NEW PRODUCTS – NTSC/PAL (Television) TFT Displays (1.5″, 2.0″, 2.5″ & 3.5″ diagonal)

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NEW PRODUCTS – NTSC/PAL (Television) TFT Displays (1.5″, 2.0″, 2.5″ & 3.5″ diagonal). Yes, these are adorable miniature televisions! The visible displays measures only 1.5″, 2.0″, 2.5″ & 3.5″ diagonal, the TFT comes with a NTSC/PAL driver board. The display is very easy to use – simply connect 4.5-15VDC to the red and black wires, then connect a composite video source to the yellow and black wire. Voila, a television display!

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To demonstrate it, we took some photos with the display connected to a Raspberry Pi, but it will also work connected to any analog composite-video output such as a YBox or Propeller w/Video out. It will not work with a device that only outputs VGA, HDMI or any other digital video signal.

Please note, these miniature displays are very delicate and require care to avoid ripping the delicate flex connector. These are best used by electronics geeks who have experience and are comfortable working with delicate electronic components. WE CANNOT REPLACE DAMAGED DISPLAYS if you are not careful and rip the flex connector!

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NTSC/PAL (Television) TFT Display – 1.5″ Diagonal – There’s a little button to adjust the LED backlight brightness (5 levels) – there is no other adjustment available but we found that the color and contrast look great right out of the box.

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  • Power with 4.5-15VDC only into onboard buck converter
  • 50mA power draw at 12V, 120mA at 5V
  • Control board measures 48mm x 32mm
  • Four 3mm drill holes on a 43mm x 28mm square
  • Resolution: 160 RGB x 240
  • Dot pitch:Dot pitch: 0.0625mm wide x 0.0938mm high
  • Visible display dimensions: 29.79mm horizontal x 22.32mm vertical
  • Display plastic case dimensions: 37.1mm x 32.7mm x 2.6mm

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NTSC/PAL (Television) TFT Display – 2.0″ Diagonal – there is no other adjustment available but we found that the color and contrast look great right out of the box.

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  • Power with 4.5-15VDC only into onboard buck converter
  • 50mA power draw at 12V, 120mA at 5V
  • Control board measures 48mm x 32mm
  • Four 3mm drill holes on a 43mm x 28mm square
  • Visible display dimensions: 40.672mm x 30.48mm
  • Resolution: 640 x 240
  • Dot Pitch: 0.0635mm wide x 0.127mm high
  • Display metal case dimensions: 46.1mm x 40.96 x 2.53mm

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NTSC/PAL (Television) TFT Display – 2.5″ Diagonal – There’s two little buttons to adjust the LED backlight brightness up and down (32 levels) and a button that ‘flips’ the display horizontally – there is no other adjustment available but we found that the color and contrast look great right out of the box.

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  • Power with 4.5-15VDC only into onboard buck converter
  • 80mA power draw at 12V, 180mA at 5V
  • Control board measures 51mm x 44mm
  • Four 2.2mm drill holes on a 46mm x 39mm square
  • Visible display dimensions: 50.4mm horizontal x 37.8mm vertical
  • Resolution: 320 RGB wide x 240 high
  • Dot pitch: 0.0525mm wide x 0.1575mm high
  • Display metal case dimensions: 60.73 x 45.07 x 2.54 mm

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NTSC/PAL (Television) TFT Display – 3.5″ Diagonal – There’s three little buttons that let you enter a menu system for adjusting brightness, color and contrast. The cable has two composite plugs, AV1 and AV2. AV1 is the default and if AV2 goes ‘live’ it replaces AV1.

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  • Power with 4.5-12VDC only into onboard buck converter
  • 150mA power draw at 12V, 350mA at 5V
  • Control board measures 70mm x 52mm
  • Visible display dimensions: 70.08mm horizontal x 52.56mm vertical
  • Resolution: 320 RGB wide x 240 high
  • Dot pitch: 0.219 mm wide x 0.219 mm high
  • Display metal case dimensions: 76.9mm x 63.9mm x 3.3mm

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In stock and glowing – NTSC/PAL (Television) TFT Displays (1.5″, 2.0″, 2.5″ & 3.5″ diagonal).

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7 Comments

  1. jason
    June 28, 2012 at 6:16 pm

    Do these display static upon loss of signal ? or do they blue/black screen ?
    If they display static the FPV flying guys will love these

  2. adafruit
    June 28, 2012 at 6:17 pm

    @jason – no static 🙂

  3. Bryan
    June 28, 2012 at 9:06 pm

    The display resolution (in dots) mentioned in the A025DL02 data sheet for the 2.5 inch display (ID: 912) is 960(W) x 240(H). Is there some downscaling happening in the controller?

  4. adafruit
    June 28, 2012 at 9:09 pm

    @bryan – 960(W) x 240(H) == 320 RGB x 240. Each RGB sub pixel is counted as a dot

  5. Bryan
    June 29, 2012 at 1:58 am

    @adafruit – *face palm*, of course. Thanks!

  6. Richard L
    June 29, 2012 at 5:28 am

    What does standard terminal output look like on one of these screens – is the text legible, or even comfortable to read? I’m most interested in the 3.5″ one.

  7. adafruit
    June 29, 2012 at 7:54 am

    @richard, too small to read

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