diff --git a/examples/breakout_colourlcd240x240/demo.cpp b/examples/breakout_colourlcd240x240/demo.cpp
index 2fd5ca6b..02a0b45c 100644
--- a/examples/breakout_colourlcd240x240/demo.cpp
+++ b/examples/breakout_colourlcd240x240/demo.cpp
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ using namespace pimoroni;
 const int WIDTH = 240;
 const int HEIGHT = 240;
 
-ST7789Generic lcd(WIDTH, HEIGHT, false, nullptr, BG_SPI_FRONT);
+ST7789Generic display(WIDTH, HEIGHT, ROTATE_0, false, nullptr, get_spi_pins(BG_SPI_FRONT));
 
 int main() {
   //lcd.configure_display(false);
diff --git a/examples/breakout_roundlcd/demo.cpp b/examples/breakout_roundlcd/demo.cpp
index 14edf18a..b6bb0d0f 100644
--- a/examples/breakout_roundlcd/demo.cpp
+++ b/examples/breakout_roundlcd/demo.cpp
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ using namespace pimoroni;
 const int WIDTH = 240;
 const int HEIGHT = 240;
 
-ST7789Generic display(WIDTH, HEIGHT, true, nullptr, BG_SPI_FRONT);
+ST7789Generic display(WIDTH, HEIGHT, ROTATE_0, true, nullptr, get_spi_pins(BG_SPI_FRONT));
 
 constexpr float RADIUS = WIDTH / 2;
 
diff --git a/examples/pico_display/demo.cpp b/examples/pico_display/demo.cpp
index 34a69d2f..3c1b2aeb 100644
--- a/examples/pico_display/demo.cpp
+++ b/examples/pico_display/demo.cpp
@@ -9,16 +9,12 @@
 
 using namespace pimoroni;
 
-const bool ROTATE_180 = false;
-
-// Swap WIDTH and HEIGHT to rotate 90 degrees
-ST7789Generic pico_display(PicoDisplay::WIDTH, PicoDisplay::HEIGHT);
+ST7789Generic pico_display(PicoDisplay::WIDTH, PicoDisplay::HEIGHT, ROTATE_0);
 
 RGBLED led(PicoDisplay::LED_R, PicoDisplay::LED_G, PicoDisplay::LED_B);
 
 
 int main() {
-  pico_display.configure_display(ROTATE_180);
   pico_display.set_backlight(100);
 
   struct pt {
diff --git a/examples/pico_display_2/demo.cpp b/examples/pico_display_2/demo.cpp
index b39fa4b2..b53f84bc 100644
--- a/examples/pico_display_2/demo.cpp
+++ b/examples/pico_display_2/demo.cpp
@@ -10,10 +10,7 @@
 
 using namespace pimoroni;
 
-const bool ROTATE_180 = false;
-
-// Swap WIDTH and HEIGHT to rotate 90 degrees
-ST7789Generic pico_display(240, 240);
+ST7789Generic pico_display(240, 240, ROTATE_0);
 
 RGBLED led(PicoDisplay2::LED_R, PicoDisplay2::LED_G, PicoDisplay2::LED_B);
 
@@ -43,7 +40,6 @@ void from_hsv(float h, float s, float v, uint8_t &r, uint8_t &g, uint8_t &b) {
 }
 
 int main() {
-  pico_display.configure_display(ROTATE_180);
   pico_display.set_backlight(255);
 
   struct pt {
diff --git a/examples/tufty2040/tufty2040_drawing.cpp b/examples/tufty2040/tufty2040_drawing.cpp
index 687df518..a4bbb99a 100644
--- a/examples/tufty2040/tufty2040_drawing.cpp
+++ b/examples/tufty2040/tufty2040_drawing.cpp
@@ -15,22 +15,17 @@ using namespace pimoroni;
 
 Tufty2040 tufty;
 
-uint16_t buffer[Tufty2040::WIDTH * Tufty2040::HEIGHT];
-
-    static const uint8_t LCD_CS = 10;
-    static const uint8_t LCD_DC = 11;
-    static const uint8_t LCD_WR = 12;
-    static const uint8_t LCD_RD = 13;
-    static const uint8_t LCD_D0 = 14;
-
-
-
 // Swap WIDTH and HEIGHT to rotate 90 degrees
 ST7789Generic pico_display(
-  Tufty2040::WIDTH, Tufty2040::HEIGHT,
-  buffer,
-  Tufty2040::LCD_CS, Tufty2040::LCD_DC, Tufty2040::LCD_WR, Tufty2040::LCD_RD, Tufty2040::LCD_D0, 
-  Tufty2040::BACKLIGHT
+  Tufty2040::WIDTH, Tufty2040::HEIGHT, ROTATE_0, nullptr,
+  ParallelPins{
+    Tufty2040::LCD_CS,
+    Tufty2040::LCD_DC,
+    Tufty2040::LCD_WR,
+    Tufty2040::LCD_RD,
+    Tufty2040::LCD_D0, 
+    Tufty2040::BACKLIGHT
+  }
 );
 
