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Transparent Display: How to Hack Together Your Own Transparent Display

July 16, 2021February 13, 2020

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 … Read more Transparent Display: How to Hack Together Your Own Transparent Display

Transparent OLED and Breakout Board Giveaway

March 3, 2020February 3, 2020

Transparent OLED Giveaway

OLED Breakout Board: Getting Started Guide

January 29, 2020January 29, 2020

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.

FTDI/Bridgetek Embedded Video Engine (EVE) Modules

July 16, 2021January 20, 2020

What makes EVE modules so great? Crystalfontz EVE modules include an EVE graphic controller from FTDI/Bridgetek making it easy to use and control the display, touch, backlight, and audio features of an embedded system. Each of the controllable features appears to the host MCU as a memory-mapped SPI device. The host MCU sends commands and … Read more FTDI/Bridgetek Embedded Video Engine (EVE) Modules

Enter to Win: 10.1 Inch Display and Raspberry Pi Giveaway

January 27, 2020December 31, 2019

To celebrate the beginning of the new decade, Crystalfontz is hosting a giveaway.

How to Load Custom Firmware on a CFA735 or CFA835

July 10, 2020December 12, 2019

Want to run custom firmware on a CFA735 or CFA835? You’re in luck! This tutorial will help you hack a CFA735/CFA835.

Displays Made Easy – Development Kits

September 22, 2022November 13, 2019

Crystalfontz has the solution! We carry development kits that provide a nice jumping off point for exploring a new display.

October Round Up – New TFT Displays

November 7, 2019October 31, 2019

Ultra-Wide 5.2 Inch TFT Crystalfontz Display

The weather here in Spokane Valley has veered sharply into the too-cold-to-go-outside region, so we’re ready to bunker down and build some cool projects. We’ve released a few new products this past month that make it even more enticing to stay inside get a little creative on these long dark days. New Products: 5.2 Inch Bar-Type … Read more October Round Up – New TFT Displays

Why does my ePaper display not work with my ePaper Adapter Board?

May 1, 2020October 10, 2019

Why doesn’t my ePaper display work with my ePaper Adapter Board?

FAQ: How does ePaper work with such low power consumption?

April 12, 2019

Crystalfontz CFAP400300B00420 ePaper Display

Electronic paper or ePaper modules have one outstanding feature: Once an image is written to an ePaper module, the image will stay there indefinitely, even if no power at all is supplied to the ePaper module. How does ePaper work? It is done with one of the first widely produced examples of nanotechnology. Inside the … Read more FAQ: How does ePaper work with such low power consumption?

FAQ: What is the best display for an Arduino?

April 11, 2019April 2, 2019

The best display for an Arduino is the one that makes your project work great and look great. Short answer: the Crystalfontz 96×64 OLED — CFAL9664BFB2-E1-1 or the Crystalfontz Arduino shield kit with a graphic LCD display — CFA211-TFH. Long answer: Crystalfontz has many displays, and lots of them can easily work with an Arduino … Read more FAQ: What is the best display for an Arduino?