diff --git a/locale/circuitpython.pot b/locale/circuitpython.pot
index c7b7085b71..1d94dccaed 100644
--- a/locale/circuitpython.pot
+++ b/locale/circuitpython.pot
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: PACKAGE VERSION\n"
 "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: \n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2018-08-30 23:06-0700\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2018-09-06 14:49-0700\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
 "Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
 "Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>\n"
@@ -2022,19 +2022,15 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Unsupported pull value."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: shared-bindings/displayio/Bitmap.c:66
-msgid "value_size must be power of two"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: shared-bindings/displayio/Bitmap.c:85
+#: shared-bindings/displayio/Bitmap.c:84
 msgid "y should be an int"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: shared-bindings/displayio/Bitmap.c:90
+#: shared-bindings/displayio/Bitmap.c:89
 msgid "row buffer must be a bytearray or array of type 'b' or 'B'"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: shared-bindings/displayio/Bitmap.c:95
+#: shared-bindings/displayio/Bitmap.c:94
 msgid "row data must be a buffer"
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -2047,36 +2043,36 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Group must have size at least 1"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: shared-bindings/displayio/Palette.c:94
+#: shared-bindings/displayio/Palette.c:96
 msgid "color buffer must be a bytearray or array of type 'b' or 'B'"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: shared-bindings/displayio/Palette.c:100
-msgid "color buffer must be 3 bytes (RGB) or 4 bytes (RGBA)"
+#: shared-bindings/displayio/Palette.c:102
+msgid "color buffer must be 3 bytes (RGB) or 4 bytes (RGB + pad byte)"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: shared-bindings/displayio/Palette.c:104
+#: shared-bindings/displayio/Palette.c:106
 msgid "color must be between 0x000000 and 0xffffff"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: shared-bindings/displayio/Palette.c:108
+#: shared-bindings/displayio/Palette.c:110
 msgid "color buffer must be a buffer or int"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: shared-bindings/displayio/Palette.c:124
-#: shared-bindings/displayio/Palette.c:138
-msgid "value should be an int"
+#: shared-bindings/displayio/Palette.c:123
+#: shared-bindings/displayio/Palette.c:137
+msgid "palette_index should be an int"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: shared-bindings/displayio/Sprite.c:44
+#: shared-bindings/displayio/Sprite.c:45
 msgid "position must be 2-tuple"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: shared-bindings/displayio/Sprite.c:86
+#: shared-bindings/displayio/Sprite.c:87
 msgid "unsupported bitmap type"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: shared-bindings/displayio/Sprite.c:151
+#: shared-bindings/displayio/Sprite.c:152
 msgid "palette must be displayio.Palette"
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -2294,7 +2290,11 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Cannot transfer without MOSI and MISO pins."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: shared-module/displayio/Bitmap.c:60
+#: shared-module/displayio/Bitmap.c:49
+msgid "Only bit maps of 8 bit color or less are supported"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: shared-module/displayio/Bitmap.c:69
 msgid "row must be packed and word aligned"
 msgstr ""
 