 Button button_a(Tufty2040::A);
diff --git a/libraries/breakout_roundlcd/breakout_roundlcd.cmake b/libraries/breakout_roundlcd/breakout_roundlcd.cmake
index aa0d5718..b4a2c5ec 100644
--- a/libraries/breakout_roundlcd/breakout_roundlcd.cmake
+++ b/libraries/breakout_roundlcd/breakout_roundlcd.cmake
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ target_sources(${LIB_NAME} INTERFACE
 target_include_directories(${LIB_NAME} INTERFACE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR})
 
 # Pull in pico libraries that we need
-target_link_libraries(${LIB_NAME} INTERFACE pico_stdlib st7789 pico_graphics)
\ No newline at end of file
+target_link_libraries(${LIB_NAME} INTERFACE pico_stdlib st7789 pimoroni_bus pico_graphics)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/libraries/breakout_roundlcd/breakout_roundlcd.cpp b/libraries/breakout_roundlcd/breakout_roundlcd.cpp
index d398f2cc..3684d3d2 100644
--- a/libraries/breakout_roundlcd/breakout_roundlcd.cpp
+++ b/libraries/breakout_roundlcd/breakout_roundlcd.cpp
@@ -3,20 +3,21 @@
 namespace pimoroni {
 
   BreakoutRoundLCD::BreakoutRoundLCD(uint16_t *buf)
-    : PicoGraphics(WIDTH, HEIGHT, buf), screen(WIDTH, HEIGHT, true, buf,
-        PIMORONI_SPI_DEFAULT_INSTANCE, SPI_BG_FRONT_CS, SPI_DEFAULT_MISO, SPI_DEFAULT_SCK, SPI_DEFAULT_MOSI, SPI_BG_FRONT_PWM)  {
+    : PicoGraphics(WIDTH, HEIGHT, buf),
+      screen(WIDTH, HEIGHT, ROTATE_0, true, buf, get_spi_pins(BG_SPI_FRONT)) {
     __fb = buf;
   }
 
   BreakoutRoundLCD::BreakoutRoundLCD(uint16_t *buf,  spi_inst_t *spi,
       uint cs, uint dc, uint sck, uint mosi, uint bl)
-    : PicoGraphics(WIDTH, HEIGHT, buf), screen(WIDTH, HEIGHT, true, buf, spi, cs, dc, sck, mosi, bl)  {
+    : PicoGraphics(WIDTH, HEIGHT, buf),
+      screen(WIDTH, HEIGHT, ROTATE_0, true, buf, SPIPins{spi, cs sck, mosi, dc, bl})  {
     __fb = buf;
   }
 
   BreakoutRoundLCD::BreakoutRoundLCD(uint16_t *buf,  BG_SPI_SLOT slot)
-    : PicoGraphics(WIDTH, HEIGHT, buf), screen(WIDTH, HEIGHT, true, buf,
-        PIMORONI_SPI_DEFAULT_INSTANCE, screen.get_slot_cs(slot), SPI_DEFAULT_MISO, SPI_DEFAULT_SCK, SPI_DEFAULT_MOSI, screen.get_slot_bl(slot)) {
+    : PicoGraphics(WIDTH, HEIGHT, buf),
+      screen(WIDTH, HEIGHT, ROTATE_0, true, buf, get_spi_pins(slot)) { {
     __fb = buf;
   }
 
diff --git a/libraries/generic_st7789/README.md b/libraries/generic_st7789/README.md
index 48268841..6a4fe4c6 100644
--- a/libraries/generic_st7789/README.md
+++ b/libraries/generic_st7789/README.md
@@ -22,12 +22,8 @@ The following example sets up Pico Display, displays some basic demo text and gr
 
 using namespace pimoroni;
 
-const bool ROTATE_180 = false;
-
-uint16_t buffer[PicoDisplay::WIDTH * PicoDisplay::HEIGHT];
-
 // Swap WIDTH and HEIGHT to rotate 90 degrees
-ST7789Generic pico_display(PicoDisplay::WIDTH, PicoDisplay::HEIGHT, buffer);
+ST7789Generic pico_display(PicoDisplay::WIDTH, PicoDisplay::HEIGHT, ROTATE_0);
 
