My Top 5 Arduino Displays

I show my favorite displays to use with arduino, from simple and small monochrome displays to big color displays with touch screen. Sponsored by JLCPCB - $2 for PCBs & Free Shipping for First Order jlcpcb.com
Over the years I've tried many displays and I always return to only a few of them to use in my arduino projects. It can be confusing to choose the correct display to buy so on this video I talk about the best displays I've tried so far to use with arduino.
I made video tutorials for my top 5 displays:
1. OLED 0.96" I2C Tutorial: • Arduino Tutorial: OLED...
2. LCD Nokia 5110 Tutorial: • Arduino Tutorial: LCD ...
3. TFT 1.8" ST7735 Tutorial: • Arduino Tutorial: 1.8"...
4. TFT 2.4" ILI9341 Tutorial: • Arduino Tutorial: 2.4"...
5. Nextion Display Tutorial: • Nextion+Arduino Tutorial
Components:
- OLED 0.96" I2C: amzn.to/2UNDCLO
- Nokia 5110: amzn.to/2NXSrs9
- 1.8" TFT ST7735: amzn.to/2OgXjIs
- 2.4" TFT ILI9341: amzn.to/2YZzkT6
- Nextion 3.5" Enhanced: amzn.to/3qMfjTd
- Arduino nano: amzn.to/3iru0op
Recommended Tools:
- Electronic Parts Tester (ESR LCR-T4): amzn.to/2QvQJlP
- Breadboard (good quality): amzn.to/2QsyY3C
- Storage Case for Jumper Wire: www.walmart.com/ip/The-Hillma...
- Multimeter (Fluke 17B+): amzn.to/2L3PNQk
- Rigol DS1054Z Digital Oscilloscope: amzn.to/2C5ZwD7
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For the other displays that I show on the video, but that are not in my top 5, I don't have video tutorials but here I upload my example scketches that you can use to learn how to use them:
- VGA Monitor: drive.google.com/open?id=1Az4...
- LED 7-Segment 4-Digits with TM1637 driver: drive.google.com/open?id=1zfZ...
- LCD 128x64 SPI with ST7920 driver: drive.google.com/open?id=1Ac4...
- LED 7-Segment 8-Digits with Max7219 driver: drive.google.com/open?id=1FQD...
- LCD 16x2 with I2C adapter: drive.google.com/open?id=1CYM...
- LED 8x8 Matrix with Max7219 driver: drive.google.com/open?id=1wfd...
Website: www.interlinkknight.com/
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[@gwtomsic]

Excellent! You are a natural teacher. Spot on, well paced, good summaries, perfect.

[@interlinkknight]

Aww. You are so kind. Thank you :)

[@msayed6189]

Very Useful video, Thanks for your time & effort to help us with this great work

[@bretharrell9795]

thank you for taking the time to share this information! Very helpful

[@yangallison505]

Hello, this is Allison from Beijing DWIN Technology from China. We are the manufacturer of Android screen, touch panel, Smart LCD display. And we specialize in this field for 17 years. We hope to get in touch with you. If you are interested, you can contact me through email:[e-mail].

[@joshua01793]

just want to say thanks, you saved me hours of research.

[@zikermu]

Great . Thank you very much for this great detailed presentation. You have done a great job that makes our lives easier.

[@yangallison505]

Hello, this is Allison from Beijing DWIN Technology from China. We are the manufacturer of Android screen, touch panel, Smart LCD display. And we specialize in this field for 17 years. We hope to get in touch with you. If you are interested, you can contact me through email:[e-mail].

[@thecombatengineer7069]

Awesome man, thank you! I am doing something similar. I have the OLED, 0x9488, and Nextion 3.5 Advanced... I love the HFX_8357 Lib for the TFts.

[@interlinkknight]

I am not familiar with the 0x9488 and HFX_8357 displays. What kind of display are they?

[@gladiusso]

Really great and informative video! Thank you!

[@fredbloggs4829]

Really cool summary. I subscribed.

[@JaroslavSykora]

Didn't know about Nextion. It really looks gorgeous and proffesional, and not so expensive considering the capabilities. Will definitely consider. Thanks!

