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# Adafruit SHARP Memory Display Breakout - 1.3 168x144 Monochrome

**Type:** Product page · **SKU:** ADA3502 · **Brand:** [Adafruit](https://core-electronics.com.au/brands/adafruit-australia)
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The 1.3" 168x144 SHARP Memory LCD display is a cross between an eInk (e-paper) display and an LCD. It has the ultra-low power usage of eInk and the fast-refresh...

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## Description

The **1.3" 168x144 SHARP Memory LCD** display is a cross between an eInk (e-paper) display and an LCD. It has the ultra-low power usage of eInk and the fast-refresh rates of an LCD. This model has a gray background, and pixels show up as black-on-gray for a nice e-reader type display. It does not have a backlight, but it is daylight readable. For dark/night reading you may need to illuminate the LCD area with external LEDs.

The bare display is 3V powered and 3V logic, so they placed it on a fully assembled & tested breakout board with a 3V regulator and level shifting circuitry. Now you can use it safely with 3 *or* 5V power and logic. The bare display slots into a ZIF socket on board and Adafruit use a piece of double-sided tape to adhere it onto one side. There are four mounting holes so you can easily attach it to a box.

The display is 'write only' which means that it only needs 3 pins to send data. However, the downside of a write-only display is that the entire 168x144 bits (3 KB) must be buffered by the microcontroller driver. **That means you cannot use this with an ATmega328 (e.g. Arduino UNO) or ATmega32u4 (Feather 32u4, etc).** You must use a high-RAM chip such as ATSAMD21 (Feather M0), Teensy 3, ESP8266, ESP32, etc. On those chips, this display works great and looks wonderful

**[Check Adafruit's Adafruit's detailed guide for wiring diagrams, schematics, libraries, code, Fritzing objects, etc!](https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-sharp-memory-display-breakout)**

## Technical Details

- Display dimensions (viewable): 24.5mm × 21mm
- Dot pitch: 34mm x 33.3mm / 1.34" × 1.31"
- Display size: 36.6mm / 1.44" diagonal
- Current draw depends on refresh rate: with 1Hz data refresh, its 12uW (4uA @ 3.3V)
- PCB Dimensions: 40mm x 39mm x 4.6mm / 1.58" x 1.54" x 0.18"
- Weight: 6g

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