diff --git a/locale/en_US.po b/locale/en_US.po
index 78e32cc823..c310ea920d 100644
--- a/locale/en_US.po
+++ b/locale/en_US.po
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: \n"
 "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: \n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2018-08-30 16:12-0700\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2018-09-06 14:49-0700\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: 2018-07-27 11:55-0700\n"
 "Last-Translator: \n"
 "Language-Team: \n"
@@ -2022,19 +2022,15 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Unsupported pull value."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: shared-bindings/displayio/Bitmap.c:66
-msgid "value_size must be power of two"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: shared-bindings/displayio/Bitmap.c:85
+#: shared-bindings/displayio/Bitmap.c:84
 msgid "y should be an int"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: shared-bindings/displayio/Bitmap.c:90
+#: shared-bindings/displayio/Bitmap.c:89
 msgid "row buffer must be a bytearray or array of type 'b' or 'B'"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: shared-bindings/displayio/Bitmap.c:95
+#: shared-bindings/displayio/Bitmap.c:94
 msgid "row data must be a buffer"
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -2047,36 +2043,36 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Group must have size at least 1"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: shared-bindings/displayio/Palette.c:94
+#: shared-bindings/displayio/Palette.c:96
 msgid "color buffer must be a bytearray or array of type 'b' or 'B'"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: shared-bindings/displayio/Palette.c:100
-msgid "color buffer must be 3 bytes (RGB) or 4 bytes (RGBA)"
+#: shared-bindings/displayio/Palette.c:102
+msgid "color buffer must be 3 bytes (RGB) or 4 bytes (RGB + pad byte)"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: shared-bindings/displayio/Palette.c:104
+#: shared-bindings/displayio/Palette.c:106
 msgid "color must be between 0x000000 and 0xffffff"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: shared-bindings/displayio/Palette.c:108
+#: shared-bindings/displayio/Palette.c:110
 msgid "color buffer must be a buffer or int"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: shared-bindings/displayio/Palette.c:124
-#: shared-bindings/displayio/Palette.c:138
-msgid "value should be an int"
+#: shared-bindings/displayio/Palette.c:123
+#: shared-bindings/displayio/Palette.c:137
+msgid "palette_index should be an int"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: shared-bindings/displayio/Sprite.c:44
+#: shared-bindings/displayio/Sprite.c:45
 msgid "position must be 2-tuple"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: shared-bindings/displayio/Sprite.c:86
+#: shared-bindings/displayio/Sprite.c:87
 msgid "unsupported bitmap type"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: shared-bindings/displayio/Sprite.c:151
+#: shared-bindings/displayio/Sprite.c:152
 msgid "palette must be displayio.Palette"
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -2294,7 +2290,11 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Cannot transfer without MOSI and MISO pins."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: shared-module/displayio/Bitmap.c:60
+#: shared-module/displayio/Bitmap.c:49
+msgid "Only bit maps of 8 bit color or less are supported"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: shared-module/displayio/Bitmap.c:69
 msgid "row must be packed and word aligned"
 msgstr ""
 
diff --git a/locale/es.po b/locale/es.po
index c9de75c382..f7e0ed4e4c 100644
--- a/locale/es.po
+++ b/locale/es.po
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: \n"
 "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: \n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2018-08-30 16:12-0700\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2018-09-06 14:49-0700\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: 2018-08-24 22:56-0500\n"
 "Last-Translator: \n"
 "Language-Team: \n"
@@ -2068,19 +2068,15 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Unsupported pull value."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: shared-bindings/displayio/Bitmap.c:66
-msgid "value_size must be power of two"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: shared-bindings/displayio/Bitmap.c:85
+#: shared-bindings/displayio/Bitmap.c:84
 msgid "y should be an int"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: shared-bindings/displayio/Bitmap.c:90
+#: shared-bindings/displayio/Bitmap.c:89
 msgid "row buffer must be a bytearray or array of type 'b' or 'B'"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: shared-bindings/displayio/Bitmap.c:95
+#: shared-bindings/displayio/Bitmap.c:94
 msgid "row data must be a buffer"
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -2093,36 +2089,36 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Group must have size at least 1"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: shared-bindings/displayio/Palette.c:94
+#: shared-bindings/displayio/Palette.c:96
 msgid "color buffer must be a bytearray or array of type 'b' or 'B'"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: shared-bindings/displayio/Palette.c:100
-msgid "color buffer must be 3 bytes (RGB) or 4 bytes (RGBA)"
+#: shared-bindings/displayio/Palette.c:102
+msgid "color buffer must be 3 bytes (RGB) or 4 bytes (RGB + pad byte)"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: shared-bindings/displayio/Palette.c:104
+#: shared-bindings/displayio/Palette.c:106
 msgid "color must be between 0x000000 and 0xffffff"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: shared-bindings/displayio/Palette.c:108
+#: shared-bindings/displayio/Palette.c:110
 msgid "color buffer must be a buffer or int"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: shared-bindings/displayio/Palette.c:124
-#: shared-bindings/displayio/Palette.c:138
-msgid "value should be an int"
+#: shared-bindings/displayio/Palette.c:123
+#: shared-bindings/displayio/Palette.c:137
+msgid "palette_index should be an int"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: shared-bindings/displayio/Sprite.c:44
+#: shared-bindings/displayio/Sprite.c:45
 msgid "position must be 2-tuple"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: shared-bindings/displayio/Sprite.c:86
+#: shared-bindings/displayio/Sprite.c:87
 msgid "unsupported bitmap type"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: shared-bindings/displayio/Sprite.c:151
+#: shared-bindings/displayio/Sprite.c:152
 msgid "palette must be displayio.Palette"
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -2341,7 +2337,11 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Cannot transfer without MOSI and MISO pins."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: shared-module/displayio/Bitmap.c:60
+#: shared-module/displayio/Bitmap.c:49
+msgid "Only bit maps of 8 bit color or less are supported"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: shared-module/displayio/Bitmap.c:69
 msgid "row must be packed and word aligned"
 msgstr ""
 
