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nice!view
The nice!view by u/Nicell is a low-power OLED display replacement with high refresh rate.
Published October 5, 2022
Nice!nano-designer Nicell aka Nick announced his latest project: nice!view is a low-power, 160x68 pixel, 30 FPS display module to replace OLEDs.
I'm excited to announce the global launch of the nice!view, a low-power, high-refresh rate display to replace OLED displays for wireless keyboards – Nicell.
Specs
- Sharp LS011B7DH03 display
- 160x68 pixel resolution (1.08")
- Dimensions: 36 x 14 x 2.9mm
- Refresh rate: 30Hz
- Typical power draw: ~10μA
- Voltage: 3.3V
- Protocol: 3-wire SPI
Using Sharp's Memory-in-Pixel technology, the nice!view maintains 30Hz at e-paper level power draw.
The Sharp display used here doesn't support i2c, so that's why it uses SPI. I looked into using a separate chip on board to translate between i2c and SPI, but achieving the same low power and price point wouldn't have been possible – Nick.
More info on the product is available at nicekeyboards.com, however, this site is not an online shop.
Vendors
The nice!view can be purchased from vendors like:
- MKUltra (feel free to use the KBDNEWS discount code)
- …
While there are only renders on the product page, thanks to PetitSpatula, you can see the nice!view IRL here:
And there's another similar breakout project based on the same LS011B7DH03 Sharp memory display from Ujang Karnadi – with KiCad files and more real-life photos:
https://github.com/karnadii/sharp_memory_display_breakout
Published on Wed 5th Oct 2022. Featured in KBD #98 (source).
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