OLED vs LCD: What's the difference? Basically, OLED panels are made from organic materials that emit light when electricity is applied, while LCD does not emit light.
Makerfabs always receives many customer's comments: What's the LCD, and OLED? What's the difference between them? I am confused about the advertisements. Any suggestions on which one should I choose? So, this time, let's talk about OLED and LCD.
1. Definition
OLED(Organic Light-Emitting Diode) panels are made from organic materials that emit light when electricity is applied. Different from the LCD(Liquid Crystal Display) which needs a backlight, the OLED does not need any backlight to display. Basically, the LCD does not emit light, it only "select" the right color and intensity from the backlight and thus to display, while for OLED, each pixel of the OLED emits the light by themselves, the customer control all the pixels on/off and the intensity to show the images.
2. Features
Compares to LCD, the OLED's advantages are:
1. Improved image quality - better contrast, higher brightness, fuller viewing angle, a wider color range, and much faster refresh rates.
2. Lower power consumption
3. Simpler design that enables ultra-thin, flexible, and transparent displays
4. Better durability - OLEDs are very durable and can operate in a broader temperature range
Of course some drawbacks of OLED:
1. Lifespan, normally 5,000 hours, shorter than the LCD;
2. Color balance problems;
1. Improved image quality - better contrast, higher brightness, fuller viewing angle, a wider color range, and much faster refresh rates.
2. Lower power consumption
3. Simpler design that enables ultra-thin, flexible, and transparent displays
4. Better durability - OLEDs are very durable and can operate in a broader temperature range
Of course some drawbacks of OLED:
1. Lifespan, normally 5,000 hours, shorter than the LCD;
2. Color balance problems;
Although there are many famous OLED TV such as Samsung, actually nowadays the OLED is most popular used in small-screen devices such as the cell phone and PDA. It is a really good choice for DIY, or small projects. with the advantages especially the flexibility, the OLED attracts more makers and startups to use them in new projects.
3. Related Products with OLED & LCD
3.1 OLED
Here are some famous and popular used OLED modules to share with Makerfabs customers, with these modules, you do not need to care about the detailed principle of OLED or control all the pixels by yourself, with the standard I2C/ SPI interface, you can add the OLED in your project immediately.
3.1.1 The single color OLED:
Besides, a special 0.91 inch OLED, with 128x32 pixel, sells really hot :
3.1.2 0.95 inch Colorful OLED
3.1.3 1.5 inch Colorful OLED
The 1.5 inches colorful OLED driven by SSD1351 with standard SPI interface, resolution 128x128.
3.2 LCD
Here are also some popular LCD modules for reference:3.2.1 1.3 Inch Colorful TFT Module ST7789
3.2.2. 1.44 Inch Colorful TFT Module ST7735
3.2.3 MakePython ESP32 Color LCD:
The LCD Related development board by Makerfabs.
This MakePython ESP32 Color LCD is a MakePython IoT solution based on the MakePython ESP32. It is the colorful version, using a colorful 1.3 inch LCD ST7789, which makes the boards suitable for applications that need a colorful display.
3.2.4 ESP32 TFT Touch With Camera
A beautiful 3.5" TFT touchscreen display, based on ESP32-WROVER, with a built-in 2M pixel OV2640 camera, which makes it an ever perfect platform for your ESP32 projects.The ESP32 TFT Touch support Arduino or MicroPython programming, with 2 versions: Touch Capacitive, Touch Resistive.
You can also check the video about it, with a collection of 6 demos, enjoy on your ESP32!
@all Makers& designers, you can get all the OLED at Makerfabs online store. BTW, we accept customization PCBA design services based on those boards.
This article is originally posted on Makerfabs: https://www.makerfabs.cc/article/oled-vs-lcd-what-s-the-difference.html
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