Hardware revisions
- MCU – WCH CH552T 8-bit E8051 core MCU for USB devices
The Turing / XuanFang Smart Screen is a 3.5" USB-C display that shows as a serial port once connected.
It cannot be seen by the operating system as a monitor but pictures can be displayed on it.
A Windows-only software is provided by the vendor to manage this display.
The vendor app allows creating themes to display your computer sensors on the screen, but does not offer a simple way to display custom pictures or text.
There are several hardware revisions of the Turing Smart Screen:
This is the Turing Smart Screen first version.
There are several hardware version: with backplate, without backplate, with main board not attached to screen...
There is 2 USB-C ports.
The mention "Turing Smart Screen" is visible in English and Chinese when there is no backplate.
It is originally provided with UsbMonitor.exe software for Windows.
Note: for this version you may need to disable self.lcd.Reset() in def initialize_display(self): from library/display.py
This is the new Turing Smart Screen version, also named XuanFang smart screen.
This version does not use the same command set as the first version, there is also a new vendor app for Windows.
There are 2 USB-C ports but they are located on different sides of the product.
It has no backplate on the rear side, and some electronic components are directly available.
The rear side has the mention "Q002_V2.0" written.
It is originally provided with ExtendScreen.exe software for Windows.
Version "flagship" is the same hardware as the version B.
This product offers a backplate with screws covering the rear side electronics.
The backplate is lit on the sides by RGB LEDs that can be color-controlled.
Command set for the "flagship" version is the same as version B.
It is originally provided with ExtendScreen.exe software for Windows.
