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Displays tested with nano-gui and micro-gui
Drivers used in nano-gui and micro-gui are identical. These displays and drivers are also compatible with the Writer class.
Note that the supported ePaper/eInk displays are unsuitable for interactive use owing to their long update time.
Displays using drivers in this repo
Size is diagonal in inches. C/M/GS color/1-bit monochrome/greyscale.
Width and height are pixels.
| Size | Width | Height | Tech | Driver | Description | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.96C | 94 | 64 | OLED | SSD1331 | Adafruit 684 | |
| 1.12GS | 96 | 96 | OLED | SSD1327 | Seeed 104030011 | Obsolescent. |
| 1.27C | 128 | 96 | OLED | SSD1351 | Adafruit 1673 | |
| 1.5C | 128 | 128 | OLED | SSD1351 | Adafruit 1431 | |
| 1.44C | 128 | 128 | TFT | ST7735R | Adafruit 2088 | |
| 1.5C | 160 | 128 | TFT | ST7735R | Adafruit 358 | |
| 1.3C | 240 | 240 | TFT | ST7789 | Adafruit 4313 | |
| 1.5GS | 128 | 128 | OLED | SSD1327 | Waveshare 13992 | |
| 2.0C | 320 | 240 | TFT | ST7789 | Waveshare Pico LCD 2 | For Pi Pico. |
| 1.54C | 240 | 240 | TFT | ST7789 | Adafruit 3787 | |
| 1.14C | 240 | 135 | TFT | ST7789 | T-Display | ESP32 with attached display. |
| 2.8C | 320 | 240 | TFT | ST7789 | Waveshare pico 2.8 | Display for Pi Pico. |
| 1.14C | 240 | 135 | TFT | ST7789 | Waveshare pico 1.14 | For Pi Pico. Buttons good for micro-gui. |
| 1.14C | 240 | 135 | TFT | ST7789 | Pimoroni pico 1.14 | For Pi Pico. Buttons good for micro-gui. |
| 3.2C | 320 | 240 | TFT | ILI9341 | Adafruit 1743 | Big display. eBay equivalents work here. |
| 3.5C | 480 | 320 | TFT | ILI9486 | Waveshare Rpi 3.5 LCD | Pi HAT. Many pixels. Needs plenty of RAM. |
| 3.5C | 480 | 320 | TFT | ILI9486 | Adafruit 3.5 LCD | 3.5" HX8357D display, notes as above. |
| 3.5C | 480 | 320 | TFT | ILI9486 | Waveshere RPI 3.5 LCD | 3.5" ILI9488 display, notes as above. |
| 2.9M | 296 | 128 | eInk | UC8151D | Adafruit 4262 | Flexible ePaper display. |
| 2.9M | 296 | 128 | eInk | UC8151D | Adafruit 4777 | FeatherWing ePaper display. |
| 4.2M | 400 | 300 | eInk | WS | Waveshare pico 4.2 | Pico, Pico W plug in. Other hosts via cable. |
| 2.7M | 274 | 176 | eInk | HAT | Waveshare HAT | HAT designed for Raspberry Pi, repurposed. |
| 2.7M | 400 | 240 | Sharp | Sharp | Adafruit 4694 | Micropower monochrome display. |
| 1.3M | 168 | 144 | Sharp | Sharp | Adafruit 3502 | Ditto. |
Displays using compatible drivers
Monochrome OLED displays based on the SSD1306 chip are supported via the official driver. Displays are available from various sources and can use I2C or SPI interfaces. An example is Adafruit 938. The SSD1306 driver in this repo has minor additions to support demos intended for color displays.
Monochrome OLED displays based on the SH1106 chip are supported via the unofficial driver. The SH1106 driver in this repo has minor additions to support demos intended for color displays. Displays are available from various sources and can use I2C or SPI interfaces. An exmaple is the Inland IIC SPI 1.3" 128x64 OLED V2.0 AKA KeyStudio.
Nokia 5110 (PCD8544) displays. This driver is compatible.
Adafruit displays
See these notes for wiring details, pin names and hardware issues.
Unlisted displays
Displays whose controller is listed above
An untested display that uses a supported controller is not guaranteed to work. This is because a controller can be connected to the display in a variety of ways. In some cases the existing driver can be persuaded to work, sometimes by using nonstandard constructor arguments. In other cases the driver itself needs to be adapted.
Other controllers
For an unlisted controller the first step is to see if there is an existing driver that can be ported. Adafruit publish CircuitPython drivers for their hardware: these are easy to port to MicroPython. Only a minimal subset is needed to support these GUI's, with the result that the drivers can be very simple. See this doc for details.