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NanoGig Screen

NanoGig Screen showing preset 4C, Fender Prnc Clean, with its capture, IR and five effect blocks

Preset, capture, IR and every block, right by the pedal.

The real firmware interface, on the 3.5" board.

A gig screen of its own for the Nano Cortex. Build one from an inexpensive ESP32 touchscreen, or get a kit that's ready to plug in. Either way it talks to the pedal over Bluetooth by itself: no phone on the floor, nothing to unlock before a song.

Build your ownGet a ready-made kit

Two ways to get one

Build your own

Your board, our firmware

For anyone happy to plug in a USB cable. No soldering and no code: the firmware goes on from the browser.

  1. Get one of the supported touchscreens. They're off the shelf and inexpensive.
  2. Plug the board into a computer and install NanoGig Screen from Chrome or Edge. Try it: without a license it runs for 15 minutes after each power-on.
  3. Get a license when you're happy: one per screen.
Install on your boardGetting started
The 3.5" kit showing preset 11B, Edge Simple 2, its USB-C cable at the left endThe 3.5" kit from slightly to the leftThe 3.5" kit from straight on, close upThe 3.5" kit from the side: a black printed case around the screenThe 3.5" kit from a low angle, its cable plugged in at the endThe 3.5" kit from aboveThe 3.5" kit turned round with the display rotated 180°, its cable at the right endThe back of the 3.5" kit: four screws and the NanoGig logoThe back of the 3.5" kit from another angle
Coming soon

A ready-made kit

For anyone who'd rather just play. Nothing to install or set up.

  1. A screen in a 3D-printed case, with NanoGig Screen installed and licensed before it ships.
  2. Plug it into USB power and close Cortex Cloud.
  3. It finds your pedal and shows the gig view.
See the kits

One license per screen

NanoGig Screen is paid firmware, and you try it before you buy: install it from the installerand it runs for 15 minutes after each power-on. A license unlocks it for good. It is bound to the chip of the screen it's activated on and covers that screen's updates over Wi-Fi. A kit comes licensed.

Buy a license

Features

The 3.5" kit on a desk, showing the gig view: preset 11B, Edge Simple 2
NanoGig Screen's printed box showing the gig view: preset 1A, Edge of Breakup
The screen looking for the pedal, asking to hold EXIT and CAPTURE for 2 seconds to pair

Boots straight to the gig view

About a second from power to a useful screen, with the preset names remembered from last time while it connects.

The gig view: preset 4C, Fender Prnc Clean, with its IIB badge, capture and IR names, the gate and five FX blocks in their category colours, at 120 BPM

Preset, capture, IR, FX

The preset name and bank label, footswitch badges, the five FX blocks in their category colours, capture and IR with on/off state, gate and tempo.

The preset list: 4A to 4D, with 4C, Fender Prnc Clean, selected and its IIA and IIB badges
The gate's page: on, threshold 42.7 %

Switch and toggle

Step through presets with the arrows by the name, hold for the full list. Tap a tile to turn a block on or off; tap the gate.

The editor for the delay block: Analog Delay as its model, switched on, with its Mix at 35%
The delay's Feedback, High Pass and Low Pass, page 2 of 5
The capture page: Friedman BE-100 Deluxe HBE Ch2 at +1.7 dB, with Bank and Lib
Renaming preset 1A to Stealth Gojira Blue on the touch keyboard

Edit on the screen

Hold an FX tile for its model and parameters. Capture and IR pages with banks, the library and previews. Rename presets on a touch keyboard.

The tuner showing A#, 7 cents flat
The tempo view: 120 BPM, with minus and plus
The expression pedal's assignments: capture gain from 78 to 8 %

Tuner, tempo, expression

A big tuner, a tempo view that follows tap tempo, and the expression pedal's assignments with their ranges.

The pedal's settings on the screen: mute outputs, mute input, auto-sum to mono and IR bypass
An update available over Wi-Fi: version 0.4.0, with Install
The update installing over Wi-Fi, 42 %

Pedal settings

Every setting on Cortex Cloud's settings page, written straight to the pedal. Updates over Wi-Fi.

Supported boards

Building your own? NanoGig Screen runs on these off-the-shelf ESP32 touchscreens, each with the same interface laid out for its size.

Tested on a pedal

ESP32-2432S028

"Cheap Yellow Display"

The original NanoGig Screen board: cheap, widely available, small enough to sit by the pedal.

Display
2.8" · 320×240
Touch
resistive
Chip
ESP32
ID
cyd
Board guide
The JC4827W543 in a printed case, running NanoGig Screen's gig view with preset 11D, Solo WetThe JC4827W543 showing the presets list, page 11 of 16, with 11D Solo Wet pickedThe JC4827W543 showing the capture's page: Friedman PT-20 03 HIGH at +0.0 dBThe JC4827W543 showing the capture bank, slot 5 of 5 in useThe JC4827W543 showing the IR slots, slot 2 in useThe JC4827W543 showing the effect types to pick from for a block before the ampThe JC4827W543 showing the compressor models, Solid State Comp pickedThe JC4827W543 showing the effect types for a block after the amp: EQ, compressor and delayThe JC4827W543 showing an effect's settings: Mix, Decay and Pre Delay slidersThe JC4827W543 showing the gate's page: off, threshold 1.2 %
Tested on a pedal

Guition JC4827W543

A wide 4.3" panel with capacitive touch: the largest picture, readable from further away.

Display
4.3" · 480×272
Touch
capacitive
Chip
ESP32-S3
ID
jc4827w543
Board guide
The ES3C35P on a wall, running NanoGig Screen's gig view with preset 11B, Edge Simple 2The back of the ES3C35P: the USB-C socket with the BOOT and RESET buttons on the right, connectors along the top
Tested on a pedal

LCDwiki ES3C35P

A sharp 3.5" panel with capacitive touch, a step up in size from the CYD.

Display
3.5" · 480×320
Touch
capacitive
Chip
ESP32-S3
ID
es3c35p
Board guide
The pedal takes one Bluetooth connection at a time. Close Cortex Cloud and the NanoGig app before the screen connects, or use the screen's Menu → Disconnect to hand the pedal over to them.