diff --git a/locale/fil.po b/locale/fil.po
index 7e8b9c7a3a..8f681bcb49 100644
--- a/locale/fil.po
+++ b/locale/fil.po
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: \n"
 "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: \n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2018-08-30 18:29-0700\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2018-09-06 14:49-0700\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: 2018-08-30 23:04-0700\n"
 "Last-Translator: Timothy <me@timothygarcia.ca>\n"
 "Language-Team: fil\n"
@@ -2060,6 +2060,74 @@ msgstr "Pull hindi ginagamit kapag ang direksyon ay output."
 msgid "Unsupported pull value."
 msgstr "Hindi suportado ang pull value."
 
+#: shared-bindings/displayio/Bitmap.c:84
+#, fuzzy
+msgid "y should be an int"
+msgstr "Haba ay dapat int"
+
+#: shared-bindings/displayio/Bitmap.c:89
+#, fuzzy
+msgid "row buffer must be a bytearray or array of type 'b' or 'B'"
+msgstr ""
+"ang sample_source buffer ay dapat na isang bytearray o array ng uri na 'h', "
+"'H', 'b' o'B'"
+
+#: shared-bindings/displayio/Bitmap.c:94
+#, fuzzy
+msgid "row data must be a buffer"
+msgstr "constant ay dapat na integer"
+
+#: shared-bindings/displayio/FourWire.c:55
+#: shared-bindings/displayio/FourWire.c:64
+msgid "displayio is a work in progress"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: shared-bindings/displayio/Group.c:65
+#, fuzzy
+msgid "Group must have size at least 1"
+msgstr "Buffer dapat ay hindi baba sa 1 na haba"
+
+#: shared-bindings/displayio/Palette.c:96
+#, fuzzy
+msgid "color buffer must be a bytearray or array of type 'b' or 'B'"
+msgstr ""
+"ang sample_source buffer ay dapat na isang bytearray o array ng uri na 'h', "
+"'H', 'b' o'B'"
+
+#: shared-bindings/displayio/Palette.c:102
+msgid "color buffer must be 3 bytes (RGB) or 4 bytes (RGB + pad byte)"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: shared-bindings/displayio/Palette.c:106
+#, fuzzy
+msgid "color must be between 0x000000 and 0xffffff"
+msgstr "Sa gitna ng 0 o 255 dapat ang bytes."
+
+#: shared-bindings/displayio/Palette.c:110
+#, fuzzy
+msgid "color buffer must be a buffer or int"
+msgstr "buffer ay dapat bytes-like object"
+
+#: shared-bindings/displayio/Palette.c:123
+#: shared-bindings/displayio/Palette.c:137
+msgid "palette_index should be an int"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: shared-bindings/displayio/Sprite.c:45
+#, fuzzy
+msgid "position must be 2-tuple"
+msgstr "stop dapat 1 o 2"
+
+#: shared-bindings/displayio/Sprite.c:87
+#, fuzzy
+msgid "unsupported bitmap type"
+msgstr "Hindi supportadong baudrate"
+
+#: shared-bindings/displayio/Sprite.c:152
+#, fuzzy
+msgid "palette must be displayio.Palette"
+msgstr "ang palette ay dapat 32 bytes ang haba"
+
 #: shared-bindings/gamepad/GamePad.c:100
 msgid "too many arguments"
 msgstr "masyadong maraming argumento"
@@ -2277,6 +2345,18 @@ msgstr "Hindi maaring mabasa kapag walang MISO pin."
 msgid "Cannot transfer without MOSI and MISO pins."
 msgstr "Hindi maaaring ilipat kapag walang MOSI at MISO pin."
 
+#: shared-module/displayio/Bitmap.c:49
+msgid "Only bit maps of 8 bit color or less are supported"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: shared-module/displayio/Bitmap.c:69
+msgid "row must be packed and word aligned"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: shared-module/displayio/Group.c:39
+msgid "Group full"
+msgstr ""
+
 #: shared-module/struct/__init__.c:39
 msgid "'S' and 'O' are not supported format types"
 msgstr "Ang 'S' at 'O' ay hindi suportadong uri ng format"
diff --git a/locale/fr.po b/locale/fr.po
index 3bbd779693..740830e108 100644
--- a/locale/fr.po
+++ b/locale/fr.po
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: 0.1\n"
 "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: \n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2018-08-30 16:12-0700\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2018-09-06 14:49-0700\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: 2018-08-14 11:01+0200\n"
 "Last-Translator: Pierrick Couturier <arofarn@arofarn.info>\n"
 "Language-Team: fr\n"
@@ -2051,24 +2051,19 @@ msgstr "Le tirage 'pull' n'est pas utilisé quand la direction est 'output'"
 msgid "Unsupported pull value."
 msgstr "Valeur de 'pull' non supportée"
 
