{"product_id":"adafruit-2-2-18-bit-color-tft-lcd-display-with-microsd-card-breakout","title":"2.2\" 18-bit color TFT LCD display with microSD card breakout - EYESPI Connector","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis lovely little display breakout is the best way to add a small, colorful, and bright display to any project.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSince the display uses 4-wire SPI to communicate and has its own pixel-addressable frame buffer, it can be used with every kind of microcontroller. Even a very small one with low memory and few pins available!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 2.2\" display has 320x240 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 (ILI9341 or compatible) can display full 18-bit color (262,144 shades!). And the LCD will always come with the same driver chip so there are no worries that your code will not work from one to the other.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe breakout 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 you can use it with 3.3V or 5V power and logic. They also placed a microSD card holder so you can easily load full-color bitmaps from a FAT16\/FAT32 formatted microSD card. The microSD card is not included.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOf course, Adafruit wouldn't just leave you with a datasheet and a \"good luck!\" - \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/adafruit\/Adafruit_ILI9341\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003ethey've written a full open-source graphics library that can draw pixels, lines, rectangles, circles, text, and bitmaps as well as example code.\u003c\/a\u003e The code is written for Arduino but can be easily ported to your favorite microcontroller! Wiring is easy, we strongly encourage using the hardware SPI pins of your Arduino as software SPI is noticeably slower when dealing with this size display. Check the example sketches for wiring help until we get a detailed wiring tutorial written!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis display breakout also features a \u003ca href=\"\/en-eu\/collections\/eyespi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e18-pin \"EYESPI\" standard FPC connector\u003c\/a\u003e with flip-top connector. You can use a 18-pin 0.5mm pitch FPC cable to connect to all the GPIO pins, for when you want to skip the soldering.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eTechnical Details\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRevision History:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAs of November 2022\u003c\/strong\u003e - Adafruit have updated this TFT breakout with a \u003ca href=\"\/en-eu\/collections\/eyespi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eEYESPI connector\u003c\/a\u003e to make cabling easier with an 18-pin FPC. They also used \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/adafruit\/Adafruit_Pinguin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eAdafruit Pinguin\u003c\/a\u003e to make a lovely silkscreen. The board is otherwise the same size, pinout, and functionality.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAs of January 12, 2016\u003c\/strong\u003e - the LCD may come with an ILI9340\/ILI9341-compatible chip\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSpecifications:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2.2\" diagonal LCD TFT display\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e320x240 resolution, up to 18-bit (262,144) color\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4 wire SPI digital interface - this display talks in '8-bit' SPI check the Arduino library source for how to communicate\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 For the level shifter Adafruit use the \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.ti.com\/product\/CD74HC4050\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eCD74HC4050\u003c\/a\u003e which has a typical propagation delay of ~10ns\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOnboard 3.3V @ 150mA LDO regulator\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4 white LED backlight, transistor connected so you can PWM dim the backlight\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e0.1\" spaced header for easy breadboarding\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMax Dimensions: 40.63mm \/ 1.59\" x 66.35mm \/ 2.61\" x 6.05mm \/ 0.23\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLCD Dimensions: 55.23mm \/ 2.17\" x 40mm \/ 1.57\" x 2.46mm \/ 0.09\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 18.43g\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCurrent draw is based mostly on the backlight: with full on backlight, current draw is approx 100mA\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/adafruit\/Fritzing-Library\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eAdafruit Fritzing Library\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn-shop.adafruit.com\/datasheets\/ILI9340.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eILI9340 (datasheet)\u003c\/a\u003e controller with built in pixel-addressable video RAM buffer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn-shop.adafruit.com\/datasheets\/TM022HDH26_V1.0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eDisplay datasheet\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/adafruit\/Adafruit-2.2-SPI-TFT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eEagleCAD files on GitHub\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Adafruit","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":411735593,"sku":"ADA1480","price":24.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0174\/1800\/products\/1480-10.jpg?v=1745607816","url":"https:\/\/shop.pimoroni.com\/en-eu\/products\/adafruit-2-2-18-bit-color-tft-lcd-display-with-microsd-card-breakout","provider":"Pimoroni Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}