{"product_id":"adafruit-1-8-18-bit-color-tft-shield-w-microsd-and-joystick","title":"Adafruit 1.8\" Color TFT Shield w\/microSD and Joystick - v 2","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis lovely little shield is the best way to add a small, colorful and bright display to any project.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAdafruit took their 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 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 \u0026amp; interface without exhausting the memory or pins.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNew!\u003c\/strong\u003e Adafruit have updated this shield 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. They also use Adafruit \u003cstrong\u003eseesaw\u003c\/strong\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 1.8\" display has 128x160 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!).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 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 3V or 5V Arduino compatibles. Adafruit also had some space left over so they placed a microSD card holder (so you can easily load full color bitmaps from a FAT16\/FAT32 formatted microSD card), a 5-way navigation switch (left, right, up, down, select) and three tactile buttons marked A BC. \u003cstrong\u003eThe microSD card is not included.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you just want to display text, shapes, lines, pixels, etc the shield uses the SPI pins (SCK\/MOSI\/MISO), I2C pins (SDA \u0026amp; 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eComes as a fully assembled and tested shield with the 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 on the header onto the shield PCB, a quick 10 minute task.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOf course, we wouldn't just leave you with a datasheet and a \"good luck!\" - \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/learn.adafruit.com\/1-8-tft-display\" target=\"_blank\" data-mce-href=\"http:\/\/learn.adafruit.com\/1-8-tft-display\"\u003eAdafruit have written a full open source graphics library that can draw pixels, lines, rectangles, circles, text and bitmaps as well as example code and a wiring tutorial.\u003c\/a\u003e The code is written for Arduino but can be easily ported to your favorite microcontroller!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eTechnical Details\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/learn.adafruit.com\/1-8-tft-display\/downloads\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eDatasheets, Fritzing library, and EagleCAD PCB GitHub files available in the product tutorial\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRevision History:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAs of August 19, 2020\u003c\/strong\u003e, Adafruit now include a handy rubber knob cover for the joystick to make it easier to use!\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eSpecifications:\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1.8\" diagonal LCD TFT display\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePhysical dimensions: 2.71\" (69mm) width, 2.1\" (53.5mm) height, 0.27\" (6.94mm) thickness (top of joystick)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e128x160 resolution, 18-bit (262,144) color\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4 wire SPI digital interface\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBuilt-in microSD slot - uses 2 more digital lines\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5V compatible! Use with 3.3V or 5V logic Arduinos\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOnboard 3.3V @ 150mA LDO regulator\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2 white LED backlight, transistor connected. PWM controlled via I2C seesaw chip\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eComes with header, requires soldering!\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDisplay current draw is mostly based on the backlight, with full backlight the current draw is ~100mA, this does not include the SD Card. SD cards can draw 20-100mA based on read\/write. Measure current draw in circuit to get precise numbers.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProduct Dimensions: 68.5mm x 53.0mm x 11.8mm \/ 2.7\" x 2.1\" x 0.5\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProduct Weight: 22.0g \/ 0.8oz\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Adafruit","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":382373012,"sku":"ADA802","price":34.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0174\/1800\/products\/802-00_1.jpg?v=1653322420","url":"https:\/\/shop.pimoroni.com\/en-eu\/products\/adafruit-1-8-18-bit-color-tft-shield-w-microsd-and-joystick","provider":"Pimoroni Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}