TFTs
March Giveaway: Accelerated Bar-Type Display Kit
Enter to win! Accelerated Bar-Type Display Kit Giveaway Entries close the end of March. Shipping is included, but the winner will be responsible for any customs and duties (if applicable). The kit being raffled is an EVE Bar-type Development Kit, and may be an engineering sample. KelseyKelsey is an engineer at Crystalfontz. She graduated from […]
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FTDI/Bridgetek Embedded Video Engine (EVE) Modules
What makes EVE modules so great? Crystalfontz EVE modules include an EVE graphic controller from FTDI/Bridgetek making it easy to use and control the display, touch, backlight, and audio features of an embedded system. Each of the controllable features appears to the host MCU as a memory-mapped SPI device. The host MCU sends commands and
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October Round Up – New TFT Displays
The weather here in Spokane Valley has veered sharply into the too-cold-to-go-outside region, so we’re ready to bunker down and build some cool projects. We’ve released a few new products this past month that make it even more enticing to stay inside get a little creative on these long dark days. New Products: 5.2 Inch Bar-Type
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7″ HDMI Raspberry PI TFT Display
We add to our catalog of new product videos and demonstrations as often as we can. In this video, we are showcasing our new 7″ HDMI Raspberry PI display, which is available now. This 7 inch TFT LCD was designed specifically for integration with a Raspberry PI. It uses the RPI’s HDMI port, PINS and USB connection
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New Product Alert: Square 240×240 TFT LCD
Introducing our newest addition to the Crystalfontz line of TFT displays: our 240×240 square full-color TFT display — a small, high-density square TFT LCD module. This display is ideal for any application that needs a small display, especially useful for wearables, smartwatch, or small handheld instruments. Hip to be Square Reasons we love this display: Shape: The
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FAQ: What Are Your Smallest Displays?
Question: What Are The Smallest Displays At Crystalfontz? We receive frequent queries about different display sizes, such as: 1) What is the smallest LCD display? 2) What is the smallest OLED display? 3) What is the smallest TFT display? 4) What is the smallest ePaper display? Answers: We Have Several Displays To Choose From! The
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FAQ: What is the Difference Between a TFT, LCD, and OLED?
Confused about the differences between TFTs, LCDs, and OLEDs? What Do They Stand For? How Do They Work? TFT displays are also known as an “Active Matrix TFT LCD module” and have an array of thin film transistors fabricated on the glass that makes the LCD. There is one of these transistors for each pixel on the
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Tutorial: Connecting a TFT Display Using an Arduino or SparkFun Board
In the video tutorial below, the Crystalfontz 128×128 SPI Color TFT display is connected using 4-wire SPI mode and a SparkFun RedBoard. The software demonstrates bit-banged software SPI, or can use hardware SPI. Please see our tech forum for the complete step-by-step written tutorial. One of our Twitter followers posted this update, using an Arduino-compatible board
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