-#: shared-bindings/displayio/Bitmap.c:66
-#, fuzzy
-msgid "value_size must be power of two"
-msgstr "'len' doit être un multiple de 4"
-
-#: shared-bindings/displayio/Bitmap.c:85
+#: shared-bindings/displayio/Bitmap.c:84
 #, fuzzy
 msgid "y should be an int"
 msgstr "La longueur doit être entière"
 
-#: shared-bindings/displayio/Bitmap.c:90
+#: shared-bindings/displayio/Bitmap.c:89
 #, fuzzy
 msgid "row buffer must be a bytearray or array of type 'b' or 'B'"
 msgstr ""
 "le tampon de sample_source doit être un bytearray ou un tableau de type "
 "'h','H', 'b' ou 'B'"
 
-#: shared-bindings/displayio/Bitmap.c:95
+#: shared-bindings/displayio/Bitmap.c:94
 #, fuzzy
 msgid "row data must be a buffer"
 msgstr "les constantes doivent être des entiers"
@@ -2083,44 +2078,44 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Group must have size at least 1"
 msgstr "Le tampon doit être de longueur au moins 1"
 
-#: shared-bindings/displayio/Palette.c:94
+#: shared-bindings/displayio/Palette.c:96
 #, fuzzy
 msgid "color buffer must be a bytearray or array of type 'b' or 'B'"
 msgstr ""
 "le tampon de sample_source doit être un bytearray ou un tableau de type "
 "'h','H', 'b' ou 'B'"
 
-#: shared-bindings/displayio/Palette.c:100
-msgid "color buffer must be 3 bytes (RGB) or 4 bytes (RGBA)"
+#: shared-bindings/displayio/Palette.c:102
+msgid "color buffer must be 3 bytes (RGB) or 4 bytes (RGB + pad byte)"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: shared-bindings/displayio/Palette.c:104
+#: shared-bindings/displayio/Palette.c:106
 #, fuzzy
 msgid "color must be between 0x000000 and 0xffffff"
 msgstr "Les octets 'bytes' doivent être entre 0 et 255"
 
-#: shared-bindings/displayio/Palette.c:108
+#: shared-bindings/displayio/Palette.c:110
 #, fuzzy
 msgid "color buffer must be a buffer or int"
 msgstr "le tampon doit être un objet bytes-like"
 
-#: shared-bindings/displayio/Palette.c:124
-#: shared-bindings/displayio/Palette.c:138
+#: shared-bindings/displayio/Palette.c:123
+#: shared-bindings/displayio/Palette.c:137
 #, fuzzy
-msgid "value should be an int"
+msgid "palette_index should be an int"
 msgstr "Les valeurs du tableau doivent être des octets simples 'bytes'"
 
-#: shared-bindings/displayio/Sprite.c:44
+#: shared-bindings/displayio/Sprite.c:45
 #, fuzzy
 msgid "position must be 2-tuple"
 msgstr "stop doit être 1 ou 2"
 
-#: shared-bindings/displayio/Sprite.c:86
+#: shared-bindings/displayio/Sprite.c:87
 #, fuzzy
 msgid "unsupported bitmap type"
 msgstr "Débit non supporté"
 
-#: shared-bindings/displayio/Sprite.c:151
+#: shared-bindings/displayio/Sprite.c:152
 #, fuzzy
 msgid "palette must be displayio.Palette"
 msgstr "la palette doit être longue de 32 octets"
@@ -2346,7 +2341,11 @@ msgstr "Impossible de lire sans broche MISO."
 msgid "Cannot transfer without MOSI and MISO pins."
 msgstr "Pas de transfert sans broches MOSI et MISO"
 
-#: shared-module/displayio/Bitmap.c:60
+#: shared-module/displayio/Bitmap.c:49
+msgid "Only bit maps of 8 bit color or less are supported"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: shared-module/displayio/Bitmap.c:69
 msgid "row must be packed and word aligned"
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -2361,3 +2360,7 @@ msgstr "'S' et 'O' ne sont pas des types de format supportés"
 #: shared-module/struct/__init__.c:83
 msgid "too many arguments provided with the given format"
 msgstr "trop d'arguments fournis avec ce format"
+
+#, fuzzy
+#~ msgid "value_size must be power of two"
+#~ msgstr "'len' doit être un multiple de 4"
diff --git a/ports/atmel-samd/boards/hallowing_m0_express/board.c b/ports/atmel-samd/boards/hallowing_m0_express/board.c
index 85bcaabc7e..b47c5fbb22 100644
--- a/ports/atmel-samd/boards/hallowing_m0_express/board.c
+++ b/ports/atmel-samd/boards/hallowing_m0_express/board.c
@@ -27,14 +27,17 @@
 #include "boards/board.h"
 
