1.8" 18-bit color TFT LCD display with microSD - ST7735R

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 1.8" display has 128x160 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 (ST7735R) 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). 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!

Specifications:

• 1.8" diagonal LCD TFT display
• 128x160 resolution, 18-bit (262,144) color
• ST7735R (datasheet) controller with built in pixel-addressable video RAM buffer
• 4 or 5 wire SPI digital interface
• Built-in microSD slot - uses 2 more digital lines
• 2 white LED backlight, transistor connected so you can PWM dim the backlight
• 1x10 header for easy breadboarding
• 4 x 0.9"/2mm mounting holes in corners
• SIze: 38mm x 58mm x 7mm
• Pins:
  • 5V 
  • Reset
  • RS (aka D/C , SPI Data Pin)
  • MOSI
  • SCK
  • CS (for the TFT)
  • MISO
  • SD/CS (for the SD-Card)
  • BLED (Backlight)
  • GND

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