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by timelytechsp
Sun Nov 28, 2021 12:34 pm
Forum: Character LCD
Topic: I have a battery powered project that uses a character LCD. How can I reduce the power consumption?
Replies: 1
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Re: I have a battery powered project that uses a character LCD. How can I reduce the power consumption?

There are a few ways to do this. 1. If there is a backlight, have a timer turn it off after a few seconds. The backlight will draw up to 10X the power of the LCD alone. 2. If the backlight is on all the time, switch to transmissive<https://focuslcds.com/journals/transflective-vs-transmissive-lcd-mod...
by timelytechsp
Fri Aug 20, 2021 1:03 pm
Forum: TFT Display
Topic: What is the most common interface or bus type for a smaller TFT such as 1.5” or somewhere in that size range?
Replies: 1
Views: 7520

Re: What is the most common interface or bus type for a smaller TFT such as 1.5” or somewhere in that size range?

There are a few interface types for the TFTs. Many TFTs will support more than one interface such as 8 bit, 16bit, 3 wire spi, 4 wire spi. Here is a 1.8” TFT with multiple interfaces <https://focuslcds.com/product/1-8-tft-d ... 6lw6m300-n>