Victronix VXT430TWH-06P is a 4.3-inch TFT LCD module in portrait, and it carries a four-wire resistive touch panel. That combination is easy to overlook and hard to replace. A resistive panel responds to pressure rather than to a finger's conductivity, so it works with gloves, wet or oily hands, a stylus, or the tip of a tool, and it costs less than a capacitive stack — at the price of multi-touch, of 80% transmittance against the 85% a capacitive panel gives, and of a surface that takes a deliberate press. The shape suits a vertical column: the active area is taller than it is wide, so readings stack one per row, scrolling lists and status panels fit naturally, and a portrait enclosure needs no rework. The display itself runs 24-bit RGB on a 40-pin FPC from a single 3.3 V rail, and 130,560 pixels need only 255 KB of frame buffer — small enough that a microcontroller with 512 KB of internal SRAM needs no external RAM at all. Most optical figures carry a stated floor: 310 cd/m² minimum brightness, 400 minimum contrast, 80° minimum viewing angle. Two things want settling before you commit, and we set them out rather than leave them for bring-up: the specification writes the resolution as 480 × 272 while the geometry says the panel is 272 wide by 480 tall, and the driver IC is named two different ways in two different places.
| Criterion | This resistive panel | Note |
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| Gloved operation | Works | Capacitive panels generally do not respond through a work glove |
| Wet, oily or dirty hands | Works | Conductive contamination confuses capacitive sensing |
| Stylus, pen or tool tip | Works | Any rigid object, no special tip needed |
| Multi-touch | Not supported | Single point only — no pinch or two-finger gestures |
| Transmittance | ≥ 80% | A capacitive stack typically reaches 85% or better |
| Actuation | Requires deliberate pressure | Good against accidental input; not suited to light flick gestures |
| EMC behaviour | Generally more robust | No projected field to couple into |
| Cost | Lower | Simpler stack and simpler controller |
| Item | Contents | Unit |
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Model |
VXT430TWH-06P |
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| LCD TYPE | TFT/TRANSMISSIVE | |
| MODULE SIZE (W*H*T) | 67.20*105.50*4.20 | MM |
| ACTIVE SIZE (W*H) | 53.86*95.04 | MM |
| PIXEL PITCH(W*H) | 0.198*0.198 | MM |
| NUMBER OF DOTS | 480*272 | |
| DIVER IC | ST7282T2 | |
| INTERFACE TYPE | 24-BIT RGB | |
| TOP POLARIZER TYPE | ANTI-GLARE | |
| RECOMMEND VIEWING DIRECTION | 6 | O'CLOCK |
| GRAY SCALE INVERSION DIRECTION | 12 | O'CLOCK |
| BACKLIGHT TYPE | 10-LED WHITE | |
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BRIGHTNESS |
360 typ / 440 max cd/m² |
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Backlight power |
0.64w |
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| TOUCHPANEL TYPE |
Four-wire resistive, film-to-glass, on pins 37–40 |
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Touch response |
≤ 15 ms, linearity ≤ 1.5%, transmittance ≥ 80% |
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Touch life |
≥ 1,000,000 actuations |
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