 #include "shared-bindings/displayio/FourWire.h"
+#include "shared-module/displayio/mipi_constants.h"
 
 #include "tick.h"
 
 displayio_fourwire_obj_t board_display_obj;
 
+#define DELAY 0x80
+
 uint8_t display_init_sequence[] = {
-    0x01, 0, // SWRESET
-    0x11, 0, // SLPOUT
+    0x01, 0 | DELAY, 150, // SWRESET
+    0x11, 0 | DELAY, 255, // SLPOUT
     0xb1, 3, 0x01, 0x2C, 0x2D, // _FRMCTR1
     0xb2, 3, 0x01, 0x2C, 0x2D, //
     0xb3, 6, 0x01, 0x2C, 0x2D, 0x01, 0x2C, 0x2D,
@@ -60,36 +63,50 @@ uint8_t display_init_sequence[] = {
               0x00, 0x00, 0x02, 0x10,
     0x2a, 3, 0x02, 0x00, 0x81, // _CASET XSTART = 2, XEND = 129
     0x2b, 3, 0x02, 0x00, 0x81, // _RASET XSTART = 2, XEND = 129
-    0x13, 0, // _NORON
-    0x29, 0, // _DISPON
+    0x13, 0 | DELAY, 10, // _NORON
+    0x29, 0 | DELAY, 100, // _DISPON
 };
 
 void board_init(void) {
     board_display_obj.base.type = &displayio_fourwire_type;
     common_hal_displayio_fourwire_construct(&board_display_obj,
-        &pin_PB23, &pin_PB22, &pin_PA28, &pin_PA01, &pin_PA27,
-        128, 128, 2, 0, 16, 0x2a, 0x2b, 0x2c);
+        &pin_PB23, // Clock
+        &pin_PB22, // Data
+        &pin_PA28, // Command or data
+        &pin_PA01, // Chip select
+        &pin_PA27, // Reset
+        128, // Width
+        128, // Height
+        2, // column start
+        0, // row start
+        16, // Color depth
+        MIPI_COMMAND_SET_COLUMN_ADDRESS, // Set column command
+        MIPI_COMMAND_SET_PAGE_ADDRESS, // Set row command
+        MIPI_COMMAND_WRITE_MEMORY_START); // Write memory command
 
     uint32_t i = 0;
     common_hal_displayio_fourwire_begin_transaction(&board_display_obj);
     while (i < sizeof(display_init_sequence)) {
         uint8_t *cmd = display_init_sequence + i;
         uint8_t data_size = *(cmd + 1);
+        bool delay = (data_size & DELAY) != 0;
+        data_size &= ~DELAY;
         uint8_t *data = cmd + 2;
         common_hal_displayio_fourwire_send(&board_display_obj, true, cmd, 1);
         common_hal_displayio_fourwire_send(&board_display_obj, false, data, data_size);
-        if (*cmd == 0x01) {
+        if (delay) {
+            data_size++;
+            uint16_t delay_length_ms = *(cmd + 1 + data_size);
+            if (delay_length_ms == 255) {
+                delay_length_ms = 500;
+            }
             uint64_t start = ticks_ms;
-            while (ticks_ms - start < 120) {}
-        } else if (*cmd == 0x11) {
-            uint64_t start = ticks_ms;
-            while (ticks_ms - start < 500) {}
+            while (ticks_ms - start < delay_length_ms) {}
         } else {
             uint64_t start = ticks_ms;
             while (ticks_ms - start < 10) {}
         }
         i += 2 + data_size;
-
     }
     common_hal_displayio_fourwire_end_transaction(&board_display_obj);
 }
diff --git a/ports/atmel-samd/boards/hallowing_m0_express/pins.c b/ports/atmel-samd/boards/hallowing_m0_express/pins.c
index 28c3d6a5ca..7d4afc7a41 100644
--- a/ports/atmel-samd/boards/hallowing_m0_express/pins.c
+++ b/ports/atmel-samd/boards/hallowing_m0_express/pins.c
@@ -58,6 +58,6 @@ STATIC const mp_rom_map_elem_t board_global_dict_table[] = {
     { MP_ROM_QSTR(MP_QSTR_SPI), MP_ROM_PTR(&board_spi_obj) },
     { MP_ROM_QSTR(MP_QSTR_UART), MP_ROM_PTR(&board_uart_obj) },
 
