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Color LCD Shield Retail
Replacement: None. We are no longer carrying this LCD shield in our catalog. This page is for reference only.
The Color LCD Shield, recommended by and designed in partnership with an SFE customer, provides an easy method of connecting the popular Nokia 6100 LCD to your Arduino USB or Pro. The board comes as shown with the 128x128 mini color LCD, as well as a backlight driver circuit (boosts to 7V), and three momentary push-buttons (tied through a jumper to pins D3-5).
The Nokia 6100 LCD is controlled through a 9-bit SPI interface. The control pins of the LCD are connected to the hardware SPI pins of the Arduino (D13 -SCK, D11 - DIO), the CS pin is tied to D9 and the reset pin is connected to D8. Voltage from the '5V' pin of the Arduino is boosted to 7V to power the LCD backlight.
The Nokia 6100 LCD is included with the Color LCD Shield. Headers are not soldered on, but are included.
These come in fancy clamshell packaging meant for our distributors that need it. Regular customers are welcome to order, but we want to limit the amount of extra packaging finding its way into the trash heap. The version without the extra plastic can be found in the related items below.
Note: This shield uses the Epson S1D15G10 or Philips PCF8833 controller (we cannot guarantee which one you will receive. Please see Jim Lynch's tutorial below as to why.
Note: This product is a collaboration with Peter Davenport. A portion of each sales goes back to them for product support and continued development.
- Schematic
- Quickstart Guide
- Color LCD Shield Arduino Library (github)
- Example C Code (ATmega328)
- Example Arduino Library (Thanks Peter!)
- Example Arduino Code (Thanks Mark!)
- Tronixstuff Tutorial
- Interface tutorial by Jim Lynch
Color LCD Shield Retail Product Help and Resources
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can I use external light source for back light? means is back side of LCD is open?
it already has a backlight with the usual reflective surface backing. I'd imagine these little panels are as easy to open up as any other, though, at which point you should be able to remove the existing backlight solution, light panel, etc.
I'm curious, though - what external light source do you wish to use, and why? :)
this is a great board. You can go here to see me explain what I did with it: Space Invaders