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 This tutorial is for our 1.8" diagonal TFT display & microSD breakout board. This breakout is the best way to add a small, colorful and bright display to any project. 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. Even a very small one with low memory and few pins available! This tutorial is for our 1.8" diagonal TFT display & microSD breakout board. This breakout is the best way to add a small, colorful and bright display to any project. 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. Even a very small one with low memory and few pins available!
  
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 +**We also have a shield version of this display that is pre-wired for use with an Arduino. ​ Just solder in the headers and you are ready to go!**
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 There are two ways to wire up these displays - one is a more flexible method (you can use any pins on the Arduino) and the other is much faster (4-8x faster, but you are required to use the hardware SPI pins) We will begin by showing how to use the more flexible method. ​ There are two ways to wire up these displays - one is a more flexible method (you can use any pins on the Arduino) and the other is much faster (4-8x faster, but you are required to use the hardware SPI pins) We will begin by showing how to use the more flexible method. ​
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 +** The shield version is pre-wired for hardware SPI.  Once you have soldered in the headers, you can skip the wiring instructions and proceed to the "​Graphics Library"​ section for the library code and examples **
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 [[https://​github.com/​adafruit/​Adafruit-ST7735-Library|Adafruit ST7735 library]]. \\ [[https://​github.com/​adafruit/​Adafruit-ST7735-Library|Adafruit ST7735 library]]. \\
 ([[http://​www.ladyada.net/​library/​arduino/​libraries.html|See our detailed tutorial for installation assistance.]]) ([[http://​www.ladyada.net/​library/​arduino/​libraries.html|See our detailed tutorial for installation assistance.]])
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 +For shield users, see the "​shieldtest.pde"​ example in the ST7735 library.
  
 You may also be interested in the [[http://​www.adafruit.com/​datasheets/​JD-T1800.pdf|datasheet for the display]], and [[http://​www.adafruit.com/​datasheets/​ST7735R_V0.2.pdf|display driver chip]] You may also be interested in the [[http://​www.adafruit.com/​datasheets/​JD-T1800.pdf|datasheet for the display]], and [[http://​www.adafruit.com/​datasheets/​ST7735R_V0.2.pdf|display driver chip]]
  
  
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