This tutorial is for the original 2.8" TFT breakout, we have an updated tutorial now at https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-2-dot-8-color-tft-touchscreen-breakout-v2 for the most recent version of this product, but are keeping this tutorial for historical reference
Add some jazz & pizazz to your project with a color touchscreen LCD. This TFT display is big (2.8" diagonal) bright (4 white-LED backlight) and colorful (16-bit 262,000 different shades)! 240x320 pixels with individual pixel control, this has way more resolution than a black and white 128x64 display. As a bonus, this display has a resistive touchscreen attached to it already, so you can detect finger presses anywhere on the screen.
This display has a controller built into it with RAM buffering, so that almost no work is done by the microcontroller. You'll need 8 digital data lines and 4 or 5 digital control lines to read and write to the display (12 lines total). 4 pins are required for the touch screen (2 digital, 2 analog) but because of the way resistive touch screens work, we can share pins with the LCD so the entire setup can be run by 12 pins (10 digital, 2 analog).

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 and text . We also have a touch screen library that detects x, y and z (pressure) and example code to demonstrate all of it. The code is written for Arduino but can be easily ported to your favorite microcontroller!

Pick one up today at the Adafruit Shop!

Specifications:
  • 2.8" diagonal LCD TFT display
  • 240x320 resolution, 16-bit (262,000) color
  • ILI9325 (datasheet) or ILI9328 (datasheet) controller with built in video RAM buffer
  • 8 bit digital interface, plus 4 or 5 control lines
  • 5V compatible! Use with 3.3V or 5V logic
  • Onboard 3.3V @ 150mA LDO regulator
  • 4 white LED backlight, transistor connected so you can PWM dim the backlight
  • 1x20 header for easy breadboarding, or 2x10 header for cable connection
  • 4 x 0.125"/3mm mounting holes with tabs
  • 4-wire resistive touchscreen
This guide is specifically for the TFT LCD breakout board. There's a separate tutorial for the Arduino shield version of this display.

This guide was first published on Dec 17, 2012. It was last updated on Mar 08, 2024.

This page (Overview) was last updated on Dec 13, 2012.

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