Sharp Memory LCD breakout A2

Name: Sharp Memory LCD breakout A2
SKU: 232
Price: 15.50 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.81 (6 reviews)

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A small and simple breakout board for Sharp Memory LCD displays

Designed by Kuzyatech in United States of America

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A small and simple breakout board for Sharp Memory LCD displays

Update Jan 2024 Boost version restocked Note: as of July 2016 all our stock is now green boards, not purple as shown on the pictures. This is a simple breakout board for Sharp's new Memory LCD displ…

Update Jan 2024 Boost version restocked Note: as of July 2016 all our stock is now green boards, not purple as shown on the pictures.

This is a simple breakout board for Sharp's new Memory LCD displays ( LS013B4DN02,LS013B4DN04, LS013B7DH03 as well as LS027B7DH01). It brings all pins to a 0.1" header and provides necessary caps and resistors. The new revision A2 also adds an optional boost converter for those wanting to run 5V display from sub 3.3V supply. The footprints are there, but parts are not populated to save cost. This is an open source hardware design under CC BY SA license. The display is not included as there are now several types of them, and depending on your needs you would be using a 5V or a 3.3V version or even the larger 2.7" version. Contact me and I'll point you to a source of displays. - Made in USA, including bare PCBs, assembly and test. Board size is 1.3"x1.5"

Arduino library by craftycoder can be found at: http://code.google.com/p/arduino-sharp-memory-lcd-gfx-library

Other libraries, untested by yours truly:

A fork of the above library created by hybernaut with support for Leonardo and Arduino Micro boards https://github.com/hybernaut/SharpMemoryLcd

Ti MSP 430 Launchpad library is at https://github.com/astuder/MSP430-sharp-LS013B4DN02-memory-display

NEW The smemlcd Raspberry Pi library https://github.com/wrobell/smemlcd by Artur Wroblewski provides C library (with Python 3 bindings) for Sharp Memory LCDs. At the moment only 2.7" LCD screen (LS027B7DH01) is supported.

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Review Breakdown

Average Ratings

Product: (5.00)

Documentation: (4.75)

Shipping: (4.50)

Communication: (5.00)

Amit | Sept. 4, 2016

Excellent package

I needed a display for daylight visibility and both the breakout board along with Sharp (128*128) memory LCD. worked like a charm.The sources and documentation provided were of nice quality.
Overall happy with the product.
Have ordered couple of more today from the seller.

Benjamin | May 5, 2016

Product works perfectly, Shipping was Fast

The board works exactly as expected and I like the fact the creator offers different setup options. It is a great board for prototyping. The part was shipped rapidly and arrive quickly. I was not expecting such fast service. The documentation is good, but I think it could be just a tiny bit better. I didn't have any specific communication with the seller as everything went smoothly.

Doug | Oct. 28, 2015

Used it to connect to a SHARP LCD LS027B7DH01(240x200) LCD.

Worked great! Needed to rapidly prototype a system and the BREAKOUT board was "key" to getting it done quickly.
Ordered it Tuesday, had it in my hands by the weekend and showed it to my client on Monday!
Thank you so much! Please update your advertising to include support for this other Sharp LCD as well.

Note: I modded the "SCS" signal because my Cortex-M4 MCU (Atmel SAMG55) only puts out a negative chip select and the Sharp LCD requires a positive chip select. Maybe add a footprint for an optional single logic gate on this line in the future?

I liked that I could mount the BREAKOUT underneath the LCD (hidden inside my case), with the ribbon cable bending in a 180 arc.
I liked that the pin header was not soldered in, giving end user a choice on which side to mount.

Nathan | Oct. 16, 2014

Works perfect to drive my Sharp LS013B7DH03

This was exactly what I needed - a simple breakout for the Sharp LS013B7DH03 128x128 Memory LCD. It works perfectly. Right size, right price, right connections - thanks a ton!

Jason | Dec. 24, 2013

Extra components need fitting

While this breakout board has positions for the extra voltage boost components to be fitted at a later date if needed, it would make a lot more sense to actually offer this board with those comps fitted, save the headaches that result afterwards.

Yes, the board becomes a little more expensive to buy, but immediately useable! With the correct mods, this board is perfectly usable with the 2.7" Sharp memory LCD.

Response from Kuzyatech | Dec. 24, 2013

Thanks for your comments. It's all based on demand- up to this point there has not been much for the boost version, since all newer small Sharp displays are 3.3V . Carrying added cost of these parts would change the price rather significantly, so I've opted not to affect all those who do not need it. In designing in a Linear Tech boost converter, minimum power consumption was a main goal, but they are not cheap parts :(

Jock | Aug. 5, 2013

Couldn't be more pleased

The Sharp Memory LCD is an amazing high density display. Unfortunately that small ribbon connector is a pain to solder, especially if you are prototyping. This small, well designed, breakout board solves those problems. And in both cases they arrived very quickly.

I honestly couldn't be more pleased...