With four bright white LED backlight and 240 x 320 pixels with individual RGB pixel control, this colour 2.4in. TFT display features a resistive touchscreen for fingertip detection across the entire screen surface. The workload is lifted from the microcontroller by a built-in controller equipped with RAM buffering, and the display board has two modes: 8-bit and SPI.
Add some jazz & pizzazz to your project with a color touchscreen LCD. This TFT display is 2.4″ diagonal with a bright (4 white-LED) backlight and it"s colorful! 240×320 pixels with individual RGB pixel control, this has way more resolution than a black and white 128×64 display.
If you need a larger touchscreen, check out the 2.8″ diagonal or 3.5″ diagonal TFT breakouts. For a smaller display, see our non-touch 2.2″ or 1.8″ or 1.44″ diagonal TFTs
This display has a controller built into it with RAM buffering, so that almost no work is done by the microcontroller. The display can be used in two modes: 8-bit or SPI. For 8-bit mode, you"ll need 8 digital data lines and 4 or 5 digital control lines to read and write to the display (12 lines total). SPI mode requires only 5 pins total (SPI data in, data out, clock, select, and d/c) but is slower than 8-bit mode.
In addition, 4 pins are required for the touch screen (2 digital, 2 analog) or you can purchase and use our resistive touchscreen controller (not included) to use I2C or SPI.
Of course, we wouldn"t just leave you with a datasheet and a “good luck!”. For 8-bit interface fans we"ve written a full open source graphics library that can draw pixels, lines, rectangles, circles, text, and more. For SPI users, we have a library as well, its separate from the 8-bit library since both versions are heavily optimized. For resistive touch, we also have a touch screen library that detects x, y and z (pressure) and example code to demonstrate all of it. Check out our tutorial for wiring diagrams, schematics, and a walkthough on this display.
Adafruit 2.4 inch TFT LCD Touchscreen Breakout Board with microSD SocketThis colour 2.4 TFT display has 4 bright white LED backlight and 240 x 320 pixels with individual RGB pixel control. It has a resistive touchscreen to detect finger presses anywhere on the screen. The built-in controller has RAM buffering to take the workload away from the microcontroller. This display board has two modes: 8-bit and SPI.
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Add some jazz & pizzazz to your project with a color touchscreen LCD. This TFT display is 2.4" diagonal with a bright (4 white-LED) backlight and it"s colorful! 240x320 pixels with individual RGB pixel control, this has way more resolution than a black and white 128x64 display.
If you need a larger touchscreen, check out the 2.8" diagonal or 3.5" diagonal TFT breakouts. For a smaller display, see our non-touch 2.2" or 1.8" or 1.44" diagonalTFTs
This display has a controller built into it with RAM buffering, so that almost no work is done by the microcontroller. The display can be used in two modes: 8-bit or SPI. For 8-bit mode, you"ll need 8 digital data lines and 4 or 5 digital control lines to read and write to the display (12 lines total). SPI mode requires only 5 pins total (SPI data in, data out, clock, select, and d/c) but is slower than 8-bit mode.
In this tutorial, you will learn how to use and set up 2.4″ Touch LCD Shield for Arduino. First, you’ll see some general information about this shield. And after learning how to set the shield up, you’ll see 3 practical projects.
The role of screens in electronic projects is very important. Screens can be of very simple types such as 7 Segment or character LCDs or more advanced models like OLEDs and TFT LCDs.
