upir | My biggest project so far... @upir_upir | Uploaded February 2023 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
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Please join me on my journey of creating a digital dashboard for an electric motorcycle. I will post all my findings and progress here, and hopefully, the last video in the series will be the motorcycle with the new display. You can read more about the motorcycle here - https://devs.bike/pages/home.php
Currently, the motorcycle uses a segment display and shows only basic information. The plan is to replace it with a full-color LCD panel, make it better looking and perhaps show more details.
As a first step, I´m evaluating possible displays for the motorcycle. Since Arduino is not capable enough to drive a full-color LCD (and I don´t have time to learn new microcontrollers), my safest bet is to use an "intelligent display". There are two requirements - it has to fit into the current enclosure, so the size needs to be around 4.3", and it has to be sunlight readable - i.e., to have a brightness of at least 800nits. There are 4 displays that meet the criteria:
Display Visions - lcd-module.com/produkte/unitftshigh-end-pcap.html
DWIN - https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_DCsHlE1
Stone - https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_DFII0FP
4D - https://4dsystems.com.au/ulcd-43d
Nextion Display - https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_Des6DHn
Unfortunately, the 4D Display is out of stock and will not be available in the next 5 or 6 months. Since this project needs to be finished sooner, this display is already out of consideration.
There is one more Intelligent Display brand - Nextion. The Nextion display is very easy to use and one of my favorite displays, but unfortunately, the brightness is only around 300 nits. So it´s definitely not sunlight readable. I´m still including it in this video since, again, it´s probably the easiest to use, and someone might find it suitable for some projects.
If you have any questions, please put those down in the comment section, and I will try to answer those there or in the following video.
Thank you very much for watching my videos, and I hope to see you soon! Good luck with your projects.
Do you like the video? Please consider buying me a coffee ☕, thank you! buymeacoffee.com/upir
Please join me on my journey of creating a digital dashboard for an electric motorcycle. I will post all my findings and progress here, and hopefully, the last video in the series will be the motorcycle with the new display. You can read more about the motorcycle here - https://devs.bike/pages/home.php
Currently, the motorcycle uses a segment display and shows only basic information. The plan is to replace it with a full-color LCD panel, make it better looking and perhaps show more details.
As a first step, I´m evaluating possible displays for the motorcycle. Since Arduino is not capable enough to drive a full-color LCD (and I don´t have time to learn new microcontrollers), my safest bet is to use an "intelligent display". There are two requirements - it has to fit into the current enclosure, so the size needs to be around 4.3", and it has to be sunlight readable - i.e., to have a brightness of at least 800nits. There are 4 displays that meet the criteria:
Display Visions - lcd-module.com/produkte/unitftshigh-end-pcap.html
DWIN - https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_DCsHlE1
Stone - https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_DFII0FP
4D - https://4dsystems.com.au/ulcd-43d
Nextion Display - https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_Des6DHn
Unfortunately, the 4D Display is out of stock and will not be available in the next 5 or 6 months. Since this project needs to be finished sooner, this display is already out of consideration.
There is one more Intelligent Display brand - Nextion. The Nextion display is very easy to use and one of my favorite displays, but unfortunately, the brightness is only around 300 nits. So it´s definitely not sunlight readable. I´m still including it in this video since, again, it´s probably the easiest to use, and someone might find it suitable for some projects.
If you have any questions, please put those down in the comment section, and I will try to answer those there or in the following video.
Thank you very much for watching my videos, and I hope to see you soon! Good luck with your projects.