 // RGB LED controller
 RGBLED led(PicoDisplay::LED_R, PicoDisplay::LED_G, PicoDisplay::LED_B);
@@ -39,12 +35,17 @@ Button button_x(PicoDisplay::X);
 Button button_y(PicoDisplay::Y);
 
 int main() {
-    pico_display.configure_display(ROTATE_180);
-
     // set the backlight to a value between 0 and 255
     // the backlight is driven via PWM and is gamma corrected by our
     // library to give a gorgeous linear brightness range.
     pico_display.set_backlight(100);
+    
+    // Create pens for the colours we want to use
+    // parameters are red, green, blue all between 0 and 255
+    // By default these are crushed to RGB332 so only the upper bits of each are used!
+    int BG_COLOR = pico_display.create_pen(30, 40, 50);
+    int BOX_COLOR = pico_display.create_pen(10, 20, 30);
+    int TEXT_COLOR = pico_display.create_pen(110, 120, 130);
 
     while(true) {
         // detect if the A button is pressed (could be A, B, X, or Y)
@@ -56,21 +57,20 @@ int main() {
         }
 
         // set the colour of the pen
-        // parameters are red, green, blue all between 0 and 255
-        pico_display.set_pen(30, 40, 50);
+        pico_display.set_pen(BG_COLOR);
 
         // fill the screen with the current pen colour
         pico_display.clear();
 
         // draw a box to put some text in
-        pico_display.set_pen(10, 20, 30);
+        pico_display.set_pen(BOX_COLOR);
         Rect text_rect(10, 10, 150, 150);
         pico_display.rectangle(text_rect);
 
         // write some text inside the box with 10 pixels of margin
         // automatically word wrapping
         text_rect.deflate(10);
-        pico_display.set_pen(110, 120, 130);
+        pico_display.set_pen(TEXT_COLOR);
         pico_display.text("This is a message", Point(text_rect.x, text_rect.y), text_rect.w);
 
         // now we've done our drawing let's update the screen
diff --git a/libraries/pico_display/pico_display.cpp b/libraries/pico_display/pico_display.cpp
index 4b5cee47..f9f635da 100644
--- a/libraries/pico_display/pico_display.cpp
+++ b/libraries/pico_display/pico_display.cpp
@@ -9,14 +9,14 @@
 namespace pimoroni {
 
   PicoDisplay::PicoDisplay(void *buf)
-    : PicoGraphics(WIDTH, HEIGHT, buf), screen(WIDTH, HEIGHT, false, buf,
-      PIMORONI_SPI_DEFAULT_INSTANCE, SPI_BG_FRONT_CS, SPI_DEFAULT_MISO, SPI_DEFAULT_SCK, SPI_DEFAULT_MOSI, SPI_BG_FRONT_PWM)  {
+    : PicoGraphics(WIDTH, HEIGHT, buf),
+    screen(WIDTH, HEIGHT, ROTATE_0, false, buf, get_spi_pins(BG_SPI_FRONT)) {
       __fb = buf;
   }
 
   PicoDisplay::PicoDisplay(void *buf, int width, int height)
-    : PicoGraphics(width, height, buf), screen(width, height, false, buf,
-      PIMORONI_SPI_DEFAULT_INSTANCE, SPI_BG_FRONT_CS, SPI_DEFAULT_MISO, SPI_DEFAULT_SCK, SPI_DEFAULT_MOSI, SPI_BG_FRONT_PWM)  {
+    : PicoGraphics(width, height, buf),
+    screen(width, height, ROTATE_0, false, buf, get_spi_pins(BG_SPI_FRONT)) {
       __fb = buf;
   }
 
diff --git a/libraries/pico_explorer/pico_explorer.cpp b/libraries/pico_explorer/pico_explorer.cpp
index 946935a2..ccd07c69 100644
--- a/libraries/pico_explorer/pico_explorer.cpp
+++ b/libraries/pico_explorer/pico_explorer.cpp
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ const uint8_t MOTOR2P = 11;
 namespace pimoroni {
 
