Horizontal 2.4“ TFT stand

What plane is above my head, when is the next bus leaving, what is the actual exchange rate to USD, how long does it take home with the current traffic jam, ……. and of course what’s the weather tomorrow? All those and much more information’s can be fetched from the internet and displayed on your desk.

To catch such things from internet API’s become very easy with chips as an ESP8266 programmed on the Arduino IDE. But as not every maker is a master from day one, there are a lot of people offering already programmed examples in the net. They can be adapted to the own needs with only low effort. For example Dani (https://blog.squix.org/) is one of them. He has also complete kits which make the start easier for those which are not highly experienced in soldering electronics. This horizontal TFT display is based on one of them, the ESP8266 WiFi Color Display Kit 2.4″. Beside of this only 4 M3 nuts and 4 M3x20 screws are required.

IMPORTANT NOTE: I realized that I assembled the ESP826