Product details
The Arduino TFT screen is a backlit LCD screen with headers. You can
draw text, images, and shapes to the screen with the TFT library [1].
There is an onboard micro-SD card slot on the back of the screen
draw text, images, and shapes to the screen with the TFT library [1].
There is an onboard micro-SD card slot on the back of the screen
that
can, among other things, store bitmap images for the screen to
display.
The screen's headers are designed to fit into the socket on the front
of the Arduino Esplora, but it is compatible with any AVR-based
Arduino (Uno, Leonardo, etc) or with the Arduino Due. To connect the
screen to other Arduino boards, read the tutorial on this link [2].
The screen is 1.77" diagonal, with 160 x 128 pixel resolution. The TFT
library interfaces with the screen's controller through SPI when using
the TFT library. Refer to the screen's data sheet for complete
details.
The screen runs on +5 VDC
The micro-SD slot is accessible through the SD card library [3].
The LED backlight is dimmable by PWM.
The screen's headers are laid out so it easily sockets into the
Arduino Esplora and Arduino Robot.
Library
The Arduino TFT library extends the Adafruit GFX, and Adafruit ST7735
libraries that it is based on. The GFX library is responsible for the
drawing routines, while the ST7735 library is specific to the screen
on the Arduino screen. The Arduino specific additions were designed to
work as similarly to the Processing API as possible.
The library is backwards compatible, which means you can still use the
Adafruit functions.
The TFT library relies on the SPI library, which must be included in
any sketch that uses the scree. If you wish to use the SD card, you
need to include the SD library as well.
Links:
------
[1] http://arduino.cc/en/Reference/TFTLibrary
[2] http://arduino.cc/en/Guide/TFTtoBoards
[3] http://arduino.cc/en/Reference/SD
can, among other things, store bitmap images for the screen to
display.
The screen's headers are designed to fit into the socket on the front
of the Arduino Esplora, but it is compatible with any AVR-based
Arduino (Uno, Leonardo, etc) or with the Arduino Due. To connect the
screen to other Arduino boards, read the tutorial on this link [2].
The screen is 1.77" diagonal, with 160 x 128 pixel resolution. The TFT
library interfaces with the screen's controller through SPI when using
the TFT library. Refer to the screen's data sheet for complete
details.
The screen runs on +5 VDC
The micro-SD slot is accessible through the SD card library [3].
The LED backlight is dimmable by PWM.
The screen's headers are laid out so it easily sockets into the
Arduino Esplora and Arduino Robot.
Library
The Arduino TFT library extends the Adafruit GFX, and Adafruit ST7735
libraries that it is based on. The GFX library is responsible for the
drawing routines, while the ST7735 library is specific to the screen
on the Arduino screen. The Arduino specific additions were designed to
work as similarly to the Processing API as possible.
The library is backwards compatible, which means you can still use the
Adafruit functions.
The TFT library relies on the SPI library, which must be included in
any sketch that uses the scree. If you wish to use the SD card, you
need to include the SD library as well.
Links:
------
[1] http://arduino.cc/en/Reference/TFTLibrary
[2] http://arduino.cc/en/Guide/TFTtoBoards
[3] http://arduino.cc/en/Reference/SD
| Item number | 5998059 |
| Manufacturer | |
| Category | |
| Release date | 11/22/2016 |
| Length | 6.50 cm |
| Width | 5 cm |
| Height | 2 cm |
| Weight | 26 g |
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