Hello.
I am looking for suggestions for a somewhat rugged color LCD screen that will work with Arduino. I am looking for something smaller than normal... about 1.1" or 1" max! - Think old school flip phone front. Does anyone have any suggestions? I will be using it in cold temperatures, and it has to be rugged enough, or be able to withstand (after being put into a product enclosure of course) a smallish (3 ft) drop.
I found the normal suspects on sparkfun, digikey, and mouser (I am located in the US) ... but they are 1.8" to 3" ... Its absolutely necessary that it be smaller! I would like SPI, or serial interface, but anything at that size that will work I will be happy with. This (Serial Miniature OLED Module - 0.96" (uOLED-96-G1GFX) - LCD-08538 - SparkFun Electronics) - 4D Systems .96" looked promising till I read the specs... cold and any severe vibration can cause dead pixels. Maybe I am being overly worried about its ruggedness. Does anyone have experience with these out in the real world not just breadboarding? Price is also a factor... at $40 it quadruples my project cost even before I work on an enclosure.
Has anyone tried opening one of these: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Gear-Head-1-1DPF100-1-1-LCD-Digital-Photo-Keychain-/220905540343?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item336eff0af7#ht_2789wt_827 and using the LCD from that? At that price I may as well pick it up and try.