# Adafruit 2.4" Color TFT Touchscreen Breakout ## Overview ![](https://cdn-learn.adafruit.com/assets/assets/000/025/676/medium800/adafruit_products_2478_screen_9A_horizontal_ORIG.jpg?1432760641) Add some jazz & pizazz 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. As a bonus, this display has a resistive touchscreen attached to it already, so you can detect finger presses anywhere on the screen. ![](https://cdn-learn.adafruit.com/assets/assets/000/025/677/medium800/adafruit_products_2478_screen_10_hand_demo_ORIG.jpg?1432760654) 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](http://www.adafruit.com/products/1571) ![](https://cdn-learn.adafruit.com/assets/assets/000/025/679/medium800/adafruit_products_2478_screen_03_ORIG.jpg?1432760691) 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](https://github.com/adafruit/TFTLCD-Library "Link: https://github.com/adafruit/TFTLCD-Library"). [For SPI users, we have a library as well](https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_ILI9341), its separate from the 8-bit library since both versions are heavily optimized. For resitive touch, we[also have a touch screen library that detects x, y and z (pressure)](https://github.com/adafruit/Touch-Screen-Library "Link: https://github.com/adafruit/Touch-Screen-Library") and example code to demonstrate all of it. ![](https://cdn-learn.adafruit.com/assets/assets/000/025/678/medium800/adafruit_products_2478_quarter_ORIG.jpg?1432760677) - [Next Page](https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-2-4-color-tft-touchscreen-breakout/pinouts.md) ## Featured Products ### Adafruit 2.4" TFT LCD with Touchscreen Breakout w/MicroSD Socket [Adafruit 2.4" TFT LCD with Touchscreen Breakout w/MicroSD Socket](https://www.adafruit.com/product/2478) 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... Out of Stock [Buy Now](https://www.adafruit.com/product/2478) [Related Guides to the Product](https://learn.adafruit.com/products/2478/guides) ### SD/MicroSD Memory Card (8 GB SDHC) [SD/MicroSD Memory Card (8 GB SDHC)](https://www.adafruit.com/product/1294) Add mega-storage in a jiffy using this 8 GB class 4 micro-SD card. It comes with a SD adapter so you can use it with any of our shields or adapters. Preformatted to FAT so it works out of the box with our projects. 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