Building a Tiny WORDLE game to test the touch capabilities of the Lilygo T-Display-S3 #esp32

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I recently picked up an amazing little ESP32 with integrated touchscreen, the image quality is excellent but I wanted to make sure the touch functionality is also usable on such a small (1.9 inch) screen. In the video, I review the key features of the system and write a couple of codes to test the performance of the touchscreen. I printed a little case for the screen using a new 3D printer (Bambu labs - really cool), here's a link to the Thingiverse design I used: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5933982 Installing the drivers so the display and touch can work with the Arduino IDE is not as straightforward as I hoped, fortunately Volos Projects has some great videos that provide step-by-step guides to get things up and running, I used this one: https://youtu.be/gpyeMjM9cOU?si=3ecx1MoXo4io2G64 After coding up a clone of the New York Times Wordle game I was able to easily press the individual keys on the keyboard despite them being absolutely tiny, really impressive performance for a capacitive touchscreen on a tiny display... I'll definitely be making use of this in future projects! The official Lilygo website seems to have sold out of all but one variant for Europe, Canada and China still have some stock and they seem a little cheaper than on Amazon/Ali, although I'm not sure about delivery costs... I picked mine up from AliExpress with free delivery: LILYGO® T-Display-S3 ESP32-S3 (375 sold, 4.9*, £18) https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_ooaBUbx There are a few other components I highly recommend: ESP32 WROOM – Cheap Yellow Display, (4.9* 3000 sold) https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_oF0X13q Seeed studio, ESP32 C3, 4.8*, 500+ sold. https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_oC5jrBZ Seeed studio, ESP32 C6 (new version with Zigbee), 4.9*, 1000+ sold: https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_oDJKBOR Check out my blog for a full write up and copies of the Arduino IDE code for the digital delay generator: https://circuithelper.com #aliexpress #arduino #esp32 #microcontroller #wifi #diy #lilygo #touchscreen