Supplement: Adafruit 1.44" Color TFT with Micro SD Socket - PrecisionShift/ECE411 GitHub Wiki

Summary

Adafruit 1.44" Color TFT with Micro SD Socket 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. The 1.44" display has 128x128 color pixels. This display is a true TFT. The TFT driver (ST7735R) can display full 16-bit color using Adafruits library code. A microSD card holder is attached for easy loading of full color bitmaps from a FAT16/FAT32 formatted microSD card.

Decision Factors

The primary factors for deciding on this display were the ease of connecting, built in SD card reader, and price.

Schematic

Display Schematic

Links

EagleCad

ST7735R DataSheet

PDF Overview

Adafruit ST7735 TFT Library

Adafruit GFX Library