One of the most important features of this LCD is including a touch panel. If you are about to use the LCD, you need to know the coordinates of the point you touch. To do so, you should upload the following code on your Arduino board and open the serial monitor. Then touch your desired location and write the coordinates displayed on the serial monitor. You can use this coordination in any other project./*TFT LCD - TFT Touch CoordinateBased on Librery Examplemodified on 21 Feb 2019by Saeed Hosseinihttps://electropeak.com/learn/*/#include #include "TouchScreen.h"#define YP A2#define XM A3#define YM 8#define XP 9// For better pressure precision, we need to know the resistance// between X+ and X- Use any multimeter to read it// For the one we"re using, its 300 ohms across the X plateTouchScreen ts = TouchScreen(XP, YP, XM, YM, 300);void setup(void) {Serial.begin(9600);}void loop(void) {TSPoint p = ts.getPoint();if (p.z > ts.pressureThreshhold) {Serial.print("X = "); Serial.print(p.x);Serial.print("\tY = "); Serial.print(p.y);Serial.print("\tPressure = "); Serial.println(p.z);}delay(100);}
Displaying Text and Shapes on Arduino 2.4 LCD/*TFT LCD - TFT Simple drivingmodified on 21 Feb 2019by Saeed Hosseinihttps://electropeak.com/learn/*/#include #include #define LCD_CS A3#define LCD_CD A2#define LCD_WR A1#define LCD_RD A0#define LCD_RESET A4#define BLACK 0x0000#define BLUE 0x001F#define RED 0xF800#define GREEN 0x07E0#define CYAN 0x07FF#define MAGENTA 0xF81F#define YELLOW 0xFFE0#define WHITE 0xFFFF#define ORANGE 0xFD20#define GREENYELLOW 0xAFE5#define NAVY 0x000F#define DARKGREEN 0x03E0#define DARKCYAN 0x03EF#define MAROON 0x7800#define PURPLE 0x780F#define OLIVE 0x7BE0#define LIGHTGREY 0xC618#define DARKGREY 0x7BEFAdafruit_TFTLCD tft(LCD_CS, LCD_CD, LCD_WR, LCD_RD, LCD_RESET);void setup() {Serial.begin(9600);Serial.println(F("TFT LCD test"));#ifdef USE_ADAFRUIT_SHIELD_PINOUTSerial.println(F("Using Adafruit 2.4\" TFT Arduino Shield Pinout"));#elseSerial.println(F("Using Adafruit 2.4\" TFT Breakout Board Pinout"));#endifSerial.print("TFT size is ");Serial.print(tft.width());Serial.print("x");Serial.println(tft.height());tft.reset();uint16_t identifier = tft.readID();if (identifier == 0x9325) {Serial.println(F("Found ILI9325 LCD driver"));} else if (identifier == 0x9328) {Serial.println(F("Found ILI9328 LCD driver"));} else if (identifier == 0x7575) {Serial.println(F("Found HX8347G LCD driver"));} else if (identifier == 0x9341) {Serial.println(F("Found ILI9341 LCD driver"));} else if (identifier == 0x8357) {Serial.println(F("Found HX8357D LCD driver"));} else {Serial.print(F("Unknown LCD driver chip: "));Serial.println(identifier, HEX);Serial.println(F("If using the Adafruit 2.4\" TFT Arduino shield, the line:"));Serial.println(F(" #define USE_ADAFRUIT_SHIELD_PINOUT"));Serial.println(F("should appear in the library header (Adafruit_TFT.h)."));Serial.println(F("If using the breakout board, it should NOT be #defined!"));Serial.println(F("Also if using the breakout, double-check that all wiring"));Serial.println(F("matches the tutorial."));return;}tft.begin(identifier);Serial.println(F("Benchmark Time (microseconds)"));Serial.print(F("Screen fill "));Serial.println(FillScreen());delay(500);tft.setTextColor(YELLOW);tft.setCursor(70, 180);tft.setTextSize(1);tft.println("Electropeak");delay(200);tft.fillScreen(PURPLE);tft.setCursor(50, 170);tft.setTextSize(2);tft.println("Electropeak");delay(200);tft.fillScreen(PURPLE);tft.setCursor(20, 160);tft.setTextSize(3);tft.println("Electropeak");delay(500);tft.fillScreen(PURPLE);for (int rotation = 0; rotation < 4; rotation++) { tft.setRotation(rotation); tft.setCursor(0, 0); tft.setTextSize(3); tft.println("Electropeak"); delay(700); } delay(500); Serial.print(F("Rectangles (filled) ")); Serial.println(testFilledRects(YELLOW, MAGENTA)); delay(500); } void loop() { } unsigned long FillScreen() { unsigned long start = micros(); tft.fillScreen(RED); delay(500); tft.fillScreen(GREEN); delay(500); tft.fillScreen(BLUE); delay(500); tft.fillScreen(WHITE); delay(500); tft.fillScreen(MAGENTA); delay(500); tft.fillScreen(PURPLE); delay(500); return micros() - start; } unsigned long testFilledRects(uint16_t color1, uint16_t color2) { unsigned long start, t = 0; int n, i, i2, cx = tft.width() / 2 - 1, cy = tft.height() / 2 - 1; tft.fillScreen(BLACK); n = min(tft.width(), tft.height()); for (i = n; i > 0; i -= 6) {i2 = i / 2;start = micros();tft.fillRect(cx - i2, cy - i2, i, i, color1);t += micros() - start;// Outlines are not included in timing resultstft.drawRect(cx - i2, cy - i2, i, i, color2);}return t;}
Displaying BMP pictures/*This code is TFTLCD Library Example*/#include #include #include #include #define LCD_CS A3#define LCD_CD A2#define LCD_WR A1#define LCD_RD A0#define SD_CS 10Adafruit_TFTLCD tft(LCD_CS, LCD_CD, LCD_WR, LCD_RD, A4);void setup(){Serial.begin(9600);tft.reset();uint16_t identifier = tft.readID();if (identifier == 0x9325) {Serial.println(F("Found ILI9325 LCD driver"));} else if (identifier == 0x9328) {Serial.println(F("Found ILI9328 LCD driver"));} else if (identifier == 0x7575) {Serial.println(F("Found HX8347G LCD driver"));} else if (identifier == 0x9341) {Serial.println(F("Found ILI9341 LCD driver"));} else if (identifier == 0x8357) {Serial.println(F("Found HX8357D LCD driver"));} else {Serial.print(F("Unknown LCD driver chip: "));Serial.println(identifier, HEX);Serial.println(F("If using the Adafruit 2.4\" TFT Arduino shield, the line:"));Serial.println(F(" #define USE_ADAFRUIT_SHIELD_PINOUT"));Serial.println(F("should appear in the library header (Adafruit_TFT.h)."));Serial.println(F("If using the breakout board, it should NOT be #defined!"));Serial.println(F("Also if using the breakout, double-check that all wiring"));Serial.println(F("matches the tutorial."));return;}tft.begin(identifier);Serial.print(F("Initializing SD card..."));if (!SD.begin(SD_CS)) {Serial.println(F("failed!"));return;}Serial.println(F("OK!"));bmpDraw("pic1.bmp", 0, 0);delay(1000);bmpDraw("pic2.bmp", 0, 0);delay(1000);bmpDraw("pic3.bmp", 0, 0);delay(1000);}void loop(){}#define BUFFPIXEL 20void bmpDraw(char *filename, int x, int y) {File bmpFile;int bmpWidth, bmpHeight; // W+H in pixelsuint8_t bmpDepth; // Bit depth (currently must be 24)uint32_t bmpImageoffset; // Start of image data in fileuint32_t rowSize; // Not always = bmpWidth; may have paddinguint8_t sdbuffer[3 * BUFFPIXEL]; // pixel in buffer (R+G+B per pixel)uint16_t lcdbuffer[BUFFPIXEL]; // pixel out buffer (16-bit per pixel)uint8_t buffidx = sizeof(sdbuffer); // Current position in sdbufferboolean goodBmp = false; // Set to true on valid header parseboolean flip = true; // BMP is stored bottom-to-topint w, h, row, col;uint8_t r, g, b;uint32_t pos = 0, startTime = millis();uint8_t lcdidx = 0;boolean first = true;if ((x >= tft.width()) || (y >= tft.height())) return;Serial.println();Serial.print(F("Loading image ""));Serial.print(filename);Serial.println("\"");// Open requested file on SD cardif ((bmpFile = SD.open(filename)) == NULL) {Serial.println(F("File not found"));return;}// Parse BMP headerif (read16(bmpFile) == 0x4D42) { // BMP signatureSerial.println(F("File size: ")); Serial.println(read32(bmpFile));(void)read32(bmpFile); // Read & ignore creator bytesbmpImageoffset = read32(bmpFile); // Start of image dataSerial.print(F("Image Offset: ")); Serial.println(bmpImageoffset, DEC);// Read DIB headerSerial.print(F("Header size: ")); Serial.println(read32(bmpFile));bmpWidth = read32(bmpFile);bmpHeight = read32(bmpFile);if (read16(bmpFile) == 1) { // # planes -- must be "1"bmpDepth = read16(bmpFile); // bits per pixelSerial.print(F("Bit Depth: ")); Serial.println(bmpDepth);if ((bmpDepth == 24) && (read32(bmpFile) == 0)) { // 0 = uncompressedgoodBmp = true; // Supported BMP format -- proceed!Serial.print(F("Image size: "));Serial.print(bmpWidth);Serial.print("x");Serial.println(bmpHeight);// BMP rows are padded (if needed) to 4-byte boundaryrowSize = (bmpWidth * 3 + 3) & ~3;// If bmpHeight is negative, image is in top-down order.