter so its safe to use with 5V Arduinos. We also had some space left over so we placed a microSD card holder (so you can easily load full color bitmaps from a FAT16/FAT32 formatted microSD card) and a 5-way navigation switch (left, right, up, down, select). The microSD card is not included,

If you just want to display text, shapes, lines, pixels, etc the shield uses pins 13, 11, 10 and 8. If you’d like to add the navigation switch, it uses Analog 3 (all 5 switches are connected using a clever resistor trick to permit all the switches to share one analog pin). For the microSD card, you’ll also give up Digital 12 and 4.

Comes as a fully assembled and tested shield with the display, microsd card holder and nav switch with knob as well as a stick of 0.1″ header. To finish up and use, you will need to solder on the header onto the shield PCB, a quick 10 minute task.

adafruit 1.8 tft lcd shield brands

The Adafruit 1.8in. Colour TFT shield displays full 18-bit colour with a resolution of 128 x 160. The neat display is complimented by a 5-way joystick for user input and a micro-SD card socket for FAT16/FAT32 format cards. You can use some or all of the board"s features depending on your project, the screen uses 4 x GPIOs for SPI, the joystick uses 1 x analogue input, and the SD-card uses 2 x GPIOs. For best performance use a microcontroller board with a hardware SPI such as the Arduino Uno or Orangepip, though this screen will work with software SPI on an Arduino Mega for example. Thanks to its on-board ultra-low dropout 3.3V regulator and 3 to 5V level shifter it"s safe to use with full-fat (5V) Arduinos. Get started by downloading Adafruit"s Open Source graphics library and dive into their tutorial.

The shield is supplied with everything soldered on except the 0.1in. headers which are included for you to add if your project needs them. Arduino and micro-SD card not supplied.

adafruit 1.8 tft lcd shield brands

Adafruit 1.8" Color TFT Shield w/microSD and Joystickis the best way to add a small, colorful and bright display to any project.Adafruittook the popular 1.8" TFT breakout board and remixed it into an Arduino shield complete with microSD card slot and a 5-way joystick navigation!

Adafruit 1.8" Color TFT Shield w/microSD and Joystick has the TFT display soldered on as well as a ultra-low-dropout 3.3V regulator and a 3/5V level shifter so it’s safe to use with 5V Arduinos. There is also some space left over, so a microSD card holder and a 5-way navigation switch are added. Note that the microSD card is not included.

If you just want to display text, shapes, lines, pixels, etc., the shield uses pins 13, 11, 10 and 8. If you"d like to add the navigation switch, it uses Analog 3. For the microSD card, you"ll also give up Digital 12 and 4. This shield works best with the Arduino UNO and compatibles. You can use it with the Mega but it won"t be as fast since it would be using software rather than hardware SPI for both the TFT and SD card, so it"s not recommended.

Adafruit 1.8" Color TFT Shield w/microSD and Joystick comes as a fully assembled and tested shield with the display, microSD card holder and nav switch with knob as well as a stick of 0.1” header. To finish up and use, you will need to solder on the header onto the shield PCB, a quick 10 minute task.

adafruit 1.8 tft lcd shield brands

This lovely little shield is the best way to add a small, colourful and bright display to any project. They took the popular 1.8" TFT breakout board and remixed it into an Arduino shield complete with a microSD card slot, a 5-way joystick navigation switch and three selection buttons! Since the display uses only 4 pins to communicate and has its own pixel-addressable frame buffer, it can be used easily to add a display & interface without exhausting the memory or pins.

The 1.8" display has 128x160 colour pixels. Unlike the low cost "Nokia 6110" and similar LCD displays, which are CSTN type and thus have poor colour and slow refresh rates, this display is a true TFT! The TFT driver (ST7735R) can display full 18-bit colour (262,144 shades!).

The shield has the TFT display soldered on (it uses a delicate flex-circuit connector) as well as an ultra-low-dropout 3.3V regulator and a 3/5V level shifter so its safe to use with 3V or 5V Arduino compatibles. They also had some space left over so placed a microSD card holder (so you can easily load full colour bitmaps from a FAT16/FAT32 formatted microSD card), a 5-way navigation switch (left, right, up, down, select) and three tactile buttons marked A, B and C.

If you just want to display text, shapes, lines, pixels, etc the shield uses the SPI pins (SCK/MOSI/MISO), I2C pins (SDA & SCL) and digital #8. For the microSD card, you"ll also give up Digital #4. This shield works with any Arduino UNO and compatibles, Mega, Zero, etc. If it"s shield compatible, you"re good to go.

Comes as a fully assembled and tested shield with a display, microSD card holder and nav switch as well as a stick of 0.1" header. To finish up and use, you will need to solder the header onto the shield PCB, a quick 10 minute task.

This shield is updated to be "Arduino R3" format compatible so you can now use it with any and all Arduinos or Metros - including the Metro M0 or M4, Arduino Mega, Zero, etc.

It also uses Adafruit SeeSaw for the TFT backlight, TFT reset, and button inputs - you can query the buttons and joystick over I2C now, so only 2 pins are needed to communicate with all 8 switches.

adafruit 1.8 tft lcd shield brands

This lovely little shield is the best way to add a small, colourful and bright display to any project. They took the popular 1.8" TFT breakout board and remixed it into an Arduino shield complete with a microSD card slot, a 5-way joystick navigation switch and three selection buttons! Since the display uses only 4 pins to communicate and has its own pixel-addressable frame buffer, it can be used easily to add a display & interface without exhausting the memory or pins.

If you just want to display text, shapes, lines, pixels, etc the shield uses the SPI pins (SCK/MOSI/MISO), I2C pins (SDA & SCL) and digital #8. For the microSD card, you"ll also give up Digital #4. This shield works with any Arduino UNO and compatibles, Mega, Zero, etc. If it"s shield compatible, you"re good to go.

Note:This shield is updated to be "Arduino R3" format compatible so you can now use it with any and all Arduinos or Metros - including the Metro M0 or M4, Arduino Mega, Zero, etc. It also uses Adafruit SeeSaw for the TFT backlight, TFT reset, and button inputs - you can query the buttons and joystick over I2C now, so only 2 pins are needed to communicate with all 8 switches.