   PicoExplorer::PicoExplorer(void *buf)
-    : PicoGraphics(WIDTH, HEIGHT, buf), 
-      screen(WIDTH, HEIGHT, false, buf, PIMORONI_SPI_DEFAULT_INSTANCE, screen.get_slot_cs(PICO_EXPLORER_ONBOARD), SPI_DEFAULT_MISO, SPI_DEFAULT_SCK, SPI_DEFAULT_MOSI, screen.get_slot_bl(PICO_EXPLORER_ONBOARD)) {
+    : PicoGraphics(WIDTH, HEIGHT, buf),  
+      screen(WIDTH, HEIGHT, ROTATE_0, false, buf, get_spi_pins(PICO_EXPLORER_ONBOARD)) {
         __fb = buf;
   }
 
@@ -55,10 +55,12 @@ namespace pimoroni {
     screen.update(palette);
   }
 
+  [[deprecated("Use Button(uint pin).")]]
   bool PicoExplorer::is_pressed(uint8_t button) {
     return !gpio_get(button);
   }
 
+  [[deprecated("Use Analog(uint pin).")]]
   float PicoExplorer::get_adc(uint8_t channel) {
     adc_select_input(channel);
     // scale raw 12-bit adc value to 0 .. 1 float
@@ -68,6 +70,7 @@ namespace pimoroni {
     return result;
   }
 
+  [[deprecated("Use Motor(pin_pair pins).")]]
   void PicoExplorer::set_motor(uint8_t channel, uint8_t action, float speed) {
     uint8_t p = channel == MOTOR1 ? MOTOR1P : MOTOR2P;
     uint8_t n = channel == MOTOR1 ? MOTOR1N : MOTOR2N;
@@ -93,6 +96,7 @@ namespace pimoroni {
     }
   }
 
+  [[deprecated("Use Buzzer(uint pin).")]]
   void PicoExplorer::set_audio_pin(uint pin) {
     pwm_config tone_pwm_cfg = pwm_get_default_config();
 
@@ -105,6 +109,7 @@ namespace pimoroni {
     audio_pin = pin;
   }
 
+  [[deprecated("Use Buzzer(uint pin).set_tone().")]]
   void PicoExplorer::set_tone(uint16_t frequency, float duty) {
     // output a square wave, so 50% duty cycle
     if(audio_pin != -1) {
diff --git a/libraries/pico_graphics/README.md b/libraries/pico_graphics/README.md
index 0fd70c3b..e2e74f2d 100644
--- a/libraries/pico_graphics/README.md
+++ b/libraries/pico_graphics/README.md
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ It supports drawing text, primitive and individual pixels and includes basic typ
     - [set_pen](#set_pen)
     - [create_pen](#create_pen)
     - [set_clip & remove_clip](#set_clip--remove_clip)
+  - [Palette](#palette)
+    - [set_palette_mode](#set_palette_mode)
+    - [reserve_palette](#reserve_palette)
+    - [set_palette](#set_palette)
+    - [RGB565 and RGB332](#rgb565-and-rgb332)
   - [Pixels](#pixels)
     - [pixel](#pixel)
     - [pixel_span](#pixel_span)
@@ -123,9 +128,10 @@ Would deflate our `box` to start at `11,11` and be 8x8 pixels in size.
 Since `rectangle` *always* draws a filled rectangle, this can be useful to add an outline of your desired thickness:
 
 ```c++
+WHITE = screen.create_pen(255, 255, 255);
 rect box(10, 10, 100, 100);
 box.inflate(1); // Inflate our box by 1px on all sides
-screen.set_pen(255, 255, 255); // White outline
+screen.set_pen(WHITE); // White outline
 screen.rectangle(box);
 box.deflate(1); // Return to our original box size
 screen.set_pen(0, 0, 0); /// Black fill
@@ -157,26 +163,24 @@ TODO
 
 #### set_pen
 
-In order to draw anything with Pico Graphics you must first set the pen to your desired colour, there are two ways to do this:
+In order to draw anything with Pico Graphics you must first set the pen to your desired palette colour:
 
 ```c++
-void PicoGraphics::set_pen(uint8_t r, uint8_t g, uint8_t b);
-void PicoGraphics::set_pen(uint16_t p);
+void PicoGraphics::set_pen(uint8_t p);
 ```
 
-The former uses 8-bit R, G and B values which are clipped to 5, 6 and 5 bits respectively to form a 16-bit colour. Internally it uses `create_pen`.
+This value represents an index into the internal colour palette, which has 256 entries and defaults to RGB332 giving an approximation of all RGB888 colours.
 
-The latter takes a 16-bit colour directly and is a great way to save a few cycles if you're working with a constant palette of colours.
 
 #### create_pen
 
