OLED Projects and Solutions
Want to see some cool projects using OLEDs? Or just want to see what’s available for small OLEDs for your pet project? This is where we release new information about our OLED displays as well as project ideas, new product releases and everything else we can think of regarding OLEDs.
Flexible OLED Smart Watch
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 […]
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Tiny OLED Full Color Slideshow
This guide will walk through how to get started with one of our small full color OLED displays. Then, we’ll talk about a super quick and easy project to do with this display – a photo slideshow! The display we’ll be using is a 0.96″ full color OLED. We have two versions of this display,
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Transparent OLED Smart Glasses
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
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Transparent OLED Breakout Board: FAQs
Do you have a transparent OLED question? Check out this compilation of frequently asked questions about the transparent OLED display and the transparent OLED breakout board (CFA10105). First, a lot of other questions can be answered by checking out these resources: CFA10105 datasheet (will download) Transparent OLED datasheet Getting started guide (for Seeeduino) Transparent on
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Crystalfontz in the Wild: Volumetric Display
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
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Pi Day Giveaway
This giveaway has now closed This year for Pi Day, Crystalfontz is giving away a transparent OLED and a Pi Zero! Transparent OLED on Pi Zero The transparent OLED, transparent OLED breakout board, a USB cable, necessary wires and headers, and a Pi Zero with the uSD card, running a demonstration. KelseyKelsey is an engineer
Transparent OLED on Raspberry Pi
One of our most frequently asked questions is “Can I use the transparent OLED with a Raspberry Pi?” The answer is a resounding Yes! The transparent OLED can be driven by the GPIO pins of the RPi. And even better? It’s really quite simple! How To Use a Raspberry Pi to Run a Transparent Display
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Choosing a Display: Overview
There is a wide world of display technology out there and it can be difficult to decide which type of display will work best for a given project. This post will help narrow down your options. Remember that the display is often the main human interface to a product, so it’s important to find a
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Display Variety Pack Giveaway!
Explore different display technologies by winning this variety pack, which includes one of each type of display that we carry. Plus, each of these displays comes with a carrier or breakout board so it can easily be connected to the included Seeeduino. This giveaway includes the following: A 1.54″ yellow OLED and its breakout board
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Transparent Display: How to Hack Together Your Own Transparent Display
DIY Transparent Display The transparent display we offer for sale (CFAL12856A0-0151) is an OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode) display. OLED displays produce images by emitting light in the corresponding color. To produce black in a normal OLED, the pixels are simply turned off. With the transparent display, if the pixels are turned off, the display
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OLED Breakout Board: Getting Started Guide
This guide is for bringing up a compatible OLED display on a CFA10105 breakout board. Compatible OLEDs include: the transparent and these white and yellow displays.
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