-    { MP_ROM_QSTR(MP_QSTR_display), MP_ROM_PTR(&board_display_obj)}
+    { MP_ROM_QSTR(MP_QSTR_DISPLAY), MP_ROM_PTR(&board_display_obj)}
 };
 MP_DEFINE_CONST_DICT(board_module_globals, board_global_dict_table);
diff --git a/ports/atmel-samd/common-hal/displayio/FourWire.c b/ports/atmel-samd/common-hal/displayio/FourWire.c
index 033970c77d..6c3b75a85b 100644
--- a/ports/atmel-samd/common-hal/displayio/FourWire.c
+++ b/ports/atmel-samd/common-hal/displayio/FourWire.c
@@ -96,21 +96,17 @@ int32_t common_hal_displayio_fourwire_wait_for_frame(displayio_fourwire_obj_t* s
     return 0;
 }
 
-static uint16_t swap(uint16_t x) {
-    return (x & 0x00ff) << 8 | x >> 8;
-}
-
 void displayio_fourwire_start_region_update(displayio_fourwire_obj_t* self, uint16_t x0, uint16_t y0, uint16_t x1, uint16_t y1) {
     // TODO(tannewt): Handle displays with single byte bounds.
     common_hal_displayio_fourwire_begin_transaction(self);
     uint16_t data[2];
     common_hal_displayio_fourwire_send(self, true, &self->set_column_command, 1);
-    data[0] = swap(x0 + self->colstart);
-    data[1] = swap(x1-1 + self->colstart);
+    data[0] = __builtin_bswap16(x0 + self->colstart);
+    data[1] = __builtin_bswap16(x1-1 + self->colstart);
     common_hal_displayio_fourwire_send(self, false, (uint8_t*) data, 4);
     common_hal_displayio_fourwire_send(self, true, &self->set_row_command, 1);
-    data[0] = swap(y0 + 1 + self->rowstart);
-    data[1] = swap(y1 + self->rowstart);
+    data[0] = __builtin_bswap16(y0 + 1 + self->rowstart);
+    data[1] = __builtin_bswap16(y1 + self->rowstart);
     common_hal_displayio_fourwire_send(self, false, (uint8_t*) data, 4);
     common_hal_displayio_fourwire_send(self, true, &self->write_ram_command, 1);
 }
diff --git a/shared-bindings/displayio/Bitmap.h b/shared-bindings/displayio/Bitmap.h
index 2ae4684818..b736f9459c 100644
--- a/shared-bindings/displayio/Bitmap.h
+++ b/shared-bindings/displayio/Bitmap.h
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 extern const mp_obj_type_t displayio_bitmap_type;
 
 void common_hal_displayio_bitmap_construct(displayio_bitmap_t *self, uint32_t width,
-    uint32_t height, uint32_t value_size);
+    uint32_t height, uint32_t bits_per_value);
 
 void common_hal_displayio_bitmap_load_row(displayio_bitmap_t *self, uint16_t y, uint8_t* data,
                                           uint16_t len);
diff --git a/shared-bindings/displayio/Palette.c b/shared-bindings/displayio/Palette.c
index 99963f131c..21744f947b 100644
--- a/shared-bindings/displayio/Palette.c
+++ b/shared-bindings/displayio/Palette.c
@@ -38,10 +38,10 @@
 
 //| .. currentmodule:: displayio
 //|
-//| :class:`Palette` -- Stores a mapping from bitmap pixel values to display colors
+//| :class:`Palette` -- Stores a mapping from bitmap pixel palette_indexes to display colors
 //| ===============================================================================
 //|
-//| Map a pixel value to a full color. Colors are transformed to the display's format internally to
+//| Map a pixel palette_index to a full color. Colors are transformed to the display's format internally to
 //| save memory.
 //|
 //| .. warning:: This will be changed before 4.0.0. Consider it very experimental.
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ STATIC mp_obj_t palette_subscr(mp_obj_t self_in, mp_obj_t index_in, mp_obj_t val
         return MP_OBJ_NULL;
     }
     displayio_palette_t *self = MP_OBJ_TO_PTR(self_in);
-    size_t index = mp_get_index(&displayio_palette_type, self->max_value, index_in, false);
+    size_t index = mp_get_index(&displayio_palette_type, self->color_count, index_in, false);
 
