Cheap and Easy to Use ESP32 Screen!

Great video, I’ve been struggling to find info on this display/controller combo. I’m hoping to make “simple” touch screen thermostats for my UFH in each room of my house and connected using ESP-NOW.

Hope to see more videos on this CYD 👍🏻

New subscriber. My friend Craig loaned me 2 of the CYD so here I am.

😑 “I’m actually really excited”
😳 - Thanks Brian, great way of thinking though. Great project. I’m in. 👍

Awesome video! feels like porting ESP-32 Wifi Marauder project from call me coco would be a perfect match for this hardware

The noise you hear at the end of the sound clips with the "Yes/No" machine is likely caused by cutting the audio abruptly when the waveform's amplitude isn't at zero. In simpler terms, if the sound wave is stopped suddenly instead of naturally trailing off to silence, it creates a sharp, unnatural 'click' sound. This happens because the speaker is forced to abruptly stop vibrating. To avoid this, audio clips should ideally end at a point where the sound naturally fades to silence, or 'zero amplitude'. You can fade clips with audio software and most software does this automatically too. You could even fix it on the software side too when playing clips.

I bought one of these from AliExpress a while back but didn't get the R version and can't find any info concerning what that designation means. Does anyone know?

I received my ESP32 CYD and have been going through many of the samples you provided. Everything has been great. I look forward to further exploring this exciting little board. I like that the ESP32 is included on the display, SD, and will be experimenting with the various connections. I be checking out the progress on Discord. Thank you!

You're sorta setting your head on a golf tee and asking fate to take a swing. The reason it's cheap is most likely because it's discontinued. Is the company who made them even still in business?? You know, Lilygo has some very nice parts, and a decent history. There's a reason Lilygo documentation is easy to come by. This company can barely keep their FAQ's up, by your own admission. You're setting yourself up for a fall investing so much in a board that, likely, won't be available in the near future.

I bought a cyd about 4 months ago and could never figure it out with your project is it easy to design a gui with it im trying fo make a basic controller for a 12v fan and im not sure how to do that i want pwm controll but its only a 2 wire fan and im also using a ds18b20 to get temperature of a amplifier to turn the fan on and off

Great video - I'm currently interested in ESP32 devices with displays, have a couple different devices here I've been dabbling with and looked at one of these (couldn't tell you which one) CYBs, and it looked promising, glad to see someone sharing successes with it! I'd like to see some JS powered WASM projects as it seems like they have promise on the esp32, and want to see if we could use wasm like a jvm via js deployment directloy from the device. I know it's somewhat possible from rust->wasm, but if the goal is essentially just minimize a node environment for wasm and interaction via pure js I think it could be a very appealing way to develope for the platform.

Awesome video Brian. I watched it to the end. Working on a couple of other things now and want to do some things with this CYD.

thank you so much for putting out this video. I bought this thing on aliexpress with high expectations but was very let down when the software download package didn't work out and it's been sitting on my shelf collecting dust ever since. You've rekindled my project ideas with this little guy. You've earned yourself a subscriber👍

These same displays are also being used to upgrade the control panels on the Bambu P1S to the Bambu X1 3D printer. Makes a huge improvement!

Does this product has a Digital output signal?

Too cool! I grabbed one for a 3D printer project and grabbed an extra one since they seem so cool. Looks like it’s going to turn into a little arcade machine.

Is there a difference if mine doesn’t have an R at the end.

Would be great if it could be used for a CAN Display for EV projects, or additional information Display in your car!

On ali they have the capacitive touch version…

Thank you for the video! I would love to make an analog clock that would sink with wifi to get the correct time. I have given up on WWV. I just don't seem to be able to pick it up here.

Danke!

will it play a mp4 320x200 with sound?

I just found your channel and have viewed a number of your videos. I hope you are able to post more frequently, since they have been mostly in areas I'm interested in and would encourage you to bring us more! Thanks.

can it run ESPhome?

Love your videos and projects Brian! I just bought a couple of these and I am looking forward to using them. These look ideal for FreeRTOS projects. Thanks for sharing, and greetings from Canada.

I bought three but all are giving me the same issue: blank screen whenever I upload code. The touchscreen sketch seems to do something, as when I touch the screen the serial monitor responds (albeit with weird characters). Hrm.

There is a project for these sunton screens (+more) called Openhasp. Covered by DrZzs

That is a cool video about a useful solution of controlling projects. Do you plan on doing a video about the graphic design for the CYD? How to place the buttons and how to use??

Bought one and was surprised to see a new USB-C port right next to the old USB micro port. Not sure yet if this port has any benefits other than the convenience.

How useable would this be for playing video dynamically? I want something I can throw outside a 3D printer as a secondary screen for context sensitive animations to play.
Could I stream video over wifi, or would having everything stored on the SD card be better?
Was looking at a Knomi, but this is a better price point, and slightly more functional.

I bought a CYD on a whim after Great Scott showed it in one of his Aliexpress videos.
And then I find this! Perfect!
Thanks for kicking this off! 🎉

How much is this? Is it a S3?

I'd like to see more on breaking out I2C and other pins. This would be great for CHAT GPT coding experiments.

Good morning 🌞

I have two of these soo slow but price is right

I bought an ESP32-EYE but did not get the display panel that I thought came with it. Can I use this display in place of the one that works with the ESP32-EYE?

Why did you stop hardware development

Curious, what are the connectors? 4-pin SH or HZ JST type? 🤔

Nice to see a video from you after a long time. The board looks interesting so I ordered one. Let’s get into tinkering again.

This is great! I would love to see some of this integrated with Home Assistant

Im option 4. Those who are new to hardware and software. But my copy paste skills are pretty good! Thanks heaps and i really look forward to seeing what this amazing community can do!

Here's my current project:
It's an Esp32 (Adafruit Matrixportal S3) board driving a 64x64 LED matrix. It connects to WIFI and BLTE, so I can control it with an app I built on my android using MIT app inventor. I plan to put it on my desk at work to tell me the weather, time, sports, etc. It will also have a few games (maybe multiplayer) that I can play if I am bored and need a quick break.

Overall it cost nearly $100. This "Cheap Yellow Display" seems to have all the same capabilities with no wiring or loose parts, at a fraction of the cost. The matrixportal board seems to really have trouble booting properly, so I may switch to the CYD! Even if I don't, I may use it to make a version I can give to friends. Great recommendation

Hi Brian , good video ... I have made xtouch bambulab screen with this small screen. Bad I have not seen your resources before . Great information there!!

Awesome video Brian! Where's your affiliate links in the description, scrape some pennies!

Subbed!!😮

I wanna create a cheap home assistant control panal but there is no good guide available

Amazing! I'm happy to find your video. I happened to be discussing 'where to start' yesterday.

I am always looking for a way to integrate wifi into lab equipment..
Like using one of these as a front panel for a bench power supply or DVM..