Adafruit PiTFT Plus 320x240 2.8 TFT + Capacitive Touchscreen

The Adafruit PiTFT Plus 2.8" Capacitive Touchscreen is a finger-friendly colour display for the Raspberry Pi. Unlike resistive touchscreens that need a stylus or fingernail, this capacitive version responds to a light finger touch and features a polished black bezel with a glass overlay for a clean, modern look.

The display communicates over SPI for graphics and I2C for the capacitive touch controller. All 40 GPIO pins are broken out underneath so you can still connect a GPIO ribbon cable. Four built-in slim tactile switches are wired to GPIO for building simple user interfaces like power buttons or menu navigation.

Key Features

• 2.8" TFT Display – 320×240 resolution with 16-bit colour (65,536 colours)
• Capacitive Touchscreen – Finger-friendly touch input with glass overlay and black bezel
• SPI + I2C Interface – SPI for display (SCK, MOSI, MISO, CE0, GPIO 24/25); I2C (SDA/SCL) for touch controller, shareable with other I2C devices
• 4 Tactile Buttons – Pre-installed slim switches wired to GPIO for custom UI
• 40-Pin GPIO Passthrough – All pins brought out underneath for ribbon cable access
• Fully Assembled – Ready to plug in with tactile switches pre-installed
• Custom Kernel Support – Easy framebuffer installation over standard Raspberry Pi OS

Compatibility

• Raspberry Pi Zero / Zero 2 W
• Raspberry Pi 1 Model A+ and B+
• Raspberry Pi 2, 3, 4, 5
• Any Pi with a 2×20 GPIO header (not compatible with original Pi 1 Model A/B 2×13 header)

Also Consider

• PiTFT 2.8" Resistive – Same size with resistive touch, fits the original Pi 1 Model A/B form factor
• PiTFT 2.4" HAT – Smaller resistive touchscreen in HAT form factor
• PiTFT 2.2" HAT – Compact non-touch version

Ideal For

• Touch-enabled interfaces and portable Pi projects
• Mini consoles, retro gaming handhelds, and media players
• IoT dashboards and interactive control panels
• PyGame and SDL-based graphical applications

Package Contents

• 1× Adafruit PiTFT Plus 2.8" Capacitive (fully assembled with display, touchscreen, and tactile switches)

Resources

• PiTFT 2.8" Capacitive Touch Learning Guide