// This is not canon but has been observed in the wild.if (bmpHeight < 0) { bmpHeight = -bmpHeight; flip = false; } // Crop area to be loaded w = bmpWidth; h = bmpHeight; if ((x + w - 1) >= tft.width()) w = tft.width() - x;if ((y + h - 1) >= tft.height()) h = tft.height() - y;// Set TFT address window to clipped image boundstft.setAddrWindow(x, y, x + w - 1, y + h - 1);for (row = 0; row < h; row++) { // For each scanline...// Seek to start of scan line. It might seem labor-// intensive to be doing this on every line, but this// method covers a lot of gritty details like cropping// and scanline padding. Also, the seek only takes// place if the file position actually needs to change// (avoids a lot of cluster math in SD library).if (flip) // Bitmap is stored bottom-to-top order (normal BMP)pos = bmpImageoffset + (bmpHeight - 1 - row) * rowSize;else // Bitmap is stored top-to-bottompos = bmpImageoffset + row * rowSize;if (bmpFile.position() != pos) { // Need seek?bmpFile.seek(pos);buffidx = sizeof(sdbuffer); // Force buffer reload}for (col = 0; col < w; col++) { // For each column... // Time to read more pixel data? if (buffidx >= sizeof(sdbuffer)) { // Indeed// Push LCD buffer to the display firstif (lcdidx > 0) {tft.pushColors(lcdbuffer, lcdidx, first);lcdidx = 0;first = false;}bmpFile.read(sdbuffer, sizeof(sdbuffer));buffidx = 0; // Set index to beginning}// Convert pixel from BMP to TFT formatb = sdbuffer[buffidx++];g = sdbuffer[buffidx++];r = sdbuffer[buffidx++];lcdbuffer[lcdidx++] = tft.color565(r, g, b);} // end pixel} // end scanline// Write any remaining data to LCDif (lcdidx > 0) {tft.pushColors(lcdbuffer, lcdidx, first);}Serial.print(F("Loaded in "));Serial.print(millis() - startTime);Serial.println(" ms");} // end goodBmp}}bmpFile.close();if (!goodBmp) Serial.println(F("BMP format not recognized."));}// These read 16- and 32-bit types from the SD card file.// BMP data is stored little-endian, Arduino is little-endian too.// May need to reverse subscript order if porting elsewhere.uint16_t read16(File f) {uint16_t result;((uint8_t *)&result)[0] = f.read(); // LSB((uint8_t *)&result)[1] = f.read(); // MSBreturn result;}uint32_t read32(File f) {uint32_t result;((uint8_t *)&result)[0] = f.read(); // LSB((uint8_t *)&result)[1] = f.read();((uint8_t *)&result)[2] = f.read();((uint8_t *)&result)[3] = f.read(); // MSBreturn result;}
To display pictures on this LCD you should save the picture in 24bit BMP colored format and size of 240*320. Then move them to SD card and put the SD card in the LCD shield. we use the following function to display pictures. This function has 3 arguments; the first one stands for the pictures name, and the second and third arguments are for length and width coordinates of the top left corner of the picture.bmpdraw(“filename.bmp”,x,y);
