Adafruit 1.69" 280x240 Round Rectangle Color IPS TFT Display

The Adafruit 1.69" Round Rectangle TFT is a compact IPS display featuring 280×240 pixels at 220 PPI with distinctive rounded corners — ideal for smartwatch-style interfaces and modern electronics projects. The ST7789 driver communicates over 4-wire SPI and works with any microcontroller or microcomputer.

The rounded corners are achieved by masking corner pixels in the display panel itself. The framebuffer is still rectangular, so you can treat it as a standard 280×240 display with no special pixel mapping required. An onboard 3.3V regulator and 3/5V level shifter handle power and logic, while a built-in microSD card slot lets you load full-colour bitmaps from FAT16/FAT32 formatted cards.

Key Features

• 280×240 IPS Display – 1.69" diagonal with 220 PPI and wide viewing angles up to 80°
• Rounded Corners – Modern smartwatch-style appearance with standard rectangular addressing
• ST7789 Driver – 4-wire SPI interface compatible with any microcontroller
• 16-Bit Colour – Vibrant full-colour pixel-addressable frame buffer
• 3/5V Compatible – Onboard regulator and level shifter for flexible integration
• MicroSD Card Slot – Load bitmaps and assets from FAT16/FAT32 cards
• EYESPI FPC Connector – 18-pin 0.5mm pitch FPC connector for solderless wiring

Ideal For

• Smartwatch-style interfaces and wearable electronics
• Portable devices with modern rounded UI aesthetics
• IoT dashboards and status displays
• Bitmap and image display from microSD storage

Package Contents

• 1× Adafruit 1.69" 280×240 Round Rectangle TFT LCD breakout with MicroSD
• 1× Header strip

Specifications

• Display Size – 1.69" diagonal
• Resolution – 280×240 pixels (220 PPI)
• Colour Depth – 16-bit (65,536 colours)
• Display Type – IPS TFT with rounded corners
• Driver – ST7789
• Interface – 4-wire SPI
• FPC Connector – 18-pin EYESPI (0.5mm pitch)
• Logic Level – 3.3V or 5V