adafruit-circuitpython-st7789

Introduction

displayio driver for ST7789 TFT-LCD displays.

Dependencies

This driver depends on:

Adafruit CircuitPython 4.0.0-beta.0+

Please ensure all dependencies are available on the CircuitPython filesystem. This is easily achieved by downloading the Adafruit library and driver bundle.

Usage Example

import board
import displayio
# Starting in CircuitPython 9.x fourwire will be a seperate internal library
# rather than a component of the displayio library
try:
    from fourwire import FourWire
except ImportError:
    from displayio import FourWire

from adafruit_st7789 import ST7789

displayio.release_displays()

spi = board.SPI()
while not spi.try_lock():
    pass
spi.configure(baudrate=24000000) # Configure SPI for 24MHz
spi.unlock()
tft_cs = board.D5
tft_dc = board.D6

display_bus = FourWire(spi, command=tft_dc, chip_select=tft_cs, reset=board.D9)

display = ST7789(display_bus, width=240, height=240, rowstart=80, bgr=True, invert=True)

# Make the display context
splash = displayio.Group()
display.root_group = splash

color_bitmap = displayio.Bitmap(240, 240, 1)
color_palette = displayio.Palette(1)
color_palette[0] = 0xFF0000

bg_sprite = displayio.TileGrid(color_bitmap,
                               pixel_shader=color_palette,
                               x=0, y=0)
splash.append(bg_sprite)

while True:
    pass

Documentation

API documentation for this library can be found on Read the Docs.

For information on building library documentation, please check out this guide.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please read our Code of Conduct before contributing to help this project stay welcoming.

Metadata

Release files for adafruit-circuitpython-st7789 2.1.5

For a detailed explanation of source distributions (sdists) and built distributions (wheels), please see the package formats documentation.

Source distribution (sdist)

Source distribution for adafruit-circuitpython-st7789 2.1.5
File	Size	Uploaded
adafruit_circuitpython_st7789-2.1.5.tar.gz	25.5 kB	Apr 23, 2026	Details

Built distribution (wheel)

Table of built distributions (wheels) for adafruit-circuitpython-st7789 2.1.5
File	Interpreter	ABI	Platform	Reset
adafruit_circuitpython_st7789-2.1.5-py3-none-any.whl 4.7 kB Apr 23, 2026	Python 3	none	any	Details

Total release size: 30.2 kB

Release files / adafruit_circuitpython_st7789-2.1.5.tar.gz

Download URL	adafruit_circuitpython_st7789-2.1.5.tar.gz
Size	25.5 kB
Tags	Source
SHA-256 checksum How to use checksums	`74d48d2771474b7d3fed4d314e61850728cdbb1c565b8ddaac983592ec51c072`
BLAKE2b-256 checksum How to use checksums	`6a9aed9b5fba25f8278e9a119ba8e06e0a376414b4d5e18241b8f6f631dc2ce8`
Upload date	Apr 23, 2026
Uploaded using Trusted Publishing? What is trusted publishing?	No
Uploaded via	`twine/6.2.0 CPython/3.11.15`

Release files / adafruit_circuitpython_st7789-2.1.5-py3-none-any.whl

Download URL	adafruit_circuitpython_st7789-2.1.5-py3-none-any.whl
Size	4.7 kB
Tags	Python 3
SHA-256 checksum How to use checksums	`6ba418b340964399afa6e47bcf6eb79aa55c704b10f72e03d579f502809234ed`
BLAKE2b-256 checksum How to use checksums	`97f0390069da38fe0e36c9e2fa9f33a5d11d66e5fe6886fb040cd60409ac6c3d`
Upload date	Apr 23, 2026
Uploaded using Trusted Publishing? What is trusted publishing?	No
Uploaded via	`twine/6.2.0 CPython/3.11.15`