240x160, 5-bit grayscale LCD module with backlight

Limited power consumption, LED backlight

This device is a very good solution for low-power applications, yet allowing to have a decent user intereface. .

Advantages of this display

You can display a lot of information. For instance with 5-pixel wide characters and 1 pixel space, you can display 20 lines of 40 characters.
As this display can work on a 1 byte per pixel mode, you can display any font you want because you can adapt the resolution at will.
This display has a grayscale capability, which allows you to display for instance 2 curves on the same graph.
It's a graphic module. You can display your company logo without requiring a custom design, and you can display B&W images.
This display is equipped with a LED backlight.

Here are photographs of this display with text and graphics:

This LCD is delivered with its FPC connector for your convenience, and an interface board is under design. It will allow to use this LCD on a universal printed circuit (pitch = 2.54mm).

Typical applications

You can use this display for low-power measurement devices. It allows you to display graphics (bargraphs, curves) without taking too much CPU power. As it has a grayscale capability, you can also display more than 1 curve on the same graphics.
As the backlight is independent on the LCD power, backlight can be switched off, therefore reducing power consumption. The display driver can also be put in partial mode (for instance when in standby, you can use this mode to display time only), therefore further redusing the power consumption.
Its total internal display data is 38400 bytes (240 x 160 @ 1 byte per pixel to make things simple). A smart way to refresh it is to use a DMA (in which case you need the same amount of RAM in or around your MPU). At 8 MHz DMA clock, it would take about 5 ms for a complete refresh.

Kit contents

This LCD can be purchased with its connector if you want to make your own board, or with an adaptor board if you want to use it in a hand-wired hardware.
Our product naming conventions are as follows:

LCD is simply called after its part number (in this case PW240160LCD)
The LCD and the connector set is called after its part number, with the suffix SET. (In this case PW240160LCDSET).
Finally, the LCD + connnector + adaptor board set is called KIT (in this case PW240160LCDKIT).

PW240160LCD

FPC connector

Adaptor board

Characteristics summary

Characteristics
Power supply		3.3V
Resolution		240 x 160 pixels
Depth		5 bits / pixel
Text capability (ASCII 5 x 8)		20 lines of 40 characters
Text capability (Kanji 16x16)		10 lines of 15 characters
Data transfer mode		parallel (source code for 8-bit mode parallel)
External size (w x h)		77 x 61 mm
Thickness		4.5 mm
Display area size		67 x 45 mm
Connection cable		40-wire FPC, 0.5 mm pitch
Connector		FPC, 0.5 mm pitch
Backlight		LEDS (3V typ, 60 mA max)