{"product_id":"adafruit-1-28-240x240-round-tft-lcd-display-with-microsd-gc9a01a-with-eyespi-connector","title":"Adafruit 1.28\" 240x240 Round TFT LCD Display with MicroSD - GC9A01A with EYESPI Connector","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Round these parts we enjoy unusually-shaped displays. And this one certainly fits the description - it's a 1.28\" diagonal TFT that comes in a round shape and contains a high density 220 ppi, 240x240 pixel RGB display with full-angle viewing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003elooks\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ea lot like our\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/en-us\/products\/adafruit-1-54-240x240-wide-angle-tft-lcd-display-with-microsd-st7789\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e1.54\" 240x240 square display\u003c\/a\u003e, but with the edges beveled off.  We've seen displays like this often used in smartwatches and small electronic devices but they've always been MIPI interface. Finally, we found one that is SPI and has a friendly display driver, so it works with any and all microcontrollers or microcomputers!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis lovely little display breakout is the best way to add a small, round, colorful and very bright display to any project. Since 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! The 1.28\" display has 240x240 16-bit full color pixels and is an\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIPS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003edisplay, so the color looks great up to 80 degrees off axis in any direction. The TFT driver (GC9A01A) is very similar to the popular ST7789,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/adafruit\/Adafruit_GC9A01A\"\u003eand our Arduino library supports it well\u003c\/a\u003e.\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, auto-reset circuitry, and a 3\/5V level shifter so you can use it with 3.3V or 5V power and logic. We also had a little extra space, so we 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, \u003ca href=\"\/en-us\/products\/generic-microsd-card-with-raspberry-pi-os\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ebut you can pick one up here\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOf course, we wouldn't just leave you with a datasheet and a \"good luck!\" - \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/adafruit\/Adafruit_GC9A01A\"\u003ewe've written a full open-source graphics Arduino 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.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/adafruit\/Adafruit_CircuitPython_RGB_Display\"\u003eFor Raspberry Pi or other Single Board Computer Python users, we have a user-space Pillow-compatible library\u003c\/a\u003e. For\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/tylercrumpton\/CircuitPython_GC9A01\"\u003eCircuitPython there's a contributed displayio driver for native support\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis display breakout also features a\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/en-us\/collections\/eyespi\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e18-pin \"EYESPI\" standard FPC connector\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewith flip-top connector.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/en-us\/products\/eyespi-cable-18-pin-flex-pcb-fpc-a-b-type\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eYou can use a 18-pin 0.5mm pitch FPC cable\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e (not included!) \u003c\/strong\u003eto 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\u003eSpecifications:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1.28\" LCD TFT display\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBuilt-in microSD slot \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1x16 header for easy breadboarding\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2 x 0.1\" \/ 2.5mm mounting holes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLCD screen dimensions: 38.1mm x 35.6mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOverall dimensions: 42.4mm x 36.2mm x 5.4mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMounting hole distance: 22.8mm  \/ 0.9\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight (assembled): 8.3g\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn-shop.adafruit.com\/product-files\/6178\/round+TFT+1.28in+GC9A01.png\"\u003eTFT Display Datasheet\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/www.adafruit.com\/includes\/templates\/shop2019\/images\/RoHS2_2011_65_EU.svg\" alt=\"RoHS 2 2011 65 EU Compliant\" width=\"145\" height=\"80\"\u003e \u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/www.adafruit.com\/includes\/templates\/shop2019\/images\/RoHS2_2015_863_EU.svg\" alt=\"RoHS 2 2015 863 EU Compliant\" width=\"145\" height=\"80\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eLearn\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/learn.adafruit.com\/adafruit-1-28-240x240-round-tft-lcd\"\u003ePrimary Guide: Adafruit 1.28\" 240x240 Round TFT LCD\u003c\/a\u003e 'Round and 'round and 'round...\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/learn.adafruit.com\/cartoon-character-clock\"\u003eCartoon Character Clock\u003c\/a\u003e Keep track of the time with graphics and jingles from an iconic cartoon.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/learn.adafruit.com\/qt-py-s2-round-display-compass\"\u003eQT Py S2 Round Display Compass\u003c\/a\u003e Figure out which way you're heading with CircuitPython this compass.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/learn.adafruit.com\/asteroid-tracker\"\u003eAsteroid Tracker\u003c\/a\u003e Keep track asteroids with a lovely round display\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/learn.adafruit.com\/products\/6178\/guides\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eSee All Guides\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Adafruit","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56390702793083,"sku":"ADA6178","price":13.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0174\/1800\/files\/6178-05.png?v=1787583390","url":"https:\/\/shop.pimoroni.com\/en-us\/products\/adafruit-1-28-240x240-round-tft-lcd-display-with-microsd-gc9a01a-with-eyespi-connector","provider":"Pimoroni Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}