[@interlinkknight]

Thanks for sharing. Yeah, the nextion display also changed the way I do my projects. Opens many possibilities that arduino can't handle itself. BTW, the RTC included in the enhanced version of the nextion display are very bad. I would use the RTC DS3231 module for arduino instead. More details on my video tutorial #3

[@tusharunjha]

Very useful. Good collection dear. It is very useful for students, electronics project professionals and industries too.

[@yuchoy1]

Excellent video! Thanks for sharing!

[@pje_]

Accurately I purchased the same OLED display 3 days ago before I watched this video and tommorow it will be at my home :)

[@interlinkknight]

Nice! Let us know how it goes

[@pje_]

@@interlinkknight It will be today or tommorow :]

[@thedadgeek4793]

Your video is priceless thanks so much. Much abundance and love to you. 💪🏾

[@interlinkknight]

You are so sweet. Thank you

[@cri8tor]

Wow! Thank you so much for this video. Just started to pick up more on the electronics hobby because I've been tearing down my mini mill, mini lathe and building tools out of salvaged treadmill motors. Have a feeling your videos will be very helpful in the following years of exploration. I made sure to subscribe and give a thumbs up. Cheers m8

[@interlinkknight]

Thanks for your kind words. That's the thing that keeps me going... Good luck.

[@cri8tor]

Just started posting videos, so I know it's not the easiest thing to do.

[@cri8tor]

@@interlinkknight Please consider recording a video tutorial on building a simple, 4-didget tachometer that uses a hall effect sensor. I'd like to add one to my drill press, mini lathe and mini mill. I don't trust the build quality of tachometers found on the Internet. Cheers

[@interlinkknight]

It's funny that you mention that because I've been working (for the past 6 months) on a tutorial video about tachometers with arduino. I'll focus on the type of sensors and the code. I'll include the example sketch, obviously. I am busy so it's not going to be ready soon, but little by little I am getting there.

[@cri8tor]

Nice! I totally understand the time issue. I've been so busy with other projects and waiting for parts, I haven't been able to complete my mini series on my mini mill modifications. Look forward to your tutorials in the future. Cheers m8

[@nrdesign1991]

That's an impressive collection of displays

[@yangallison505]

Hello, this is Allison from Beijing DWIN Technology from China. We are the manufacturer of Android screen, touch panel, Smart LCD display. And we specialize in this field for 17 years. We hope to get in touch with you. If you are interested, you can contact me through email:[e-mail].

[@ybpvin]

Це круто! Такого відео я ще не бачив. Лайк )))

[@a2902793]

Very useful intro, great work!!!

[@interlinkknight]

Thanks

[@justinw.2376]

I can’t believe how much the price has increased with the Nextion displays. I tried incorporating one into my project, but with how unintuitive their proprietary editor software is, the cost doesn’t outweigh any benefits. So I went back to the tft 2.8” route since I already knew how to program that, and didn’t feel the need to try understanding another display.

[@stevetobias4890]

Thank you, I am buying displays at the moment so great timing

[@interlinkknight]

Great! If you can, share videos or photos of your projects

[@arduinorobotics9512]

@@interlinkknight I want to show my projects to u ,can I?

[@jamesleehunter]

Thank you. A similar video for Rpi displays would be amazing.

[@rjpeterson1]

Excellent video !

[@Drxxx]

perfekt video dude!

[@MkmeOrg]

Great stuff!

[@martinkaspar5095]

veryvery well done!! GREAT STUFF Dude

[@interlinkknight]

Thanks

[@kwisatzhaderach1458]

I do barebones AVR. Thank you for this video!

[@archyzone]

best one top man i love it, you are the GOD

[@yangallison505]

Hello, this is Allison from Beijing DWIN Technology from China. We are the manufacturer of Android screen, touch panel, Smart LCD display. And we specialize in this field for 17 years. We hope to get in touch with you. If you are interested, you can contact me through email:[e-mail].

[@TheFlybyman]

Thank you ! :)

[@isprithul]

I subscribed simply because you have so many arduinos. I know you love Arduino!

