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The cheapest 160x160+ screen that can be bought off-the-shelf and has touch integrated. At least the cheapest I found. Also available on aliexpress for $12 and free shipping :)

If you find a cheaper one, please let me know. I'll thank you.



Is there anything wrong with the ubiquitous ILI9488 3.5 in displays? I see some on aliexpress with resistive touch screen for below 6 dollars not including shipping. These are not integrated on a board but has 40 pin standard FPC connector, with some passives on the ribbon. (I personally prefer this over waveshare's pcbs) EDIT: 320 by 480 btw


Nothing wrong with them, but that is too many pixels for my purpose. PalmOS 5.2 needs a minimum of 64KB of storage RAM, 128K of dynamic RAM, 32K for the kernel, AND a framebuffer to run, and RP2040 has too little RAM to handle a 320x480 display.


You could use it with a 320x240 framebuffer and just scale 2x vertically when rendering.


It is possible. But this screen works better and people who want to play with my project can get it easily. Even those who cannot solder.




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