This 5.0inch TFT screen has lots of pixels, 800x480 to be exact, and an LED backlight. Its great for when you need a lot of space for graphics. These screens are commonly seen in consumer electronics, such as miniature TV's, GPS's, handheld games car displays, etc. A 40-pin connector has 8 red, 8 green, and 8 blue parallel pins, for 24 bit color capability.

This version does not have touchscreen attached It's exactly the same TFT display as PID 1596 but without the resistive touch panel so it is a little less expensive.

This is a "raw pixel-dot-clock" display and does not have an SPI/parallel type controller or any kind of RAM. The display is supposed to be constantly refreshed, at 60Hz, with a pixel clock, V sync, H sync, etc. There are some high end processors such as that used in the BeagleBone that can natively support such RGB TTL displays. However, it is extremely rare for a small microcontroller to support it, as you need dedicated hardware or a very fast processor such as an FPGA. Not only that, but the backlight requires a constant-current mode boost converter that can go as high as 24V instead of our other small displays that can run the backlight off of 5V.

Specifications:

• Dimensions with Screen Backing: 120mm x 75mm / 4.7" x 3.0"
• Screen Dimensions: 110mm x 67mm / 4.3" x 2.6"
• Weight: 61g
• There is no resistive touch screen so pins 37-40 are NC.

Package Includes:

• 1 x Adafruit 1680 5.0 inch 40-pin 800x480 TFT Display without Touchscreen