1.8inch LCD for micro:bit
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Introduction
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This is a colorful display module designed for the BBC micro:bit, 1.8inch diagonal, 160x128 pixels, capable of displaying 65K colors.
Tired of the 5x5 LED matrix? Time to get a tiny monitor for your micro:bit, this one would be the ideal choice.
Specification
- Driver: ST7735S
- Resolution: 160x128
- Display color: RGB, 65K colors
- Operating voltage: 3.3V
- Dimension: 61mm x 51.5mm
Pinouts
PIN | micro:bit PIN | Description |
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Vcc | 3V3 | Power |
GND | GND | Ground |
MISO | P14 | SPI data master input/slave output |
MOSI | P15 | SPI data master output/slave input |
SCK | P13 | SPI clock input |
LCD_CS | P16 | LCD chip selection |
RAM_CS | P2 | SRAM chip selection |
DC | P12 | LCD data/command |
RST | P8 | LCD reset |
BL | P1 | LCD backlight |
Programming Guide
Micor:bit has variety of programming methods like mbed, micropython, typescript and other programming methods, as well as code online websites which are abundant.
The official recommendation are two programming methods: typescript and micropython. Typescript is the graphical programming language.
Note:For this LCD, we only provide demo code of typescript
Typescript
Typescript is a kind of graphical programming, its website is that: https://makecode.microbit.org/#
- Open a browser and input the next URL
- Create a new empty project
Click Project->New Project to create an empty project. Rename the project as LCD or any one you like to.
- Add Packeage
You can get the package of 1.8inch LCD for micro;bit from github. Click More..->Add Package, then copy the address to the Edittext. https://github.com/waveshare/WSLCD1in8
Note: add a space follow the address
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