These posts show Crystalfontz displays in use. We love seeing where our displays end up. Let us know about your projects using Crystalfontz displays. We may showcase interesting projects — professional and hobby — in our ‘In The Wild’ features on the blog.
Recently, a Reddit post came to our attention in which someone had an old Netflix server, and on the face of that server was an awfully familiar keypad. Commenters confirmed in the thread that it is a CFA635. We had to look into it more and find out if there was more information about these … Read more In the Wild: Netflix Open Connect – CFA635
This post was written by Brent, one of Crystalfontz’s engineers. Brent’s Voltmeter Build I have an RV that has both a vehicle electrical system and a camper electrical system. I wanted a way to see the voltages of both systems at a glance while driving. I tried some cheesey voltmeters from e-bay and some other … Read more Dual Voltmeter for RV Electrical Systems
Kevin Choi is back at it with neat projects. Last time, it was Transparent OLED smart glasses, this time a cuff-style watch with an embedded flexible OLED! This watch uses our flexible OLED bent into the cuff chassis. A button on an attached ring allows Kevin to turn the OLED on and off (a smart … Read more Flexible OLED Smart Watch
One of our engineers spotted a familiar key pad when watching this video: You can see a CFA533 or CFA633 a few times in this video. It appears that Intel uses our modules throughout their testing and development facility. The first sight is during the intro, just quick enough you might miss it: Then, there’s … Read more Crystalfontz In the Wild: Linus Tech Tips
Kevin Choi’s Transparent OLED Glasses with Fresnel Lenses We’ve seen a lot of people making glasses out of our transparent OLEDs, but this is the first iteration we’ve seen that uses lenses to make the display viewable. Kevin Choi (@k.choiii) shared some details of his build with us. Check out his page for more images … Read more Transparent OLED Smart Glasses
We’ve been anxiously watching Sean Hodgins’ (@idlehandsdev) channels since he first started teasing his volumetric display build. And we were blown away by both his final build and the build video. Using 10 transparent OLEDs, a custom designed PCB, and a feather microcontroller, Sean made an extremely cool 3 dimensional display, and an extremely fun … Read more Crystalfontz in the Wild: Volumetric Display
Check out this developer’s innovative use of the Crystalfontz 128×296 3-color ePaper display — a solar-powered WiFi ePaper setup. Developer Frank Buss provides a detailed write up of his project on his HackADay post. From his post: “The amazing thing about ePapers is that the image lasts without power forever (I tested it for months), and the contrast is … Read more Crystalfontz In the Wild: Solar-Powered WiFi ePaper
We are always happy to see YOUR projects using Crystalfontz displays. In this new blog feature, we will showcase interesting projects — professional and hobby — for inclusion in our ‘In The Wild’ features. Mitch Bradley’s Raspberry Pi Controlled Taig Mill In this build, the Crystalfontz 20×4 Character Display Module (with keypad) was used with … Read more Crystalfontz In the Wild
Jason Eppink of the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria New York has been working on a great little project that shows subtitles on an external Crystalfontz LCD, while the video plays on a monitor above. The project is open source on GitHub. Project Details It uses a Raspberry Pi to play the videos. … Read more Crystalfontz in the movies? Well, almost!
Crystalfontz actively supports learning, especially for engineers-in-training. A few months ago, we were approached by a senior student working on a capstone project at EWU and the project was unveiled at a poster presentation on June 1st at the university. We are impressed by this project, incorporating a Crystalfontz 835 LCD module and an Arduino … Read more Engineering Project: Crystalfontz 835 and an Arduino Mega 2560
Today’s post highlights a Crystalfontz LCD sighting on the PBS television series “How We Got To Now – Time” episode.
