Hello there, I have a quandary.

Question

I am looking to make a wrist-worn flexible tablet/phone thing. Me and my Partner have agree that it probably should be run with raspberry Pi Zero or something similar with an OLED touch-screen. so the big where can I find wrist sized, thin, OLED screens that have a hookup that can be hooked up to Raspberry Pi Zero?

Can I get any help?

DAB · Answer

Have you considered flexible Epaper display instead? DAB

koudelad · Answer

Hello, here is a list of OLED displays from Farnell store. I also recommend finding an I2C and/or SPI interface tutorial to interface these displays, for example here.

koudelad · Answer

I'm sorry, here is an English link.

I'm afraid they are all solid. In fact, I personally don't know about any display that would be sold as flexible to an end user. Even the bent displays in watches are mounted on some solid piece.

koudelad · Answer

Well, as I haven't seen a curved display bigger than in a fitness watch or Samsung Galaxy Edge cell phones, I think you will need to do an enquiry to display manufacturers directly.

Are you trying to build this just for yourself, or in a large volume?

koudelad · Answer

I would recommend building a prototype first, using some easily accessible flat display and after proving your concept, move to the inquiry to some display manufacturers.

By the way, I just realized you want to use a Raspberry Pi Zero. Have you considered a power consumption? Would the device still be wearable with batteries to keep the device running for some reasonable time?

Hello there, I have a quandary.

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