Adafruit
Adafruit PiTFT 2.4 HAT Mini Kit - 320x240 TFT Touchscreen
The Adafruit PiTFT 2.4" HAT Mini Kit is a compact colour touchscreen display that plugs directly onto your Raspberry Pi's GPIO header. Featuring a 2.4-inch 3...
The Adafruit PiTFT 2.4" HAT Mini Kit is a compact colour touchscreen display that plugs directly onto your Raspberry Pi's GPIO header. Featuring a 2.4-inch 320×240 pixel TFT with 16-bit colour and a resistive touch overlay, it's ideal for building interactive interfaces, mini consoles, or portable Pi projects.
The HAT communicates over the Pi's high-speed SPI interface and includes pads for up to five optional slim tactile switches wired to GPIO, letting you add physical buttons for menus, power control, or navigation. A right-angle 26-pin connector provides access to the remaining GPIO via a ribbon cable and Cobbler breakout.
Key Features
- 2.4" TFT Display – 320×240 resolution with 16-bit colour (65,536 colours)
- Resistive Touchscreen – Built-in touch overlay for interactive input
- SPI Interface – Uses hardware SPI pins (SCK, MOSI, MISO, CE0, CE1) plus GPIO 24 and 25
- 5 Tactile Switch Pads – Optional button positions wired to GPIO for custom UI (switches sold separately)
- 26-Pin GPIO Breakout – Right-angle connector for accessing remaining GPIO via ribbon cable
- HAT Form Factor – Plugs directly onto any Pi with a 2×20 header
- 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 Raspberry Pi with a 2×20 GPIO header
Also Consider
- PiTFT 2.2" HAT – Same resolution without touchscreen, includes 4 built-in tactile buttons
Ideal For
- Touch-enabled menu systems and portable Pi interfaces
- Mini consoles and retro gaming handhelds
- PiCam preview and image/video display
- Interactive IoT dashboards and control panels
Package Contents
- 1× Adafruit PiTFT 2.4" HAT (assembled with display and resistive touchscreen)
- 1× 2×20 GPIO female header (requires soldering)
Resources
Jargon buster
Plain-language definitions for the technical terms used above.
- breakout
- A breakout is a small circuit board that makes a tiny or hard-to-solder component easier to connect to with standard pins. It matters because this OLED module can be wired into a microcontroller project without needing to solder directly to the display’s fine contacts.
- GPIO
- General-purpose input/output pins are microcontroller pins you can set in software to read signals, switch devices on and off, or connect to peripherals. The number of GPIO pins matters because it limits how many buttons, LEDs, sensors, and other parts you can wire directly to the board.
- IoT
- Short for Internet of Things, meaning physical devices that connect to networks or the internet to send data or be controlled remotely. It matters if you want projects such as connected sensors, remote controls or classroom data-logging activities.
- SPI
- A fast serial communication bus often used for displays, memory cards, and sensors. It matters because SPI devices need specific pins for clock and data, plus a separate chip-select line for each device.
- TFT
- A thin-film transistor display is a common type of colour LCD used for graphics screens. Knowing a product is for TFTs helps you check that the driver board matches the display’s connector, resolution, backlight, and signalling method.
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