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Display Drivers

Display-specific drivers in the GHIElectronics.TinyCLR.Drivers.* namespace extend TinyCLR's graphics engine and low-level display support with ready-made drivers for common panels.

For devices with internal graphics support, see the Displays → Virtual displays page — it shows the full pattern for using the display drivers below. Just swap in the display controller you need.

For devices without internal native graphics, use BasicGraphics instead.

Displays that support 16BPP 5:6:5 (TinyCLR's native pixel format) get a DrawBuffer method. Displays with other formats (like 1BPP) get DrawBufferNative — convert the TinyCLR native format to whatever the display expects using the helpers documented in Encoding & Decoding → Color space conversion.

tip

BasicGraphics supports 1BPP natively. For basic monochrome displays, it saves memory and skips the 16BPP → 1BPP conversion step.

ST7735​

ST7735

An SPI color display controller, typically 160×128 pixels.

NuGet package: GHIElectronics.TinyCLR.Drivers.Sitronix.ST7735.

ST7789​

ST7789

An SPI color display controller, typically 240×240 pixels.

NuGet package: GHIElectronics.TinyCLR.Drivers.Sitronix.ST7789.

ERC12864​

ERC12864

An SPI-based monochrome display controller, typically 128×64 pixels.

NuGet package: GHIElectronics.TinyCLR.Drivers.EastRising.ERC12864.

ILI9341​

ILI9341

An SPI color display controller, typically 320×240 pixels.

NuGet package: GHIElectronics.TinyCLR.Drivers.HiLetgo.ILI9341.

SSD1306​

SSD1306

An I²C monochrome OLED display controller, typically 128×64 pixels.

NuGet package: GHIElectronics.TinyCLR.Drivers.SolomonSystech.SSD1306.

SSD1351​

SSD1351

An I²C color display controller, typically 128×128 pixels.

NuGet package: GHIElectronics.TinyCLR.Drivers.SolomonSystech.SSD1351.