CrowPanel ESP32 1.28" Round Display - Make: DIY Projects and Ideas for Makers

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May 7th, 2025May 6th, 2025 David Groom

Elecrow have been cranking out a series of ESP32 + display combos under the CrowPanel moniker, and it was hard to pick just one, but in the end this stunning round capacitive touch model won out. Ideal for wearables, home automation, and IoT projects, it also supports the fantastic LVGL graphics library.

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CrowPanel ESP32 Display 1.28 Round Display	By: Elecrow
Specs
Type:	Microcontroller
Price:	$14
Dimensions:	42mm×42mm×9.8mm (round)
Software:	Arduino IDE, ESP-IDF, Lua RTOS, MicroPython, LVGL
Clock Speed:	160MHz
Main Processor:	32-bit ESP32-C3 (single-core RISC-V)
Memory:	400kB SRAM, 8kB SRAM (RTC)
I/O Pins Digital:	-
I/O Pins Analog:	-
WI-FI:	2.4 GHz Wi-Fi (802.11b/g/n)
Bluetooth:	Bluetooth 5
Video:	1.28" round 240×240 display
Ethernet:	No
Input Voltage:	5V
Battery Charging:	No
Operating Voltage:	3.3V

David Groom

David bought his first Arduino in 2007 as part of a Roomba hacking project. Since then, he has been obsessed with writing code that you can touch. David fell in love with the original Pebble smartwatch, and even more so with its successor, which allowed him to combine the beloved wearable with his passion for hardware hacking via its smartstrap functionality. Unable to part with his smartwatch sweetheart, David wrote a love letter to the Pebble community, which blossomed into Rebble, the service that keeps Pebbles ticking today, despite the company's demise in 2016. When he's not hacking on wearables, David can probably be found building a companion bot, experimenting with machine learning, growing his ever-increasing collection of dev boards, or hacking on DOS-based palmtops from the 90s.

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