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#6 BW16 Stamp Upgrades | BW16-LCD

A project log for BW16 Stamp - Tiny 5GHz WiFi Dev Board

Super compact functional 5G Hz WiFi MCU in stamp size with power circuit, work out of the box

simonxiSimonXi 08/24/2022 at 06:070 Comments

In my previous project log, I have made BW16-Stamp to work with a baremetal & super tiny TFT color LCD display module( without a breakout board) with just a few wires and the result looks fantastic! 

The circuit is super simple, no additional components needed! and the price for such tiny display is around $0.7/unit, super affordable! The performance of the display is decent enough for such small form factor with 0.96" in size and 160x80p resolution, graphics are vivid and rich, the packaging of the module is also clean and intuitive.

So I've decided to take this a bit further and implemented a major upgrade to the BW16-Stamp, which now becomes BW16-LCD!

Schematics, PCB and 3D model

Here is the schematics,

And the PCB layout,

The 3D rendered model

Major changes

1. Add a 0.6A rated slide switch to control the power

I often found inserting and removing battery connector a big hassle, especially when the battery connector is next to other modules/connectors. So adding a slide switch solves the problem and cut down the power completely -- saving the quiescent current drawn from LDO when the whole module is in idle  

2. Add ST7735 TFT Color LCD module solder pad

To eliminate the clutter of wires, we can put the soldering pad of the FPC cable from the display module on the back of the board, this way, we will have a more robust and neater connection between LCD and BW16-stamp

3. Add M2 mounting holes

For those who wish to make this into an accessory to carry around or mount onto another installation, 2 mounting holes can come handy 


That's all I can share now, the PCB is on its way to my place, once I received it, I will make some project using it and share it here in another log, so stay tuned!

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