XIAO IPS Display (nRF52840) Series: Display, Motion, Sound, and BLE in One Tiny Board

Picture this: you want to build a small, interactive device — a badge, a wearable, a little BLE gadget — but every time you start, you end up sourcing a screen, a touch panel, an IMU, a microphone, and battery circuitry as five separate parts, then wiring them all together before you've even touched your actual project. If this sounds familiar, our new XIAO IPS Display series are exactly what you need!

XIAO IPS Display (nRF52840) Series — 1.47", 1.14", and 0.96", Powered by XIAO nRF52840 Plus

Today we're excited to launch a new family of ready-to-use smart device boards, powered by the Seeed Studio XIAO nRF52840 Plus and available in three screen sizes: 1.47-inch, 1.14-inch, and 0.96-inch. Every board in the series brings together a 6-axis IMU for motion, a PDM digital MEMS microphone for sound, and BLE connectivity via the XIAO nRF52840 Plus underneath. Each also comes with onboard battery management, compatible with Arduino IDE.

• Grab Your XIAO 1.47" IPS Display (nRF52840)
• Grab Your XIAO 1.14" IPS Display (nRF52840)
• Grab Your XIAO 0.96" IPS Display (nRF52840)

The three versions are built around three different priorities.

XIAO 1.47" IPS Display (nRF52840) — Built for high-end display work and offline applications. Capacitive touch and a MicroSD slot make it the pick for running a local GUI, playing back local media files, or logging data on-device.

XIAO 1.14" IPS Display (nRF52840) — Built around everyday display and sensing needs. The screen is smaller and there's no touch, but it adds a Grove I2C connector and more physical buttons for wiring in external sensors.

XIAO 0.96" IPS Display (nRF52840) — Built for size above all else. A 17.8mm equal-width design strips out the large connectors to shrink the footprint further, creating a true "micro display system."

Why XIAO nRF52840 Plus?

The XIAO nRF52840 Plus brings Bluetooth Low Energy in the signature XIAO thumb-sized form factor. Pairing it with a pre-integrated display, sensors, and battery management means you get a genuinely BLE-first, battery-friendly platform, ideal for anything that needs to be small, mobile, and untethered from Wi-Fi infrastructure.

Compared to the standard XIAO nRF52840, the Plus variant adds nine extra GPIOs through redesigned castellations and pads on the back, built for SMD soldering. That's exactly why it's the right base for this display series: with a touch panel, IMU, microphone, SD card, and buttons all needing pins of their own, the extra I/O and the solder-down form factor are what let us pre-integrate all of it onto a single board instead of running out of pins halfway through the design.

3D-Printed Enclosure Designed by Community

Our community member Gokul designed a 3D-printable case for the XIAO IPS Display series, giving it a clean, wearable-ready enclosure straight out of the gate. Huge thanks to Gokul for putting this together and sharing it with the community! It's exactly the kind of contribution that makes building on XIAO better for everyone.

Getting Started

The XIAO 1.47", 1.14", and 0.96" IPS Displays (nRF52840) are now live for order at USD $19.9, USD $16.9, and USD $15.9 respectively via our official Webstore Bazaar, with shipping starting from today.

To help you get started quickly, we've prepared a comprehensive set of technical resources, including hardware documentation, getting-started guides, and development tutorials. Explore the wiki to begin building with them today.

And this is just the beginning. A Wi-Fi-enabled XIAO ESP32S3 Plus version is already on its way for projects that need connectivity beyond BLE. Stay tuned for the next addition to the series by subscribing to our bi-weekly newsletter. Stay up-to-date with cool projects from the community, product and Wiki updates, news, and more!