2.2in 18-bit colour TFT LCD display with microSD card breakout

2.2in 18-bit color TFT LCD display with microSD card breakout

Note: Display has currently out of stock since February 2013. We have no reliable leadtimes currently for when they will be available.

This lovely little display breakout is the best way to add a small, colorful and bright TFT display to any project. Since the display uses 3-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 2.2" display has 220x176 colour 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 (HX8340BN) 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 breakout 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 you can use it with 3.3V or 5V power and logic. We also had a little space so we placed a microSD card holder so you can easily load full color bitmaps from a FAT16/FAT32 formatted microSD card.

Of course, we wouldn't just leave you with a datasheet and a "good luck!" - we've 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. The code is written for Arduino but can be easily ported to your favorite microcontroller!

Features

• 2.2in TFT Display
• 220x176 colour pixels
• 3-wire SPI communication
• 5V and 3.3V compatable
• Works in both Landscape and Portrait mode
• microSD card holder for image storage
• Free Arduino Graphics Library
• Board Size: 2.65in x 1.7in (68mm x 43mm)

Downloads and Links

Adafruit Tutorial showing Arduino connections and getting up and running
Adafruit GFX Graphics Library for Arduino
Arduino Library and example programs