Little bargain: AliExpress 2.6" touchscreen for $3!

[DavidAlfa]

Just in case you were searching for a cheap parallel touch display, here's one for $3 +$1 shipping, which doesn't increase buying up to 3! (3 for $10).
Most I've seen start at $7 for just one! + >$5 shipping.

https://a.aliexpress.com/_vpaWFA

Supposedly its a 2.6" 320x240 ILI92325, 8/16-bit parallel (Check IM0)
It's weird, the product pictures doesn't seem do match the feedback photos?

PRODUCT
 

FEEDBACK (And the matching pinout I think it is)
 


I bought 2, but I have no idea what will come!

[MLXXXp]

Do you have a document / image of the specifications other than the image with the pinout which you could please attach?

Assuming the same type of touchscreen, I'm guessing there might be enough info here to get it going:
https://www.adafruit.com/product/335

[MLXXXp]

@DavidAlfa, The item in the link that you posted does not appear to match the photos that you posted.

The photos show 37 pins. The one in the link has 44 pins.

The photos show icons at the bottom of the screen (home, envelop, book, etc.). The one in the link doesn't have these.

Are the photos of what you received by ordering from that link?

[DavidAlfa]

Nope I didn't stop to count the pins...I took the picture from the first user feeback because the sample picture was terrible.
I already bougth 2, we'll see what arrives! 
If it's what it says, of course it's colour, ILI9325 320x240 16BPP(rgb565).
It's confusing, it might not have the digitizer... but the feedback picture does?

[c64]

Shipping to Australia:
1pc $1.52
2pcs $6.19 (can not choose cheaper option)

Might still buy one

[tepalia02]

I'd like to see a review after you receive the products.

[mac.6]

For most touchscreen the big catch is the touchscreen chip used.
Sometimes you get lucky, sometimes you get a chip that is completely obscure, even with the linux driver source (for example goodix chips).

[DavidAlfa]

Don't you recognize a simple resistive touchscreen?

[SiliconWizard]

Of course it's a resistive touch panel. And the LCD panel itself is probably rather meh (nothing like IPS or such.)
So the pricing is just right I think - not that much of a bargain.

[DavidAlfa]

Find any other >=2.4" for $4 incl> shipping
I bought 2 for 6.6€, I think it's pretty cheap nowadays.

[c64]

I found these with similar connector:
MAXTRON MG216
Lenovo A180

But no datasheets

[DavidAlfa]

How fast! I asked the seller, hopefully he will provide it.

[DavidAlfa]

Found some cheap phones using similar LCD, Cross CS6, PD3 and PD7.
Attaching the schematics, taken from here

Later I found exactly this LCD on a russian forum !

[DavidAlfa]

Didn't arrive yet.
Seems they have im0 and im3 only, those allows switching between 8/16 bit and 9/18bit modes.
The display is meant to be soldered, it's not a conector per se, I ordered a small PCB adapter, but stupidly, I took a 40 -pin model thinking the LCD was 37-pin.

[DavidAlfa]

Some 0.8mm 44+ pin adapters on Ali:
https://a.aliexpress.com/_vq2xwP
https://a.aliexpress.com/_u783En
https://a.aliexpress.com/_vLDisB
https://a.aliexpress.com/_ujJQhD
https://a.aliexpress.com/_v5dH4j

[DavidAlfa]

So I've received the scr... Pokemon cards???
Also some more electronic stuff decals and woman pendants... Nice screw-up!
Not seller's fault, the packets have been relabeled, the old address/phone number can be still seen through a powerful light source... somebody at the sorting center have been smoking some s*** .

[pigrew]

So I've received the scr... Pokemon cards???
Also some more electronic stuff decals and woman pendants... Nice screw-up!
Not seller's fault, the packets have been relabeled, the old address/phone number can be still seen through a powerful light source... somebody at the sorting center have been smoking some s*** .

After ordering some cable from AliExpress, I received... candle wicks. Then, a few weeks later, I did get the cable.

You're likely part of a scam to generate 5-star reviews. The seller uses customer addresses as shipping destinations for other products they need good reviews for. They order the indicated product but something cheap is shipped instead, submitting the tracking number to the eCommerce site, which then verifies that a product was actually delivered. They then write a five star review for the product they are being paid to promote.

(If I recall correctly, both packages had the same tracking number...)

Apparently, it's called "brushing".

[DavidAlfa]

 Got my money back... At least that was fast