“Superb device! Can overclock the pico to 250mhz and run the PIO clock divided to 48mhz - giving 7ms for a blit to the st7789v. This gives a frame rate of 110fps. Displays IPS is great - fantastic colours and viewing angles! Do wish they put a rotary encoder on the board tho - that would be so so handy.”
Ahoy - thanks for the review! We sell a couple of rotary encoder breakouts that would be easy to connect to Tufty via Qw/ST cable:
https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/rgb-encoder-breakout
https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/rgb-encoder-wheel-breakout
“Awesome little board; the viewing angles on the display are all the way down to the horizontal, and it runs for about ten hours on the suggested Galleon rechargable battery. I built mine into a 3D-printed case that includes a charger board so it's just USB-C and go, no messing with JST cables: https://www.lionsphil.co.uk/projects/tufty/”
“Tufty 2040 has a larger screen compared to Display Pack 2 (which is nice) and is less bulky because the RP2040 is integrated. Thanks to a parallel interface it can transmit twice as fast (max 108Hz) as SPI (max 54Hz) Only drawback is that it lacks vsync (the TE-pin is not connected to the microcontroller) so tearing can be visible in a few situations. So if you need vsync then PicoSystem and Display Pack 2 are a better choice. Screen is bright enough for me and has good viewing angles. And it is nice that a battery can be connected. Recommended.”
“Tufty 2040 is a wonderful product. A great way to learn and experience Raspberry Pico and MicroPython; none of which, I've done before. In short order, I've already built an interactive badge. And now reading up on how to branch out. Plus the community is ever so helpful. Totally worth the price.”
“This is an awesome bit of kit, not just for using as a badge, but as a playground for using MicroPython with hardware to see what you can do with it in a small portable kit. It's really well put together and the screen looks great especially considering how cheap the whole thing is. Would really recommend grabbing one of these!”
