How to turn of the tft display.

Other Hardware Displays
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Hi. i use a IM120419006 tft here i would like turn off the display with code or if its not possible i would like use the blacklight.
i use utft library and i write lcdoff comand but it dont work.

I try to put the tft pins to high o low but not work. How i can turn off the tft?
thanks

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Usually the backlight is not handled by the TFT controller. So you have to do both: Power down the controller and turn off the backlight with an external MOSFET (e.g. IRLU120).

Oliver

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ok thank you very much oliver. i try to remove the shield.
thanks