Display recommendations for a Nano

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I'm start a new project, a simple MP3 player, will only play one song. I'll probably use the DFPlayer unless there is something else I should look into. I'm planning on using a Nano and would like a display to show the lyrics, no graphics. I like the size of a 3.5" 320 x 480 TFT, does not need a touch screen and would like the communications to be either I2C or SPI.

I'm open to any recommendations you may have.
Thanks
John

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What exactly do you want to display and where does that information come from?

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I heard the song Beautiful by Christina Aquilera today and thought that's a good positive message for my grandaughter. I'm going to make a mirror with with the display below it. The mp3 file is on a SD card on the DFPlayer module. The lyrics will be stored in the Nano and displayed as the song plays. It will just have the one song, will start it when she presses a button.

Thanks

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Great project! Good luck synchronizing the two.

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Thanks, I thought of that but as long as the song starts, more or less at the same time, I should be able to get them fairly close. I'm thinking I'll have it battery power, a couple of 3.7 li-ion's. I'll put the Nano to sleep when the song is done, then have the button trigger an interrupt to start it again. All works good in my head we'll see how it works in real time.

Any thoughts on which display to use?

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The physical display doesn't matter. What does is: do you intend to display the words! Are you going to scroll the words on a single line? Are you going to scroll the lines vertically? Are you going to write ALL the words on a display?

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I was planning on just displaying a verse at a time, no scrolling. I've used a TFT display and had multiple pages that change as you selected one. I could have each verse on a page with a time delay to advance to the next one.

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Strange why you even asked the question about the display.

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I've used a couple of different displays for different projects, I'm just trying to see what other options I may have and what other people have used

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