[@interlinkknight]

Yay! I own over 50 arduino nanos, so far.

[@shivashankar28]

@@interlinkknight do you use fpga

[@interlinkknight]

I never heard about fpga

[@isprithul]

@@interlinkknight Take a look at FPGAs. They are pretty cool, and advanced.

[@skathiri2608]

Definitely helpful

[@ewncilo]

This is awesome.

[@joaodps]

thanks, this was great!

[@shsftech3792]

Thank you very much!

[@brunolima5214]

Very cool!

[@ghismo]

Great review. Thank you ! Have you ever tried some e-ink displays ?

[@interlinkknight]

I've never tried e-ink displays because they have a very low refresh rate and they can't refresh thing normally as other displays. They require some sort of cycle that takes around 1 or 2 seconds. Is like that to avoid burning the screen. Is not a display that I would consider for common projects. If I ever see the need of displaying something without power, I will try it.

[@technologi-electronic]

Very good sir

[@digitalartee]

The best. Thanks.

[@interlinkknight]

:)

[@lachywocky]

Thank you for the video I am wondering if you have found a display like the nextion that is brighter, this is a very low brightness screen. And not much good for outdoor use.

[@interlinkknight]

I haven't found any brighter

[@siewski7964]

very helpfull (:

[@yuanbin2705]

Very great intro,need any kind of TFT or OLED display module,pls let know.

[@gsrathore97x]

You are Great 🔥💯💯💯

[@The504lego]

So I want to make a halo style ammo counter for my nerf halo assault rifle I've been looking at oled displays but I dont know the size I need

[@averaldo_]

Man, I into your vids since the jet engine you done.. I have a nextion and i was working on a engine monitoring system, and you have it! Man, please share that project with us.. i'm strugling to design the graphic part of it since im not good with designing.. thanks for this video too.. i always wanted to see a direct comparison between various displays, very nice!

[@interlinkknight]

Comments like yours keep me going. Thanks for that. What project are you referring to, the tachometer? I already posted the files for that. Or are you talking about another project?

[@averaldo_]

The Project that is runing on the middle nextion display right at the begining of this video. The uper one shows a tachometer, the lower shows some tests, and the middle one shows 4 gauges and some text parameters about fuel flow and temperatures.. like a jet engine display.

[@interlinkknight]

Oh, that. Well, the project is not complete so I didn't officially publish it. But if you want what I have so far, here it is: drive.google.com/open?id=1z0PbqoAE5eu9GRIRRBzzJ-Ek9NYrBhJW drive.google.com/open?id=1Slbw1Pl0Sj07stFvJy2LQZo_77LpoHq8

[@averaldo_]

InterlinkKnight Thank you ! Maybe I work on it and give some feedback to you. i'm definetely waiting more interesting videos.. i think you love displays as much as i do. Unfortunatedly they are a quite expensive here in Brazil. Thank you again!

[@interlinkknight]

I hope is helpful. Good luck

[@JessicaRyan7of9]

Awesomeness. I like all of them. But the screen that got my eye was the one with the speedometer on it. Thank you for doing the projects. Is the code going to be available as well.

[@interlinkknight]

Yeah, the files for the tachometer are available, but in the nextion tutorial #4

[@rotorway133]

Wow !! Display wizard :) Do you know anything about the H35B-IC ? Can't find any info how to use it !! :(

[@interlinkknight]

I don't know that display

[@engineered.mechanized]

An excellent video to compare between all the readily available displays out there. How much did it cost back then to buy all the displays and the nanos to run them.

[@interlinkknight]

I haven't seen any difference in price so far. They cost the same as before. I don't know how much i spent in total because I bought them in a long period of time.

[@engineered.mechanized]

@@interlinkknight Got it. Thanks.

[@user-qh7dn9iz7p]

OLED screen is good, but you should be careful if you want to show something for a very long time, as the brightness will decline after long time lighten up, and the brightness of each pixel will become uneven.

[@interlinkknight]

True

[@user-hp1xs6jp4z]

More about OLED 12864 2,42. Please 😇.

[@alfiolocatelli5093]

Hello, great video, how does the nextion behave under the sun's light?

