Need help determining if a component is acceptable for use in a production design
I actually happened to use the same device for some products, they are attractive and cheap.
I never was able to find the actual display manufacturer and those can be found as modules on many websites (newsegg, taobao).
Given the manufacturer is a mystery, there is no way to know the actual production, stock, and if it is still being manufactured.
My guess is that this display might have been manufactured for a specific device (perhaps an old cellphone) that didn't sell well or never made it to market, perhaps a few 10s of thousands of those unused display made it to the &quot;hacker&quot; market.
Designing a product for the mass market with an &quot;unknown&quot; display might be risky, it may very well end up that this display is no longer available at some point which would cause you quite some trouble.
I've stopped using this display for this reason and I prefer to stick to well-known manufacturers or at least devices that the manufacturer is known, even if in my case we do not ship a lot of units, I do not want to have to go back redesigning a product because some parts become unavailable, especially a display as it would also require redesigning the enclosure and perhaps all the &quot;UI&quot;.
If you have to replace the display and you've got remote firmware updates, you need to start to handle different hardware versions, adding to the complexity.
If it were to become unavailable, you wouldn't even be able to contact the manufacturer.
Personally, I wouldn't take the risk unless you can track down the actual manufacturer and make sure they can produce them.
I'd rather go with something like that.