waveshare 1.8inch LCD Display Module 128x160 Pixels Embedded Controller Communicating via SPI Interface. RGB, 65K Display Color with Examples for Raspberry Pi/Jetson Nano/Arduino

I see there are a few reviews where people had issues getting the display to work. I had troubles too, but I got it sorted out. Here are my hints: Go to the Waveshare website Wiki page for this unit (1.51inch Transparent OLED) You can read up on the device Near the bottom of the page, you will find the Demo Example link. Click it to download the .zip file Unzip the demo and you will find examples for multiple Waveshare devices running on e.g. Arduino, RPi I'm using an Arduino board, so I drilled down to OLED_1in51 and found the .ino file (My first try, I used OLED_1in5 which is for a different board and does not work for this one!!)I wired things up to my Arduino Uno board and ran the demo. Works great.I see another review where the customer stated that the unit overheated. I too had this problem because I was not careful about plugging in the flex connector. I had it backwards at first. Fortunately, my unit worked after correcting the problem. The flex and PCB have pins 1 and 24 labeled. I needed to pay better attention.Also, the flex connector has a latch on the back. You will need to lift the latch (the black bar) before installing the flex. Once in place, you can push the latch back down to secure the flex.

In the past, the main drawback of TFT technology has been the low contrast. Using In-Plane-Switching (IPS), the color is induced in the same plane as the backlight (The term would be wrong in this case, as the light plane is no longer behind the color plane), resulting in very high contrast. This display looks like an OLED display, without the drawbacks of color-fading over time, and price. Driver software is widely available - in the picture I'm using the sample from circuitpython for this chip. So far I have only driven the SPI at 24 Mhz, which the driver chip handles without hiccup. With the high contrast, this 2 inch display is as readable as bigger displays. The resolution of 240x320 gives fine detail, but obviously requires longer for screen refresh, so it's a trade off. For me, IPS displays will be the choice if available, and this display does not disappoint. The board allows for through-hole soldering of your own wires, and the supplied connector with breadboard friendly wires makes prototyping a snap, no soldering required. I will probably use this display for my final result, but will take the connector off, as it requires too much space below the display board.I tested several displays of different sizes and technologies. So far this is my favorite. What I haven't done yet is a power consumption comparison. When only few pixels are "active", OLED would usually consume less power, but I will see how it pans out.

It seems like they opted to not support the software for this anymore. It takes quite a bit of figuring to get even their test/demo code running, and in the documentation there's a lot of "doesn't work with 64 bit os" or "doesn't work with bookworm" which is the latest raspbian version. From what I understand it barely worked in the previous version and that's only because raspbian hadn't depricated the drivers this works with to make the "live view" work.That being said, it still can be used for my purpose which is to be a small desktop status display. it'll just require me to write more python code. The display will largely be static but updated through any code that I will have to write.TL:DR: This doesn't seem to be supported as well as it should be so avoid this unless you have hours to burn writing code.

Got this for a stats monitor. Fairly easy to setup and looks way better than the LCD screen I was using. Takes up a few more pins from the Pi than I'd like but not a big deal.

If you have time to waste on tinkering and searching, knock yourself out. If you value your time, as someone else in the reviews said, spend a little more and get the same-sized Adafruit display. At least their documentation is solid and their sample code works across different MCUs. I've been trying to get this display to work on a Sparkfun ESP32 Thing Plus (USB-C) all weekend. I've tried three different libraries and have yet to see any graphics displayed on these LCDs: Adafruit_GFX, Arduino_GFX, and the code from Waveshare's wiki. Nothing. I've written lightweight 8-bit interface libraries for LCDs, VFDs, and OLEDs. I'd get farther if I just wrote everything from scratch, at this point.

Works just fine with an Arduino Nano Every and the recommended Waveshare example software. Nice little display, seems like a bargain. Am looking forward to using it in a project soon.

It looks and operates exactly like the product pictures. Bought one to prototype a heads up display idea, and the visibility through the display (i.e. looking at stuff in the background) is surprisingly good when it's close to the eye. As advertised, it is a single color display and it works well with Arduino and their extensive online documentation helped me set it up easily. Great display for a good price!

Connected to raspberry pi and used the luma-oled drivers. Good quality image. Easy to use.

Good product. Working excellent.

Very sharp display. Small but bright and very precise display. Exactly as described.

Defective upon delivery. Could not install drivers, and it destroyed my Raspberry Pi zero. There must have been an internal short in this display. Amazon should replace my Raspberry Pi. Im not happy. Not recommend.

All around a nice unit. Sturdy with good mounting points. Easy to use with Arduino Uno and BLE 33. The easiest way to get it working is to load the Adafruit SSD1351 library and use the Arduino Examples. I've 3 of these.