adafruit 4.3 tft display supplier

*PLEASE NOTE THIS PRODUCT HAS NOW BEEN DISCONTINUED* This 4.3" TFT screen has lots of pixels, 480x272 to be exact, an LED backlight and a resistive touchscreen overlay. Its great for when you need a lot of space for graphics or a user interface. These screens are commonly seen in consumer electronics, such as miniature TV"s, GPS"s, handheld games car displays, etc. A 40-pin connector has 8 red, 8 green, and 8 blue parallel pins, for 24 bit color capability. This is a "raw pixel-dot-clock" display and does not have an SPI/parallel type controller or any kind of RAM. The display is supposed to be constantly refreshed, at 60Hz, with a pixel clock, V sync, H sync, etc. There are some high end processors such as that used in the BeagleBone that can natively support such RGB TTL displays. However, it is extremely rare for a small microcontroller to support it, as you need dedicated hardware or a very fast processor such as an FPGA. Not only that, but the backlight requires a constant-current mode boost converter that can go as high as 24V instead of our other small displays that can run the backlight off of 5V For that reason, we are carrying it only as a companion to the Adafruit RA8875 driver board in the store, which is a chip that can handle the huge video RAM and timing requirements, all in the background. That"s the best way to interface this display to just about any microcontroller (including Arduino & friends) If you are an advanced electronics enthusiast you can try wiring this directly to your processor, but it we don"t have any support or tutorials for that purpose.

Shop our range of touch screen components to complete your project and make it more mobile. You"ll find LCD touch screen modules from leading brands including Raspberry Pi"s range of touch screen LCD display modules, as well as touchscreen components from Adafruit, and PaPirus.

Helping to bring your device to life, our collection of touch screen modules are available in a range of sizes, types, and resolutions, , including the popular Raspberry Pi 7" Touch Screen LCD display module. . Used as a visual display screen or a simple input device, this LCD touch screen module is easy to set up, making it perfect for all skill levels.

We also sell touch screen components that don"t require an HDMI decoder, for when you want your output data to appear on screen. With a little configuration, you can see your data appearing on one of our touch screen LCD display modules.

From TFT color displays to Adafruit display options, choose from the devices available here at RS. We stock high-quality products by leading manufacturers.

In order to explain what a thin-film-transistor - or TFT - display is, it"s worth explaining what TFT is. This is a field-effect transistor (FET) that is typically used in a liquid crystal display (LCD).

A TFT features a type of metal oxide semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) that"s made using large, thin films of active semiconductor layers. TFTs also feature a layer that acts as an electrical insulator and metal contacts. This is all layered over a substrate, which is typically glass.

The reason glass is the most commonly used substrate is that TFT is used in LCD displays and there is a TFT for each individual pixel. LCD technology sees liquid crystals manipulate light. The molecules in these crystals move as the temperature changes, and the temperature is changed using an electrical current.

While early LCD screens used a passive matrix of pixels, where each pixel was controlled by an electrical charge, this caused blurring of images on the screen. However, the introduction of TFT technology meant that the mix of pixels became active, thanks to the thin film transistors in the TFT, which are individually controlled.

Pixels in the active matrix used in a TFT LCD display are paired with a transistor that allows individual pixels to maintain charge without an electrical current being required whenever the pixel had to be changed.

As these TFT displays feature a TFT liquid crystal that includes a semiconductor switch for each pixel, each pixel can be directly controlled. This means that the TFT is acting as individual switches for each pixel.

As mentioned previously, early LCD displays were often blurry due to the need for an electrical charge for the pixels. TFT allows the images on the screen to sharpen up, becoming more defined. It also offers a high-quality color contrast and brightness setting.Better for the user

The higher-definition images are ideal for the user in terms of reducing eye strain. TFT technology also means that on a practical level, any fixes that are needed are easier to managed as pixels operate on an individual level.Less energy consumption

In comparison with LED screens, TFT displays have a longer half-life. They are also available in a range of sizes, which means that half-life can be extended again.Versatile

TFT displays are used in everyday applications, from computer work and TV watching, to corporate settings where larger screens are needed for meetings. They are also used in photography, featuring in cameras that require high definition, and navigation systems, mobile phones, and car dashboards.

At RS, we stock a range of TFT displays that are designed to provide you with the high-quality, high-definition screens you need. From Adafruit displays to interactive TFT LCD touchscreen displays, there are different options available to suit your needs.

We are a leading authorized distributor in North America and stock products by leading names including Lumex, Adafruit Industries, and we also have Focus Display Solutions and IEE displays available.

Our new line of 10.1” TFT displays with IPS technology are now available! These 10.1” IPS displays offer three interface options to choose from including RGB, LVDS, and HDMI interface, each with two touchscreen options as capacitive or without a touchscreen.

The new line of 3.5” TFT displays with IPS technology is now available! Three touchscreen options are available: capacitive, resistive, or without a touchscreen.

This lovely little display breakout is the best way to add a small, colorful and 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 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 (ILI9340) 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. The microSD card is not included,but you can pick one up here.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. 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.

This 4.3" TFT screen has lots of pixels, 480x272 to be exact, an LED backlight and a resistive touchscreen overlay. Its great for when you need a lot of space for graphics or a user interface. These screens are commonly seen in consumer electronics, such as miniature TV"s, GPS"s, handheld games car displays, etc. A 40-pin connector has 8 red, 8 green, and 8 blue parallel pins, for 24 bit color capability. It comes with HX8257A controller and optional 4-wire resistive touch panel screen which can be easily controlled by MCU such as 8051, PIC, AVR, ARDUINO, and ARM. FPC with ZIF connector is easy to assemble or remove.

*This is a "raw pixel-dot-clock" display and does not have an SPI/parallel type controller or any kind of RAM. The display is supposed to be constantly refreshed, at 60Hz, with a pixel clock, V sync, H sync, etc.