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This tutorial is for our 1.8" diagonal TFT display & microSD breakout board. This 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! | This tutorial is for our 1.8" diagonal TFT display & microSD breakout board. This 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! | ||
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+ | **We also have a shield version of this display that is pre-wired for use with an Arduino. Just solder in the headers and you are ready to go!** | ||
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There are two ways to wire up these displays - one is a more flexible method (you can use any pins on the Arduino) and the other is much faster (4-8x faster, but you are required to use the hardware SPI pins) We will begin by showing how to use the more flexible method. | There are two ways to wire up these displays - one is a more flexible method (you can use any pins on the Arduino) and the other is much faster (4-8x faster, but you are required to use the hardware SPI pins) We will begin by showing how to use the more flexible method. | ||
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+ | ** The shield version is pre-wired for hardware SPI. Once you have soldered in the headers, you can skip the wiring instructions and proceed to the "Graphics Library" section for the library code and examples ** | ||
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==== Download ==== | ==== Download ==== | ||
- | + | [[https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit-GFX-Library|Adafruit GFX library]]. \\ | |
- | [[https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit-ST7735-Library|You can download our Arduino library with examples from github]]. To install it, rename the downloaded and uncompressed library to **Adafruit_ST7735** and place in the sketchfolder/libraries folder. [[http://www.ladyada.net/library/arduino/libraries.html|See our detailed tutorial for more info.]] | + | [[https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit-ST7735-Library|Adafruit ST7735 library]]. \\ |
- | + | ([[http://www.ladyada.net/library/arduino/libraries.html|See our detailed tutorial for installation assistance.]]) | |
You may also be interested in the [[http://www.adafruit.com/datasheets/JD-T1800.pdf|datasheet for the display]], and [[http://www.adafruit.com/datasheets/ST7735R_V0.2.pdf|display driver chip]] | You may also be interested in the [[http://www.adafruit.com/datasheets/JD-T1800.pdf|datasheet for the display]], and [[http://www.adafruit.com/datasheets/ST7735R_V0.2.pdf|display driver chip]] | ||