User_Setup file for LilyGo T7-S3 with 800x480 5" display from buydisplay.com with SSD1963 controller

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For those who might be interested in a setup file for the combination described in the title, here it is :
Setup_Lilygo_T7S3_SSD1963_TFT.zip

The Lilygo T7-S3 has an interesting form factor and it can easily be mounted at the rear of the display to have a compact unit.

The screen is this one :
https://www.buydisplay.com/lcd-5-inch-ips-ssd1963-tft-module-touch-screen-display-800x480-mcu-arduino
Its ISP, thus the contrast, view angles and color rendering are very good.

You have to choose the "8080 parallel interface"
If I remember well touchscreens won't work with TFT_eSPI and parallel interface like it's the case here.

This display's backlight can be dimmed by pin 39 of it's J2 connector, but it flickers and doesn't work very well.
It can also be dimmed through the software way, refer to this very informative post :
#2194

If your sketch uses sprites and smoothfonts with this 800x480 display, it can be rather memory consuming, so I would advise to choose an ESP32-S3 with 16 MB of flash memory and 8 MB of PSRAM (it's the case with the LilyGo T7-S3)

P.S. I'm in no way affiliated with Buydisplay and LilyGo !

Roland