Create A Paint App w/ Arduino 2.4 Touchscreen/*This code is TFTLCD Library Example*/#include #include #include #if defined(__SAM3X8E__)#undef __FlashStringHelper::F(string_literal)#define F(string_literal) string_literal#endif#define YP A3#define XM A2#define YM 9#define XP 8#define TS_MINX 150#define TS_MINY 120#define TS_MAXX 920#define TS_MAXY 940TouchScreen ts = TouchScreen(XP, YP, XM, YM, 300);#define LCD_CS A3#define LCD_CD A2#define LCD_WR A1#define LCD_RD A0#define LCD_RESET A4#define BLACK 0x0000#define BLUE 0x001F#define RED 0xF800#define GREEN 0x07E0#define CYAN 0x07FF#define MAGENTA 0xF81F#define YELLOW 0xFFE0#define WHITE 0xFFFFAdafruit_TFTLCD tft(LCD_CS, LCD_CD, LCD_WR, LCD_RD, LCD_RESET);#define BOXSIZE 40#define PENRADIUS 3int oldcolor, currentcolor;void setup(void) {Serial.begin(9600);Serial.println(F("Paint!"));tft.reset();uint16_t identifier = tft.readID();if(identifier == 0x9325) {Serial.println(F("Found ILI9325 LCD driver"));} else if(identifier == 0x9328) {Serial.println(F("Found ILI9328 LCD driver"));} else if(identifier == 0x7575) {Serial.println(F("Found HX8347G LCD driver"));} else if(identifier == 0x9341) {Serial.println(F("Found ILI9341 LCD driver"));} else if(identifier == 0x8357) {Serial.println(F("Found HX8357D LCD driver"));} else {Serial.print(F("Unknown LCD driver chip: "));Serial.println(identifier, HEX);Serial.println(F("If using the Adafruit 2.4\" TFT Arduino shield, the line:"));Serial.println(F(" #define USE_ADAFRUIT_SHIELD_PINOUT"));Serial.println(F("should appear in the library header (Adafruit_TFT.h)."));Serial.println(F("If using the breakout board, it should NOT be #defined!"));Serial.println(F("Also if using the breakout, double-check that all wiring"));Serial.println(F("matches the tutorial."));return;}tft.begin(identifier);tft.fillScreen(BLACK);tft.fillRect(0, 0, BOXSIZE, BOXSIZE, RED);tft.fillRect(BOXSIZE, 0, BOXSIZE, BOXSIZE, YELLOW);tft.fillRect(BOXSIZE*2, 0, BOXSIZE, BOXSIZE, GREEN);tft.fillRect(BOXSIZE*3, 0, BOXSIZE, BOXSIZE, CYAN);tft.fillRect(BOXSIZE*4, 0, BOXSIZE, BOXSIZE, BLUE);tft.fillRect(BOXSIZE*5, 0, BOXSIZE, BOXSIZE, MAGENTA);tft.drawRect(0, 0, BOXSIZE, BOXSIZE, WHITE);currentcolor = RED;pinMode(13, OUTPUT);}#define MINPRESSURE 10#define MAXPRESSURE 1000void loop(){digitalWrite(13, HIGH);TSPoint p = ts.getPoint();digitalWrite(13, LOW);pinMode(XM, OUTPUT);pinMode(YP, OUTPUT);if (p.z > MINPRESSURE && p.z < MAXPRESSURE) {if (p.y < (TS_MINY-5)) {Serial.println("erase");tft.fillRect(0, BOXSIZE, tft.width(), tft.height()-BOXSIZE, BLACK);}p.x = map(p.x, TS_MINX, TS_MAXX, tft.width(), 0);p.y = map(p.y, TS_MINY, TS_MAXY, tft.height(), 0);if (p.y < BOXSIZE) {oldcolor = currentcolor;if (p.x < BOXSIZE) {currentcolor = RED;tft.drawRect(0, 0, BOXSIZE, BOXSIZE, WHITE);} else if (p.x < BOXSIZE*2) {currentcolor = YELLOW;tft.drawRect(BOXSIZE, 0, BOXSIZE, BOXSIZE, WHITE);} else if (p.x < BOXSIZE*3) {currentcolor = GREEN;tft.drawRect(BOXSIZE*2, 0, BOXSIZE, BOXSIZE, WHITE);} else if (p.x < BOXSIZE*4) {currentcolor = CYAN;tft.drawRect(BOXSIZE*3, 0, BOXSIZE, BOXSIZE, WHITE);} else if (p.x < BOXSIZE*5) {currentcolor = BLUE;tft.drawRect(BOXSIZE*4, 0, BOXSIZE, BOXSIZE, WHITE);} else if (p.x < BOXSIZE*6) { currentcolor = MAGENTA; tft.drawRect(BOXSIZE*5, 0, BOXSIZE, BOXSIZE, WHITE); } if (oldcolor != currentcolor) { if (oldcolor == RED) tft.fillRect(0, 0, BOXSIZE, BOXSIZE, RED); if (oldcolor == YELLOW) tft.fillRect(BOXSIZE, 0, BOXSIZE, BOXSIZE, YELLOW); if (oldcolor == GREEN) tft.fillRect(BOXSIZE*2, 0, BOXSIZE, BOXSIZE, GREEN); if (oldcolor == CYAN) tft.fillRect(BOXSIZE*3, 0, BOXSIZE, BOXSIZE, CYAN); if (oldcolor == BLUE) tft.fillRect(BOXSIZE*4, 0, BOXSIZE, BOXSIZE, BLUE); if (oldcolor == MAGENTA) tft.fillRect(BOXSIZE*5, 0, BOXSIZE, BOXSIZE, MAGENTA); } } if (((p.y-PENRADIUS) > BOXSIZE) && ((p.y+PENRADIUS) < tft.height())) {tft.fillCircle(p.x, p.y, PENRADIUS, currentcolor);}}}
Final NotesIf you want to display pictures without using an SD card, you can convert it to code and then display it. You can display even several photos sequentially without delay to create an animation. (Check this)But be aware that in this case, Arduino UNO may not be suitable (because of low processor speed). We recommend using the Arduino Mega or Arduino DUE.
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