Can you increase tft brightness?
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Can you increase tft brightness?
Is it possible to make a TFT brighter for reading in the sun?
Re: Can you increase tft brightness?
Yes, TFTS can be made brighter. There are a few ways to accomplish this.
First, TFTs provide 64K or 64M colors and many can display video. But they don't do very well in direct sunlight.
If you need a TFT to be readable in direct light, you can order a transflecive https://focuslcds.com/journals/transfle ... cd-module/ display, but the cost if much higher.
It is possible to increase the back-light by adding more LEDs or by using PWM. One disadvantage of a brighter TFT is that it requires more power and drains batteries faster.
A TFT needs to be at least 700 nits bright to be seen in the sun.
A Nit is the amount of light produced by one candle.
First, TFTs provide 64K or 64M colors and many can display video. But they don't do very well in direct sunlight.
If you need a TFT to be readable in direct light, you can order a transflecive https://focuslcds.com/journals/transfle ... cd-module/ display, but the cost if much higher.
It is possible to increase the back-light by adding more LEDs or by using PWM. One disadvantage of a brighter TFT is that it requires more power and drains batteries faster.
A TFT needs to be at least 700 nits bright to be seen in the sun.
A Nit is the amount of light produced by one candle.