They have through hole pins and only need a handful of caps to make them run. There are also of course cheaper options with same driver on the Chinese sites :)
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Yes those Sharp LCDs look really nice, but probably a little expensive for my application.
There seem to be a range of 128x64 or 128x32 COG transflective that use the ST7565R SPI driver. A couple from US based suppliers are:
http://www.newhavendisplay.com/nhdc12832a1zfsrgbfbw3v-p-5958.html
http://focuslcds.com/products/standard-displays/graphic-lcd-display/#sthash.hTlvYLOn.dpbs
They have through hole pins and only need a handful of caps to make them run. There are also of course cheaper options with same driver on the Chinese sites :)