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 ST7735 for AVR
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+**Please note: This repository is archived. However barskern has kindly agreed to continue maintaining this library. Please go to: https://github.com/barskern/avr-st7735 for the latest version as well for issues and pull requests.**
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 ![example of working display](./images/example.jpg)
 
 My simplified plain C version of https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit-ST7735-Library