# Inky phat with a microcontroller

**URL:** <https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/inky-phat-with-a-microcontroller/10959>\
**Category:** Arduino & AVR\
**Created:** [July 12, 2019, 11:13am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/inky-phat-with-a-microcontroller/10959 "2019-07-12T11:13:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![Benny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/49beb7/32.png) [@Benny](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/Benny)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2019, 11:13am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/inky-phat-with-a-microcontroller/10959/1 "2019-07-12T11:13:26Z")

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Dear

I have a question regarding the inky phat.

Is it posible to control it with an arduino or a microcontroller?

Thanks in advance and with best regards Ben

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**Author:** ![gadgetoid](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/gadgetoid/32/13_2.png) [@gadgetoid](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/gadgetoid)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2019, 11:21am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/inky-phat-with-a-microcontroller/10959/2 "2019-07-12T11:21:02Z")

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If you can spare ~5512 bytes of memory for a display buffer, yes.

(or 2756 bytes for a black/white only one)

And, obviously, the Python library wont get you far, you’d have to write your own.

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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:** [July 12, 2019, 3:25pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/inky-phat-with-a-microcontroller/10959/3 "2019-07-12T15:25:54Z")

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Adafruit is big on Microcontrollers, have a look around here and see if anything helps.  
[https://learn.adafruit.com/search?q=inky](https://learn.adafruit.com/search?q=inky)