[@interlinkknight]

As any common color LCD, in sunlight is not that great

[@zhyarfateh201]

thank youuuuu

[@SunilSharma-ic9bm]

Thanks

[@Hephaestus512]

This video helped me decide on a screen for my project. Thanks for making it! I wrote Lode Runner on an Arduino, if anyone is interested in checking it out.

[@laylaho9385]

This is Hayley from Beijing DWIN Technology. Our company is the leading company specializes in manufacturing Smart LCD module and touch panel at China for 20 years and has built our own 250,000 ㎡ production park. If any models you need, please feel free to contact us. We will send you the quotation. Email address： [e-mail].

[@yangallison505]

Hello, this is Allison from Beijing DWIN Technology from China. We are the manufacturer of Android screen, touch panel, Smart LCD display. And we specialize in this field for 17 years. We hope to get in touch with you. If you are interested, you can contact me through email:[e-mail].

[@Naqshsalim]

What kinda of display should we buy for outdoor usage. I intend to make Bluetooth enable smart connect for mobile

[@interlinkknight]

For outside I would use the nokia 5110 or LCD 128x64 SPI with ST7920 driver, because they can be seen at sunlight.

[@francoisgrandcollot1027]

Excellent I'm looking for an example with ST7567S I2C ? Do you have it ? thx Paco

[@interlinkknight]

Sadly I don't have it, but I bet there is a library for that

[@testingbeta7169]

yeah, that noise from oled ssd1306 are HUGE problem if you are planning to make anything audio, and controlling the volume ics with same I2C lines :P learned that the hard way (5.1 digital amplifier) reason, they emit HF sound is because they boost voltage i think ,this circuit is builtin

[@interlinkknight]

Interesting...

[@jaiwadhwa1397]

Can anyone please tell me about IPS/TFT 7' displays available in India, need to make a small project.

[@vitorlerbom3904]

olá como escolher e adaptar um display desses para colocar no local de um lcd display de um teclado korg x50 ....??

[@sagarmakhija1994]

Can you make a video to showcase nextion display under sunlight?

[@interlinkknight]

I am not sure a video about only that would worth it, especially because cameras don't capture what the human eye see. The nexiton display is like any other TFT color display under direct sunlight. Things are hard to see. Surely not recommended for outdoors, unless you have some shade over the display.

[@kadive25nyc]

Question? what would be the best monitor for a smart mirror without taking old pc monitor apart. Thanks!

[@interlinkknight]

I would use the TFT 2.4" ILI9341, but if you want a high refresh rate using cameras you should use something more powerful than arduino.

[@OttoDIY]

great video what is the black thing on top of the 8x8 led matrix?

[@interlinkknight]

That's a 16x2 LCD display, but it's turned off

[@OttoDIY]

@@interlinkknight no i mean the LED matrix max7219 on the top right corner displaying the alphabet

[@interlinkknight]

Above the matrix display there are 3 displays: the OLED i mentioned on the video, next is the 16x2 LCD and then the nokia LCD

[@marcelldavis6426]

Ive got into arduino programming 4 months ago and ive already bought a couple of displays, sensors, boards and Rf modules and its getting more and more. Maybe oneday, ill have as many displays as you have 😂😂😅

[@interlinkknight]

Of course! We all start from scratch. You set the limits on how far you want to go

[@tuliszkam2393]

Great review! What is the name of the program for GUI design from minute 4:10 ?

[@interlinkknight]

That display and software is called Nextion. The link it's in the description

[@iftihossain6649]

Hi, How did you make the GUI? Is there a particular software you used?

[@interlinkknight]

What display are you talking about?

[@donovannewton9507]

Would like to know what the large lcd screen is and the setup in that

[@interlinkknight]

It's a VGA monitor and I already have a link on the description with my example sketch

[@MarceloRezende75]

Is it possible to do a project with 2 k-type theemocouple, a water level sensor and a lcd display with a Arduino Nano?

[@interlinkknight]

There's nothing you can't build with arduinos, for this kind of project with sensors and displays.

