Little bargain: AliExpress 2.6" touchscreen for $3! - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: DavidAlfa
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 20, 2022, 04:16:48 pm
content: Just in case you were searching for a cheap parallel touch display, here's one for $3 +$1 shipping, which doesn't increase buying up to 3! (3 for $10).Most I've seen start at $7 for just one! + >$5 shipping.https://a.aliexpress.com/_vpaWFASupposedly its a 2.6" 320x240 ILI92325, 8/16-bit parallel (Check IM0)It's weird, the product pictures doesn't seem do match the feedback photos?PRODUCTFEEDBACK(And the matching pinout I think it is)I bought 2, but I have no idea what will come!

author: MLXXXp
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 21, 2022, 12:33:16 am
content: Quote from: evb149 on April 20, 2022, 09:02:55 pmAssuming the same type of touchscreen, I'm guessing there might be enough info here to get it going:https://www.adafruit.com/product/335

author: MLXXXp
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 21, 2022, 01:37:04 am
content: @DavidAlfa, The item in the link that you posted does not appear to match the photos that you posted.The photos show 37 pins. The one in the link has 44 pins.The photos show icons at the bottom of the screen (home, envelop, book, etc.). The one in the link doesn't have these.Are the photos of what you received by ordering from that link?

author: DavidAlfa
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 21, 2022, 04:44:01 am
content: Nope I didn't stop to count the pins...I took the picture from the first user feeback because the sample picture was terrible.I already bougth 2, we'll see what arrives!If it's what it says, of course it's colour, ILI9325 320x240 16BPP(rgb565).It's confusing, it might not have the digitizer... but the feedback picture does?

author: c64
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 21, 2022, 06:25:42 am
content: Shipping to Australia:1pc $1.522pcs $6.19 (can not choose cheaper option)Might still buy one

author: tepalia02
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: April 21, 2022, 11:56:21 am
content: I'd like to see a review after you receive the products.

author: mac.6
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: April 21, 2022, 01:43:10 pm
content: For most touchscreen the big catch is the touchscreen chip used.Sometimes you get lucky, sometimes you get a chip that is completely obscure, even with the linux driver source (for example goodix chips).

author: DavidAlfa
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 21, 2022, 05:46:44 pm
content: Don't you recognize a simple resistive touchscreen?

author: SiliconWizard
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 21, 2022, 05:49:24 pm
content: Of course it's a resistive touch panel. And the LCD panel itself is probably rather meh (nothing like IPS or such.)So the pricing is just right I think - not that much of a bargain.

author: DavidAlfa
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 22, 2022, 04:58:10 pm
content: Find any other >=2.4" for $4 incl> shippingI bought 2 for 6.6€, I think it's pretty cheap nowadays.

author: c64
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 01, 2022, 06:20:21 am
content: I found these with similar connector:MAXTRON MG216Lenovo A180But no datasheets

author: DavidAlfa
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 01, 2022, 07:05:47 am
content: How fast! I asked the seller, hopefully he will provide it.

author: DavidAlfa
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 09, 2022, 12:38:52 am
content: Found some cheap phones using similar LCD, Cross CS6, PD3 and PD7.Attaching the schematics, taken fromhereLater I found exactly this LCD on arussian forum!

author: DavidAlfa
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 09, 2022, 10:13:52 am
content: Didn't arrive yet.Seems they have im0 and im3 only, those allows switching between 8/16 bit and 9/18bit modes.The display is meant to be soldered, it's not a conector per se, I ordered a small PCB adapter, but stupidly, I took a 40 -pin model thinking the LCD was 37-pin.

author: DavidAlfa
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 09, 2022, 04:08:50 pm
content: Some 0.8mm 44+ pin adapters on Ali:https://a.aliexpress.com/_vq2xwPhttps://a.aliexpress.com/_u783Enhttps://a.aliexpress.com/_vLDisBhttps://a.aliexpress.com/_ujJQhDhttps://a.aliexpress.com/_v5dH4j

author: DavidAlfa
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 10, 2022, 03:24:11 pm
content: So I've received the scr... Pokemon cards???Also some moreelectronic stuffdecals and woman pendants... Nice screw-up!Not seller's fault, the packets have been relabeled, the old address/phone number can be still seen through a powerful light source... somebody at the sorting center have been smoking some s*** .

author: pigrew
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 11, 2022, 12:49:00 am
content: Quote from: DavidAlfa on May 10, 2022, 03:24:11 pmAfter ordering some cable from AliExpress, I received... candle wicks. Then, a few weeks later, I did get the cable.You're likely part of a scam to generate 5-star reviews. The seller uses customer addresses as shipping destinations for other products they need good reviews for. They order the indicated product but something cheap is shipped instead, submitting the tracking number to the eCommerce site, which then verifies that a product was actually delivered. They then write a five star review for the product they are being paid to promote.(If I recall correctly, both packages had the same tracking number...)Apparently, it's called "brushing".

author: DavidAlfa
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 11, 2022, 07:07:10 am
content: Got my money back... At least that was fast