We’ve been working hard this year to make more display options available on our website. We have introduced a new board, the CFA10110 for our family of graphic LCDs, a new size in our EVE collection (what is an EVE display?), expanded our options in 5″ displays, and added a few accessories for individual purchase. … Read more New Displays and Accessories
Relevant Displays and Kits Do you need help getting started with your graphic LCD and CFA10110 adapter board? This getting started guide helps bring up any of the following displays or kits: Low Power Transflective Graphic LCD Module (CFAG12864T3-NFH-E1-1) Low Power Transflective LCD Dev Kit (CFAG12864T3-NFH-E1-2) 128×64 Backlit Transflective LCD with Breakout Board (CFAG12864T3-TFH-E1-1) Small … Read more Graphic LCD Adapter Board: CFA10110 Getting Started
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
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.
As always, the Crystalfontz engineering team has been hard at work to bring new displays, boards, and accessories to our line up. Since our last new product round up we’ve added nearly 20 new parts to our line up. New Displays We’ve introduced a whole host of new display options. Square 4″ Displays We’ve released … Read more New Products: Winter of 2020
When deciding between resistive and capacitive touch, be sure to consider where as well as how the display will be used.
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 … Read more Transparent OLED on Raspberry Pi
We know that December is often a planning and logistics heavy month. We want to let you know what to expect from your display supplier in the coming months. Chinese New Year Every year at this time, we at Crystalfontz are in mid-swing planning for Chinese New Year. Unfortunately for us but luckily for you, … Read more Display Supply Chain: What to Expect in 2021
We want to give you what you want! Let us know what Crystalfontz displays or breakout boards are on your wish list. We’ll be selecting a few winners, so let your friends know! Maybe a transparent OLED and breakout board? Maybe an EVE module for a project with some cool graphics? You tell us! Christmas … Read more Wishlist Giveaway!
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 … Read more Turn HDMI Display Backlight Off When Raspberry Pi is Off
Spokane was inundated with some early season snow before we were entirely prepared. Luckily, we have Larry who is always willing to step up and tackle any task. All in all we ended up with a couple of inches of snow at our headquarters! We figured this was the perfect time to reinstate our 5-Question … Read more Larry’s Snow Day in Spokane