     uint32_t color;
     mp_int_t int_value;
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ STATIC mp_obj_t palette_subscr(mp_obj_t self_in, mp_obj_t index_in, mp_obj_t val
         if (bufinfo.len == 3 || bufinfo.len == 4) {
             color = buf[0] << 16 | buf[1] << 8 | buf[2];
         } else {
-            mp_raise_ValueError(translate("color buffer must be 3 bytes (RGB) or 4 bytes (RGBA)"));
+            mp_raise_ValueError(translate("color buffer must be 3 bytes (RGB) or 4 bytes (RGB + pad byte)"));
         }
     } else if (mp_obj_get_int_maybe(value, &int_value)) {
         if (int_value < 0 || int_value > 0xffffff) {
@@ -113,30 +113,30 @@ STATIC mp_obj_t palette_subscr(mp_obj_t self_in, mp_obj_t index_in, mp_obj_t val
     return mp_const_none;
 }
 
-//|   .. method:: make_transparent(value)
+//|   .. method:: make_transparent(palette_index)
 //|
-STATIC mp_obj_t displayio_palette_obj_make_transparent(mp_obj_t self_in, mp_obj_t value_obj) {
+STATIC mp_obj_t displayio_palette_obj_make_transparent(mp_obj_t self_in, mp_obj_t palette_index_obj) {
     displayio_palette_t *self = MP_OBJ_TO_PTR(self_in);
 
-    mp_int_t value;
-    if (!mp_obj_get_int_maybe(value_obj, &value)) {
-        mp_raise_ValueError(translate("value should be an int"));
+    mp_int_t palette_index;
+    if (!mp_obj_get_int_maybe(palette_index_obj, &palette_index)) {
+        mp_raise_ValueError(translate("palette_index should be an int"));
     }
-    common_hal_displayio_palette_make_transparent(self, value);
+    common_hal_displayio_palette_make_transparent(self, palette_index);
     return mp_const_none;
 }
 MP_DEFINE_CONST_FUN_OBJ_2(displayio_palette_make_transparent_obj, displayio_palette_obj_make_transparent);
 
-//|   .. method:: make_opaque(value)
+//|   .. method:: make_opaque(palette_index)
 //|
-STATIC mp_obj_t displayio_palette_obj_make_opaque(mp_obj_t self_in, mp_obj_t value_obj) {
+STATIC mp_obj_t displayio_palette_obj_make_opaque(mp_obj_t self_in, mp_obj_t palette_index_obj) {
     displayio_palette_t *self = MP_OBJ_TO_PTR(self_in);
 
-    mp_int_t value;
-    if (!mp_obj_get_int_maybe(value_obj, &value)) {
-        mp_raise_ValueError(translate("value should be an int"));
+    mp_int_t palette_index;
+    if (!mp_obj_get_int_maybe(palette_index_obj, &palette_index)) {
+        mp_raise_ValueError(translate("palette_index should be an int"));
     }
-    common_hal_displayio_palette_make_opaque(self, value);
+    common_hal_displayio_palette_make_opaque(self, palette_index);
     return mp_const_none;
 }
 MP_DEFINE_CONST_FUN_OBJ_2(displayio_palette_make_opaque_obj, displayio_palette_obj_make_opaque);
diff --git a/shared-bindings/displayio/Palette.h b/shared-bindings/displayio/Palette.h
index fde6ab7d38..767fc7b636 100644
--- a/shared-bindings/displayio/Palette.h
+++ b/shared-bindings/displayio/Palette.h
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@
 extern const mp_obj_type_t displayio_palette_type;
 
 void common_hal_displayio_palette_construct(displayio_palette_t* self, uint16_t color_count);
-void common_hal_displayio_palette_set_color(displayio_palette_t* self, uint32_t value, uint32_t color);
+void common_hal_displayio_palette_set_color(displayio_palette_t* self, uint32_t palette_index, uint32_t color);
 
-void common_hal_displayio_palette_make_opaque(displayio_palette_t* self, uint32_t value);
-void common_hal_displayio_palette_make_transparent(displayio_palette_t* self, uint32_t value);
+void common_hal_displayio_palette_make_opaque(displayio_palette_t* self, uint32_t palette_index);
+void common_hal_displayio_palette_make_transparent(displayio_palette_t* self, uint32_t palette_index);
 