 ```c++
-uint16_t PicoGraphics::create_pen(uint8_t r, uint8_t g, uint8_t b);
+int PicoGraphics::create_pen(uint8_t r, uint8_t g, uint8_t b);
 ```
 
-Create pen takes R, G and B values, clamps them to 5, 6 and 5 bits respectively and joins them into a `uint16_t` pen that represents a single 16-bit colour.
+By default create pen takes R, G and B values, clamps them to 3, 3 and 2 bits respectively and returns an index in the RGB332 palette.
 
-Creating your pens up front and storing them as `uint16_t` can speed up switching colours.
+You must create pens before using them with `set_pen()` which accepts only a palette index.
 
 #### set_clip & remove_clip
 
@@ -189,6 +193,59 @@ void PicoGraphics::remove_clip();
 
 `remove_clip` sets the surface clipping rectangle back to the surface `bounds`.
 
+### Palette
+
+By default Pico Graphics uses an `RGB332` palette and clamps all pens to their `RGB332` values so it can give you an approximate colour for every `RGB888` value you request. If you don't want to think about colours and palettes you can leave it as is.
+
+Alternatively `set_palette_mode()` lets you switch into an RGB565 `USER` palette which gives you up to 256 16-bit colours of your choice.
+
+#### set_palette_mode
+
+```c++
+void PicoGraphics::set_palette_mode(PALETTE_USER);
+```
+
+Clears the default `RGB332` palette and switches into `USER` mode.
+
+Pens created with `create_pen()` will use 16-bit `RGB565` resolution and you have up to 256 palette entries to use.
+
+```c++
+void PicoGraphics::set_palette_mode(PALETTE_RGB332);
+```
+
+Clears any `USER` assigned palettes and returns to `RGB332` mode.
+
+#### reserve_palette
+
+```c++
+int PicoGraphics::reserve_palette();
+```
+
+Marks the first empty palette entry as reserved and return its index.
+
+
+#### set_palette
+
+```c++
+void PicoGraphics::set_palette(uint8_t index, RGB565 color);
+```
+
+#### RGB565 and RGB332
+
+```c++
+int RGB565(uint8_t r, uint8_t g, uint8_t b);
+```
+
+Creates and returns an RGB565 colour, using the five/six/five most significant bits of each channel in turn.
+
+```c++
+int RGB332(uint8_t, uint8_t g, uint8_t b);
+```
+
+Creates and returns an RGB565 colour, using the three/three/two most significant bits of each channel in turn.
+
+IE: This clips the colour to RGB332.
+
 ### Pixels
 
 #### pixel
diff --git a/libraries/pico_graphics/pico_graphics.cpp b/libraries/pico_graphics/pico_graphics.cpp
index 340e42ab..96f6a0e2 100644
--- a/libraries/pico_graphics/pico_graphics.cpp
+++ b/libraries/pico_graphics/pico_graphics.cpp
@@ -35,6 +35,11 @@ namespace pimoroni {
     return result;
   }
 
+  void PicoGraphics::set_pen(uint8_t r, uint8_t g, uint8_t b) {
+    int result = create_pen(r, g, b);
+    (void)result;
+  }
+
   int PicoGraphics::search_palette(RGB565 c) {
     for(auto i = 0u; i < 256; i++) {
       if((palette_status[i] & PaletteStatusUsed) && palette[i] == c) return i;
@@ -53,7 +58,7 @@ namespace pimoroni {
     return -1;
   }
 
-  void PicoGraphics::set_palette(uint8_t i, uint16_t c) {
+  void PicoGraphics::set_palette(uint8_t i, RGB565 c) {
     palette[i] = c;
     palette_status[i] |= PaletteStatusUsed;
   }
diff --git a/libraries/pico_graphics/pico_graphics.hpp b/libraries/pico_graphics/pico_graphics.hpp
index de051668..f2ee6249 100644
--- a/libraries/pico_graphics/pico_graphics.hpp
+++ b/libraries/pico_graphics/pico_graphics.hpp
@@ -76,6 +76,9 @@ namespace pimoroni {
     void set_pen(Pen p);
     void set_palette_mode(PaletteMode mode);
 
+    [[deprecated("Use uint8_t create_pen(uint8_t, uint8_t, uint8_t).")]]
+    void set_pen(uint8_t r, uint8_t g, uint8_t b);
+
     static constexpr RGB565 create_pen_rgb565(uint8_t r, uint8_t g, uint8_t b) {
       uint16_t p = ((r & 0b11111000) << 8) |
                    ((g & 0b11111100) << 3) |