[@sprokkel30]

Hi, thank you for this video. Can you tell me if it would be possible to run 5 screens of 1 nano? And if so which colour screens do I need to purchase?

[@interlinkknight]

I doubt it, but even if you could then the refresh rate would be super slow

[@sprokkel30]

InterlinkKnight is there a way to achieve this?

[@interlinkknight]

Maybe with something more powerful like raspberry pi

[@jonathanduketis2769]

Thank you for your video. i am software engineer but always dreamed of making my own devices, so I am starting with my first project using an Arduino, Camera and LED screen. Can't wait to watch the rest of your videos to learn how to piece everything together. then I can start programming the magic of machine learning to detect speeds of a baseball :)

[@interlinkknight]

I'm glad I could help. Cheers

[@tablatronix]

I am digging that solid black red led matrix, can you identify it ?

[@interlinkknight]

LED 8x8 Matrix with Max7219 driver. The example file is in the description. But keep in mind that I put a black gel over it so that's why looks better.

[@Rickjames127]

So when you say high refresh rate what is it limited by? The libraries or like a normal display they have a rated refresh rate represented in hz?

[@interlinkknight]

They are limited by the library and arduino processing power.

[@BadMouseRM]

Hi! I have a question about 1.8inch screens, there is any way to play mp4 videos in that tiny screen? using Arduino, RBP or other method? Thanks

[@interlinkknight]

With arduino, no way. Maybe with RBP but I don't know how.

[@BadMouseRM]

@@interlinkknight Thank you

[@electronik808]

what is the display that you have on the bottom left? the blue one with hello world seems the most clear in the video

[@interlinkknight]

It's also a TFT 1.8" ST7735 as I mentioned, but the module looks a little difference. There are 3 variations that I know of.

[@marcodev3375]

I want to make a smartwatch with little touch screen. Which one you recommend?

[@interlinkknight]

To be honest, I don't know. I never used that small display with touch screen.

[@Blaklyon0]

Is it possible to use your top display choice, as a screen for arduboy handheld mod?

[@interlinkknight]

No

[@RDCST]

There's anyone that have a good vision angle? Most of those LCD change the color depending on the view angle, specially dark tones.

[@interlinkknight]

The OLED has perfect viewing angle. All color displays here have kinda bad viewing angle

[@Cleacat]

I like the nextion display 3.5 enhanced

[@interlinkknight]

If you can find a compatible library, yes

[@davidmg1925]

Will arduio work with raspberry? Will these screens work with raspberry. Have you done a similar test for raspberry....... I would be interested.

[@interlinkknight]

I never used raspberry so I don't know. Have you search for libraries?

[@microbits8774]

1:48 with the library oled i2c you can control the brightness

[@interlinkknight]

Yes, but only 2 settings (High-Low)

[@ryanowens100]

I always have trouble with the libraries, I know he said this ises UCG library. But in general displays really test me. 9/10 there is always error when compiling. Anyone else feel the same?

[@TheRainHarvester]

Do you think the supply of 5110 lcds will ever run out? I'm thinking of doing a kickstarter project with this display.

[@interlinkknight]

What?

[@TheRainHarvester]

InterlinkKnight I edited a spelling mistake, above.

[@interlinkknight]

From what I know they are still producing those displays. And if they are using old displays and if they run out, they will produce more. I am not worry about that.

[@sanguchito7381]

I wouldn't bother with them. Their reliability sucks. There are these models from a company called JLX that in my experience are faaar better.

[@TheRainHarvester]

San Guchito , what goes wrong with them? (I've not had any go bad.) I run them at 3.3v , but some risk powering them at 5v.

[@urbanturbine]

That Nextion 3.5" is awesome... but i wonder if they make a nice enclosure for it too?

[@interlinkknight]

I've only seen them selling the case for the 7" display

[@adriansnow5087]

@@interlinkknight Would you provide a link to that? I'm looking at a project that requires and enclosure/case. Thanks.

[@cicizhao2118]

HI friend

[@urbanturbine]

@@cicizhao2118 hi. you make enclosures?

[@davidhsieh2761]

What about viewing angles? Are the LCDs very poor being TN panels?

