# Automation Mini HAT LCD

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**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [June 2, 2025, 3:20pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/automation-mini-hat-lcd/27858 "2025-06-02T15:20:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![charlesg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ac8455/32.png) [@charlesg](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/charlesg)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2025, 3:20pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/automation-mini-hat-lcd/27858/1 "2025-06-02T15:20:31Z")

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I haven’t been able to find examples to use the LCD on the mini? Can someone point me in the right direction.

Thanks

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**Author:** ![hel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/hel/32/6075_2.png) [@hel](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/hel)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2025, 4:33pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/automation-mini-hat-lcd/27858/2 "2025-06-02T16:33:26Z")

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The Automation HAT Mini examples live here:

> **[automation-hat/examples/hat-mini at main · pimoroni/automation-hat](https://github.com/pimoroni/automation-hat/tree/main/examples/hat-mini)**
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> Python library and examples for the Pimoroni Automation HAT, pHAT and HAT Mini - pimoroni/automation-hat

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**Author:** ![charlesg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ac8455/32.png) [@charlesg](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/charlesg)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2025, 4:47pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/automation-mini-hat-lcd/27858/3 "2025-06-02T16:47:15Z")

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Thanks. That will help. But… Compared to the excellent documentation on the other features of the HAT, this is meager. But it will do.

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**Author:** ![alphanumeric](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/alphanumeric/32/2729_2.png) [@alphanumeric](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/alphanumeric)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2025, 7:30pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/automation-mini-hat-lcd/27858/4 "2025-06-02T19:30:04Z")

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The examples for this,  
[0.96" SPI Colour LCD (160x80) Breakout](https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/0-96-spi-colour-lcd-160x80-breakout?variant=21414301630547)  
should work. You might have to do some edits depending on CS pin the mini display uses, etc.  
[st7735-python/examples at main · pimoroni/st7735-python · GitHub](https://github.com/pimoroni/st7735-python/tree/main/examples)

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**Author:** ![charlesg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ac8455/32.png) [@charlesg](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/charlesg)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2025, 7:41pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/automation-mini-hat-lcd/27858/5 "2025-06-02T19:41:26Z")

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Excellent. Thank you.

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**Author:** ![alphanumeric](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/alphanumeric/32/2729_2.png) [@alphanumeric](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/alphanumeric)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2025, 7:58pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/automation-mini-hat-lcd/27858/6 "2025-06-02T19:58:36Z")

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It kind of depends on what you want to do with the LCD. I have dozens of LCD screens in use here at home. Some are the breakouts and some are built in to devices. Different sizes and Pi and Pico.

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**Author:** ![charlesg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ac8455/32.png) [@charlesg](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/charlesg)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2025, 8:11pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/automation-mini-hat-lcd/27858/7 "2025-06-02T20:11:20Z")

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I was just trying to learn how to use it. I’ll figure out what to use it for shortly