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ESP32-S3 Parallel TFT with Touch~

Warning

The configuration for this board is under development and not finilized yet.

Features~

The Makerfabs ESP32-S3 Parallel TFT Touch development board incorporates a 3.5”, 4.0” or 4.3” capacitive touch display which makes it a very suitable platform for any openHASP project.

At the back sits an ESP32-S3-WROOM module with 16MB of flash and PSram. There is also an SD-card slot, USB-C connectors and two expansion ports.

Models~

Model 3.5" Parallel 4.0" Parallel 4.3" Parallel
SKU ESP32S335D E32S3RGB40 E32S3RGB43
Flash 16 MB 16 MB 16 MB
PSram 2 MB 8 MB 8 MB
Display 3.5" 480x320 4.0" IPS 4.3" IPS
Resolution 480x320 480x480 800x480
Touch Screen Capacitive Capacitive Capacitive
SD Card ✅ yes ✅ yes ✅ yes
Real Time Clock ❌ no ❌ no ✅ yes
Screen dimming ✅ GPIO45 ✅ GPIO2 ✅ GPIO2
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Also available on Tindie

The real-time clock and SD card are not supported by openHASP 0.7.0-rc11.

Backlight Control~

The backlight of the 3.5" model can be controlled by PWM on pin GPIO45.

The backlight on the 4.0" model is always on and can not be controlled.

The backlight of the 4.3" model can be controlled by PWM on pin GPIO02 if the PCB is v1.3 only. With PCB v2.0 the backlight can not be adjusted and the screen is always on.

Video~

ESP32-S3 Parallel TFT with Touch 3.5'' ILI9488~

ESP32-S3 Parallel TFT with Touch 4.0"~

ESP32-S3 Parallel TFT with Touch 4.3"~

Documentation~

More information can be found in the Makerfabs Wiki and there are plenty of example projects available on the Github repository.

Makerfabs Wiki   Github Repo   Schematics

Enclosure~

We don't have any 3D printable enclosure yet to share here. If you have a case for this board, please let us know so we can share it here.