Ever wanted to know how to make a simple drawing program on a LCD display, or are you curious about programming touch screens? Well, in this tutorial, we will be covering on how do you program a touchscreen display using the 2.4″ Touchscreen LCD sheild with Arduino Uno, which open up many possible applications which includes making a user friendly touch interface for making purchases, a simple touch-screen base remote control, and many more.
2.4“ TFT LCD Touch Screen Shield
· 2.4″ diagonal LCD TFT display
· Bright, 4 white-LED backlight, on by default but you can connect the transistor to a digital pin for backlight control
· Colorful, 18-bit 262,000 different shades
· 4-wire resistive touchscreen
· 240×320 resolution
· spfd5408 controller with built in video RAM buffer
· 8 bit digital interface, plus 4 control lines
· Uses digital pins 5-13 and analog 0-3. That means you can use digital pins 2, 3 and analog 4 and 5. Pin 12 is available if not using the micro SD
· 5V compatible, use with 3.3V or 5V logic
· Onboard 3.3V @ 300mA LDO regulator
Specifications:
Size: 71*52*7mm
Weight: about 31g
