The displays have arrived — from AI render to real hardware | Details

The displays arrived today, and I couldn’t resist trying out the odometer and navigation prompts on them.

I grabbed a Waveshare ESP32 development board, connected a display and asked Codex to write the code. Three minutes later, it was working.

It looks fantastic — just like the AI render, only now it’s real hardware in my hand.

Odometer and trip display running on the round screen — The first odometer and trip screen on the real display.

Navigation prompt with a right-turn arrow and 500 metres on the round display — A first look at the navigation prompt: turn right in 500 metres.

The newly arrived round display modules in their cases — The round displays, fresh out of the delivery box.

One small surprise: SPI, not I²C

The displays turned out to use SPI rather than I²C. Not a big problem: I²C was still shown as the display connection in the first block diagram, so that label needs updating. There are enough microcontroller pins for everything.

The displays have arrived — from AI render to real hardware

One small surprise: SPI, not I²C

First design results: from real parts to a Fusion layout

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