[@interlinkknight]

Compare to a modern smartphone screen, the viewing angle is bad. In terms of functionality they are good enough, in my opinion.

[@pablofuentes5117]

Excelente material, deberías tener un canal en español✌️

[@interlinkknight]

Gracias. Lo considerare pero por ahora solo me concentro en un solo idioma y el mas universal es ingles.

[@roycai8895]

I really want to try one of those e paper display, but they are too expensive..

[@interlinkknight]

Yeah, but I also don't like that they need a few seconds to refresh the screen because it needs to cycle both frames a few times to remove the old image. I find that very problematic.

[@supercybercow5388]

Hello is possible to draw raw pixels with x,y coordinates and lines and other graphic primitives on the Nextion display ? Thank you.

[@interlinkknight]

Directly from arduino, no. But when I want something like that I create an image and load it on the display so obviously you can have dots, lines and any graphic that you want. But it most be added on the nextion editor.

[@supercybercow5388]

As i understand correctly with the Nextions you predefine the graphic which you want to turn on or off with the custom editor so all the work is done off the ardu on the display controller itself, but let suppose i want to draw real time or near real-time some graphs, lines, or other geometric primitives from eg. x1, y1 to x2, y2, is that possible ? Thanks

[@interlinkknight]

That's not possible. You should use a conventional arduino-display for that.

[@supercybercow5388]

Ok, your answers are really appreciated, thank you

[@_xwtk]

The Nextion is the winner in my opinion (I have the Intelligent Series 7.0')

[@cicizhao2118]

Hi this is Cici from DWIN, would you like to have a try of our displays?

[@kamalkant4256]

is it possible to display on vga display through ardiono mega?

[@interlinkknight]

Of course. Search for tutorials about that

[@mintybudgie]

are you able put the spi 0.96 display right on an arduino uno's gpio port??? i just bought one and i want to know. this is my first time with an arduino

[@interlinkknight]

Yes, of course you can use Arduino UNO to connect to the SPI display

[@mintybudgie]

@@interlinkknight turns out the display i bought is an i2c but can i plug it in in the pin slots on the board as if it is a shield

[@NetisAmarok]

What do you use for the PC monitor? Is this the VGAX library?

[@interlinkknight]

Yes

[@fullmoon6661]

@@interlinkknight what's the monitor name? Looks pretty nice on camera

[@thomasalexander1851]

How did you connect the big screen on the Arduino? Shield?

[@interlinkknight]

The vga? There's instructions online on how to do it. You need a few resistors

[@Faruox]

Great

[@FarSeeker8]

Can you do one exclusively covering those that can show video, like the last one you showed on this video?

[@interlinkknight]

I already made 6 video tutorials about the nextion display. Please take a look at the description

[@FarSeeker8]

@@interlinkknight I just looked over your other videos on nextion displays. They seem to cover control screens and short video clips. I'm trying to find one that can show a continuous video like a DVD player, but using a smaller screen (< 3 inches). I'm trying to create a binocular remote robot viewer. It would need to display over 15fps. Can you help?

[@interlinkknight]

You need something more powerful than arduino. I can't help you with that.

[@Tony770jr]

What's the best sunlight readable in 5 inch TFT?

[@cicizhao2118]

hi we have high brightness sunlight readable TFT LCD, are you still be interested in?

[@mohammedyasarshaikh4501]

Which is best display for digital watch, I'm not talking about smart watch because it is not allowed in college, thanks in advance

[@interlinkknight]

Depends on many factors. Maybe an lcd like the nokia display, but it's kinda big. LCDs use very little power so I would start with that.

[@mohammedyasarshaikh4501]

Can you suggest me an LCD for a watch?, And many more LCD with its uses?, Thanks

[@linuxuser1234]

How did you dual boot your program on your Dell desktop and what application did you use

[@interlinkknight]

Dual boot? I don't know what you mean with that, but to use the Dell monitor I used a VGA library. Link is on the description.

[@linuxuser1234]

@@interlinkknight this file is unsupported

[@interlinkknight]

Open in a computer

[@Mikhail-Milkhail]

how did you connect the vga display?

