New 4.3-inch Arduino shields with capacitive or resistive touch applicability

Effortless touch development is obtained with Newhaven Display's new Arduino Shields, customized for their 4.3-inch capacitive or resistive touch TFT display line, says the company. Available in six display variations, the shields are ready to mate with some of Arduino's most commonly used development boards and are designed to be a simple compact solution for developing with touchscreen-capable TFT displays. The 4.3-inch Arduino Shields are available in six different models. Each shield features a 480 x 272 resolution TFT in the form of a sunlight-readable, premium (MVA) or standard LCD type. In addition to these three different display types, there are two different touchscreen options to choose from: 5-point multi-touch capacitive or 4-wire resistive touch. These shields feature the FT801 (capacitive touch) or the FT800 (resistive touch) video engine by FTDI which may be used to develop and demonstrate the functionality of the FT80X IC's and the company's 4.3-inch touchscreen TFT displays. A bonus of these shields is the PWM (Pulse Width Modulation) which is the type of digital signal used to control the dimming of backlight LEDs. Since the Arduino Development boards are powerful tools, a micro SD slot also comes as a built-in standard allowing additional storage space for more complex code. This eliminates any memory constraints of the Arduino board. Additionally, the shields generate audio output with an onboard power amplifier. The shields were designed by Newhaven engineers for classic Arduino boards such as UNO, Mega and Leonardo. Each Arduino board connects directly to the back of the shield, greatly reducing software and hardware development time and simplifying the design process. No extra controller boards or cables are required, providing a much faster and effortless experience developing with a touchscreen TFT. By utilizing Arduino's vastly growing community, engineers can take advantage of shared code developed by other engineers as well as code created by Newhaven's engineers. To help engineers get started with the 4.3-inch Arduino Shields, Newhaven Display shares a repository of example code to get any engineer up and running as soon as the product arrives. Additionally, the open-source hardware and software design will save engineers time and money, says the company.