Re: Hardware cockpit instruments with round displays.
James Turner <[email protected]> Mon, 27 Jul 2026 12:34:21 +0100
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--===============6109044993351500379== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_2D7DF600-81D7-474E-BFFA-B1246F355A6A" --Apple-Mail=_2D7DF600-81D7-474E-BFFA-B1246F355A6A Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > On 27 Jul 2026, at 11:43, James Turner <[email protected]> wrote: >=20 > You don=E2=80=99t need a full Pi, this kind of thing: >=20 > https://www.waveshare.com/RP2350-LCD-1.28.htm >=20 > =E2=80=A6 is perfect for this application. Most of them use LVGL and = some Arduino-clone programming API. the other unit I=E2=80=99ve found recently, and will probably get a = colleague to play with on work time, is: = https://www.elecrow.com/2-8inch-round-ips-display-480-480-hd-screen-with-a= luminum-housing.html?r=3DcmVsYXRl This doesn=E2=80=99t have an MCU built in though, you would need an = actual Pi to drive it. Kind regards, James --Apple-Mail=_2D7DF600-81D7-474E-BFFA-B1246F355A6A Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 <html aria-label=3D"message body"><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" = content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dutf-8"></head><body = style=3D"overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = line-break: after-white-space;"><br = id=3D"lineBreakAtBeginningOfMessage"><div><br><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><div>On 27 Jul 2026, at 11:43, James Turner = <[email protected]> wrote:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div><meta charset=3D"UTF-8"><div = style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: = 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; = letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; = text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; = text-decoration-thickness: auto; text-decoration-style: solid;">You = don=E2=80=99t need a full Pi, this kind of thing:</div><div = style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: = 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; = letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; = text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; = text-decoration-thickness: auto; text-decoration-style: = solid;"><br></div><div style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: = Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: = normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; = text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: = normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; = text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-thickness: auto; = text-decoration-style: solid;"><span class=3D"Apple-tab-span" = style=3D"white-space: pre;"> </span><a = href=3D"https://www.waveshare.com/RP2350-LCD-1.28.htm">https://www.wavesha= re.com/RP2350-LCD-1.28.htm</a></div><div style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, = 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; = font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; = orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; = white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; = text-decoration-thickness: auto; text-decoration-style: = solid;"><br></div><div style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: = Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: = normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; = text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: = normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; = text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-thickness: auto; = text-decoration-style: solid;">=E2=80=A6 is perfect for this = application. Most of them use LVGL and some Arduino-clone programming = API.</div></div></blockquote></div><br><div>the other unit I=E2=80=99ve = found recently, and will probably get a colleague to play with on work = time, is:</div><div><br></div><div><span class=3D"Apple-tab-span" = style=3D"white-space:pre"> </span><a = href=3D"https://www.elecrow.com/2-8inch-round-ips-display-480-480-hd-scree= n-with-aluminum-housing.html?r=3DcmVsYXRl">https://www.elecrow.com/2-8inch= -round-ips-display-480-480-hd-screen-with-aluminum-housing.html?r=3DcmVsYX= Rl</a></div><div><br></div><div>This doesn=E2=80=99t have an MCU built = in though, you would need an actual Pi to drive = it.</div><div><br></div><div>Kind = regards,</div><div>James</div><div><br></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail=_2D7DF600-81D7-474E-BFFA-B1246F355A6A-- --===============6109044993351500379== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline --===============6109044993351500379== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel --===============6109044993351500379==--