Pimoroni 1.3" SPI Colour LCD (240x240) Breakout

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SKU: PIM476 Brand: Pimoroni

Crisp, high-res, with great viewing angles (IPS), this 1.3" square, 240x240 pixel, colour LCD will add some pizzazz to your Raspberry Pi or Arduino projects.

$43.95 AUD, inc GST

$39.95 AUD, exc GST

Available with a lead time
Expect dispatch between Apr 09 and Apr 14

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Crisp, high-res, with great viewing angles (IPS), this 1.3" square, 240x240 pixel, colour LCD will add some pizzazz to your Raspberry Pi or Arduino projects.

The square form-factor of this display makes it great for cramming lots of information on—data, graphs, even things like album art and photos. Like Pimoroni's smaller 0.9" LCD breakout, this one is an IPS display, so it has great viewing angles and it's super-crisp and bright.

It's driven by SPI and you should be able to run it at up to ~50FPS, although Pimoroni has found that anywhere from 10FPS looks good for most uses.

You can use this breakout completely solder-free with Pimoroni's Breakout Garden HAT with SPI!

Features

1.3" colour LCD (240x240 pixels)
SPI interface
3.3V or 5V compatible
Reverse polarity protection
Compatible with all models of Raspberry Pi and Arduino
Python library

Display specifications

240x240 pixels (~260 PPI)
23.4x23.4mm active area
250m2 luminance
800:1 contrast ratio
160° viewing angle (horizontal and vertical)
ST7789V driver chip

Software

Pimoroni has adapted an existing Python library to drive this display. The library makes it straightforward to display images, text or graphics, and even display animated GIFs!

Connecting to your Raspberry Pi

If you're not using Pimoroni's Breakout Garden HAT with SPI, then this is how to connect your LCD Breakout up to your Raspberry Pi.

Pimoroni's library is set up to use SPI 0 on the Pi (BCM 8 for CS, BCM 11 for SCK, and BCM 10 for MOSI), BCM 9 for DC, and BCM 18 for the backlight.

Here's which pins to connect between your 1.3" LCD Breakout and your Pi's GPIO (note that it's BCM pin numbering):

3-5V to any 5V or 3V pin
CS to BCM 8
SCK to BCM 11
MOSI to BCM 10
DC to BCM 9
BL to BCM 18
GND to any ground pin

You can, of course, use other pins with your LCD Breakout, but you'll have to change them accordingly when you instantiate the display in your code.

Notes

Dimensions: 41.2x26.6x5.5mm

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