Re: Collecting information on alternative displays - please contribute
Posted: Fri May 06, 2016 2:09 pm
The screen should work but isn't the touch functionality controlled on the GPIO pins?
What the price + postage to Australia?crispy_tofu wrote:Just FYI:
I have ordered the screen from Us-vision on Amazon. It hasn't arrived yet, so I'll keep everyone posted.
USD 16.73 including shippingHUg0005 wrote:What the price + postage to Australia?crispy_tofu wrote:Just FYI:
I have ordered the screen from Us-vision on Amazon. It hasn't arrived yet, so I'll keep everyone posted.
$22.71 AUD is not bad!crispy_tofu wrote:USD 16.73 including shippingHUg0005 wrote:What the price + postage to Australia?crispy_tofu wrote:Just FYI:
I have ordered the screen from Us-vision on Amazon. It hasn't arrived yet, so I'll keep everyone posted.
OK thanks. I'll wait until yours arrives.crispy_tofu wrote:I'm still not sure on it's quality as of yet as it hasn't arrived (could be a dud), but I got it from:
http://www.amazon.com/BW-3-5-Inch-Monit ... ge_o00_s00
And select seller 'US-vision' on the right.
This looks very similar to the LCD I was going to order from aliexpress, but the board is much smaller. Looks like Gearbest ship to the UK for free as well so I'll be ordering this screen instead.Jaysin wrote:I should have checked this thread before opening a new one, sorry about that. I found a site that sells a 3.5 TFT display similar (possibly even the same) as the one from Adafruit and for less. The site is Gearbest.com and the item is here http://www.gearbest.com/development-boa ... 29447.html. I did read some bad reviews about the site's support (mostly issues with items being damaged or missing and support not offering decent solutions if the client didn't buy shipping insurance). I have a colleague at work who swears by these guys and just received a product today. I've already ordered one, so I'm waiting for it to come in. If you like I can post my thoughts and impressions once I get the device. Let me know.
According to the specs of this site this screen operates on 12V. So you will either have to hack the board to make it run on 5V or use a step-up circuit.Jaysin wrote:I should have checked this thread before opening a new one, sorry about that. I found a site that sells a 3.5 TFT display similar (possibly even the same) as the one from Adafruit and for less. The site is Gearbest.com and the item is here http://www.gearbest.com/development-boa ... 29447.html. I did read some bad reviews about the site's support (mostly issues with items being damaged or missing and support not offering decent solutions if the client didn't buy shipping insurance). I have a colleague at work who swears by these guys and just received a product today. I've already ordered one, so I'm waiting for it to come in. If you like I can post my thoughts and impressions once I get the device. Let me know.