SHARP Memory Display Breakout - 1.3" 96x96 Silver Monochrome
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The 1.3" SHARP Memory LCD display is a cross between an eInk (e-paper) display and an LCD. It has the ultra-low power usage of eInk and the fast-refresh rates of an LCD. This model has a matt silver background , and pixels show up as little mirrors for a silver-reflective display, a really beautiful and unique look. It does not have a backlight, but it is daylight readable LEDs.
The display is 3V powered and 3V logic, so we placed it on a fully assembled & tested breakout board with a 3V regulator and level shifting circuitry. The display slots into a ZIF socket on board and we use a piece of double-sided tape to adhere it onto one side. There are four mounting holes so you can easily attach it to a box.
The display is 'write only' which means that it only needs 3 pins to send data. However, the downside of a write-only display is that the entire 96x96 bits (1,152 bytes) must be buffered by the microcontroller driver. On an Arduino Uno/Leonardo that's half the RAM available and so it might not be possible to run this display with other RAM-heavy libraries like SD interfacing.
We don't have a detailed tutorial yet but its very easy to get started. Solder the included header to the display and connect Vin to 3-5V, GND to ground, and SCK, DI and CS to three Arduino pins. Then download and install our SHARP Memory Display library and the Adafruit GFX library . Run the example sharpmemtest sketch with the correct data pins to start drawing lines, circles, rectangles, text, etc!
- Display dimensions (viewable): 24.192mm (H) × 24.192mm (V)
- Dot pitch): 0.252 (H) × 0.252 (V)
- Display size: 3.4cm / 1.3" diagonal
- Current draw depends on refresh rate: with 1Hz data refresh, its 12uW (4uA @ 3.3V)
- PCB Dimensions: 39.96mm / 1.57" x 39.6mm / 1.55" x 4.84mm / 0.19"
- Weight: 7.94g