Raspberry Pi Projects
Here is where you’ll find our latest information about projects or products that use our displays integrated with a Raspberry Pi. Want to show off your Crystalfontz + RPI integration? Send us an email at madewith@crystalfontz.com.
Transparent LCD on a Raspberry Pi
Want to bring up one of our transparent LCDs on a Raspberry Pi but confused about how exactly to do that? This is the post for you! Getting Started This guide will walk through using our CFAG12864Ux/Tx Raspberry Pi demo code. It is relevant to a wide range our our graphic LCDs, a list of […]
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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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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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Turn HDMI Display Backlight Off When Raspberry Pi is Off
We were recently working with a customer who was using our 10.1″ HDMI display with a Raspberry Pi, but he had run into a problem. When the Raspberry Pi shut down, he needed the display backlight to also turn off and stay off. Since the backlight on the display turns on if uncontrolled, when the
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Enter to Win: 10.1 Inch Display and Raspberry Pi Giveaway
To celebrate the beginning of the new decade, Crystalfontz is hosting a giveaway.
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7″ HDMI Raspberry PI TFT Display
We add to our catalog of new product videos and demonstrations as often as we can. In this video, we are showcasing our new 7″ HDMI Raspberry PI display, which is available now. This 7 inch TFT LCD was designed specifically for integration with a Raspberry PI. It uses the RPI’s HDMI port, PINS and USB connection
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Crystalfontz In the Wild: Solar-Powered WiFi ePaper
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
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Crystalfontz In the Wild
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
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Crystalfontz in the movies? Well, almost!
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.
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Tutorial: Connect a Crystalfontz LCD with a Raspberry Pi
Have you wondered what it takes to integrate a Crystalfontz LCD with a Raspberry Pi? The answer may surprise you — it is quicker and easier than you might think.
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