[@interlinkknight]

If you search on google or youtube "vga arduino" you'll see how. You need a few resistors and a library. The example sketch is in the description of this video

[@hafo821]

Hi, please, where to buy a trimmer with a knob, like is on your frequency generator?

[@interlinkknight]

Ebay

[@hafo821]

omg .. .you don´t say ... I ´ve already checked ali and ebay, but I couldn't find anything as a "trimmer with knob" ..

[@interlinkknight]

Well, you should learn more about searching on ebay. For example you can use key words like + or - to select what word you want to appear and what word to exclude. A search of "knob -rotary" will exclude articles that has that word "rotary". Anyway, this is one article: www.ebay.com/itm/10K-Ohm-Multi-turn-Trimmable-potentiometer-3296-w-handle-Pack-of-2/381427296466 I can't guaranty they link will keep working after a while because they all change constantly so... buy it now.

[@hafo821]

Thank you!

[@trandung824]

4:28 is that a video? or it just a gif?? can we play a shot video using arduino? Thank you.

[@interlinkknight]

It's a bunch of images. That's it

[@admiral7605]

Which display is best used both outdoors and in low light?

[@interlinkknight]

The Nokia 5110 because it's an lcd with backlight so it works in sunlight and in the dark

[@admiral7605]

@@interlinkknight thatnks for the answer. Yes, backlight displays are obviously the best solution for that. But if only look at color displays, which one is brighter? Can the text be seen under the sunlight? You showed the OLED display at 1:52. Yes, it is not as bright as we would like, but the text can be seen. Compared to the rest of the color displays in the video, are they better or just as faded?

[@interlinkknight]

All color displays are bad in sunlight. I don't notice any difference between them. You are right that the OLED is not too bad in sunlight, so maybe consider buying a color OLED. I don't own one myself, but I do know they are available.

[@YoDay]

Wow man

[@bzqp2]

yeaaa

[@theshadowofme2516]

Can I use jlcpcb? I'm from Thailand

[@interlinkknight]

Yeah

[@IvanIvan1974]

0:47 Like you said properly, the flickering is caused by delete the previous text/digits and then rewrite it at the same position. This is simple to implement ad actually the first solution someone came up to. Write-delete-write-delete...etc. The flickering is caused due the pixels(LED, OLED, TFT or whatever) switching off and on again after a while. If this "while" takes too long, human eyes can detect an annoying flickering, like switch on and off a ordinary LED. But if you switch on-off-on fast enough our eyes don´t see a flickering anymore. Unfortunately this is not always possible if you work with slow buses like I2C etc. One way to solve this issue is to overwrite the previous text/digits and delete only what is leftover, and to go a step further, skip the digits which already are displayed and overwrite only those which differs from the previous ones. If you for eg. write "432" and the next value is "431" skip "43" and overwrite "2" with "1" and delete the leftover. The leftover is caused by the different widths of the digits, in this case "1" is smaller than "2" so you end up with an overflow on the right side. I developed such a function which handles that process and it works well, no flickering and fast refresh rate, even on a I2C bus. It took me some effort because I had to fight through datasheets of display driver micro controller etc. to setup the function properly. Was it worth put that effort in it? For sure!

[@interlinkknight]

That's really cool. Yes, I know it's possible but it needs to be implemented in a library so people can use it easily. Did you built a library?

[@IvanIvan1974]

To built a library and include also other useful stuff, might be a step for a general usage with a higher programming language, usually C. For now I use it in my assembly code, I use to write code in assembly for a deeper control on hardware and final code. I just gave an idea how to approach such an issue, perhaps there are other, better solutions depending on the environment used.

[@interlinkknight]

Oh. Ok.

[@TheRainHarvester]

Heh heh, this reminds me...I did this technique for the display in my avatar icon. No flicker if you turn off/on only those leds that need turning off/on.

[@IvanIvan1974]

@@TheRainHarvester Actually the meaning of my previous comment was to encourage to put the effort to solve issues by yourself. You don't have to be reliant to libraries of major companies. Everyone can do it. Thanks for your confirmation.