This Product Selection Guide contains information to help select products in the LCD, OLED, Graphic category on DigiKey.com
LCD, OLED, Graphic Display Modules are displays that use liquid crystal or organic light emitting diode technology to provide visual graphics. The display types are CSTN, FFSTN, FSTN, LCD, monochrome, OLED, plasma, STN, and TFT, with display modes of passive, reflective, transflective, and transmissive. The touchscreen styles are available in capacitive and resistive versions.
SelectionCharacteristics
Display Type: Describes the technology used for the display.
Display Mode: Indicates whether a display is designed to be illuminated by light transmitted from behind, reflected from the front, or some combination thereof.
Touchscreen: Describes the type of touchscreen compatability.
Diagonal Screen Size: The size of a display’s viewing area measured between diagonally-opposed corners.
Viewing Area: The dimensions of the portion of a display that is usable for showing images or characters.
Backlight: Indicates type and color(s) of transmissive display illumination incorporated in a display, or absence thereof.
Dot Pixels: Indicates the number of vertical and horizontal pixels in the display.
Interface: Indication of which interface(s) or protocol(s) are used by the device to communicate with other components in the system.
Controller Type: Identifies the integrated circuit in a device that provides control and communications functions.
Graphics Color: Indicates the color(s) of displayed graphics in normal operating mode, and in inverterd color mode where applicable.
Bakcground Color: Indicates the color(s) of the background on the display.
ProductExamples
| MFR PART # | LS013B7DH03 |
|---|---|
| DIGI-KEY PART # | 425-2903-ND |
| MANUFACTURER | Sharp Microelectronics |
| DESCRIPTION | LCD TFT 1.28" 128X128 FPC |
| DATASHEET | Click Here |
| MFR PART # | NHD-C12832A1Z-FSW-FBW-3V3 |
|---|---|
| DIGI-KEY PART # | NHD-C12832A1Z-FSW-FBW-3V3-ND |
| MANUFACTURER | Newhaven Display Intl |
| DESCRIPTION | LCD COG GRAPHIC 128X32 |
| DATASHEET | Click Here |
| MFR PART # | DT024CTFT-TS |
|---|---|
| DIGI-KEY PART # | 1756-1003-ND |
| MANUFACTURER | Displaytech |
| DESCRIPTION | LCD DISP TFT 2.4" 240X320 |
| DATASHEET | Click Here |
MediaLinks
Product Training Modules
Chip-On-Glass LCD Display
LCDs and OLEDs Character and Graphic Display
TechForum
LCD Illumination