 #endif // MICROPY_INCLUDED_SHARED_BINDINGS_DISPLAYIO_PALETTE_H
diff --git a/shared-bindings/displayio/Sprite.c b/shared-bindings/displayio/Sprite.c
index 25ea79f5c2..223a8a394c 100644
--- a/shared-bindings/displayio/Sprite.c
+++ b/shared-bindings/displayio/Sprite.c
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@
 #include "shared-bindings/displayio/Bitmap.h"
 #include "supervisor/shared/translate.h"
 
-void parse_position(mp_obj_t position_obj, int16_t* x, int16_t* y) {
+void unpack_position(mp_obj_t position_obj, int16_t* x, int16_t* y) {
+    // TODO(tannewt): Support any value sequence such as bytearray or bytes.
     mp_obj_tuple_t *position = MP_OBJ_TO_PTR(position_obj);
     if (MP_OBJ_IS_TYPE(position_obj, &mp_type_tuple) && position->len == 2) {
         *x = mp_obj_get_int(position->items[0]);
@@ -88,7 +89,7 @@ STATIC mp_obj_t displayio_sprite_make_new(const mp_obj_type_t *type, size_t n_ar
     int16_t x = 0;
     int16_t y = 0;
     mp_obj_t position_obj = args[ARG_position].u_obj;
-    parse_position(position_obj, &x, &y);
+    unpack_position(position_obj, &x, &y);
 
     displayio_sprite_t *self = m_new_obj(displayio_sprite_t);
     self->base.type = &displayio_sprite_type;
@@ -120,7 +121,7 @@ STATIC mp_obj_t displayio_sprite_obj_set_position(mp_obj_t self_in, mp_obj_t val
 
     int16_t x = 0;
     int16_t y = 0;
-    parse_position(value, &x, &y);
+    unpack_position(value, &x, &y);
 
     common_hal_displayio_sprite_set_position(self, x, y);
 
diff --git a/shared-module/displayio/Bitmap.c b/shared-module/displayio/Bitmap.c
index 453dc1c59e..addc341a7e 100644
--- a/shared-module/displayio/Bitmap.c
+++ b/shared-module/displayio/Bitmap.c
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@
 #include "py/runtime.h"
 
 void common_hal_displayio_bitmap_construct(displayio_bitmap_t *self, uint32_t width,
-    uint32_t height, uint32_t value_size) {
-    uint32_t row_width = width * value_size;
+    uint32_t height, uint32_t bits_per_value) {
+    uint32_t row_width = width * bits_per_value;
     // word align
     if (row_width % 32 != 0) {
         self->stride = (row_width / 32 + 1);
@@ -43,16 +43,25 @@ void common_hal_displayio_bitmap_construct(displayio_bitmap_t *self, uint32_t wi
     self->height = height;
     self->data = m_malloc(self->stride * height * sizeof(uint32_t), false);
 
-    self->bits_per_value = value_size;
+    self->bits_per_value = bits_per_value;
 
-    self->x_shift = 0;
+    if (bits_per_value > 8) {
+        mp_raise_NotImplementedError(translate("Only bit maps of 8 bit color or less are supported"));
+    }
+
+    // Division and modulus can be slow because it has to handle any integer. We know bits_per_value
+    // is a power of two. We divide and mod by bits_per_value to compute the offset into the byte
+    // array. So, we can the offset computation to simplify to a shift for division and mask for mod.
+
+    self->x_shift = 0; // Used to divide the index by the number of pixels per word. Its used in a
+                       // shift which effectively divides by 2 ** x_shift.
     uint32_t power_of_two = 1;
-    while (power_of_two < 32 / value_size ) {
+    while (power_of_two < 32 / bits_per_value ) {
         self->x_shift++;
         power_of_two <<= 1;
     }
     self->x_mask = (1 << self->x_shift) - 1; // Used as a modulus on the x value
-    self->bitmask = (1 << value_size) - 1;
+    self->bitmask = (1 << bits_per_value) - 1;
 }
 
 void common_hal_displayio_bitmap_load_row(displayio_bitmap_t *self, uint16_t y, uint8_t* data, uint16_t len) {
diff --git a/shared-module/displayio/Palette.c b/shared-module/displayio/Palette.c
index e2ec6e0572..5f410d7869 100644
--- a/shared-module/displayio/Palette.c
+++ b/shared-module/displayio/Palette.c
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 #include "shared-bindings/displayio/Palette.h"
 
 void common_hal_displayio_palette_construct(displayio_palette_t* self, uint16_t color_count) {
-    self->max_value = color_count;
+    self->color_count = color_count;
     self->colors = (uint32_t *) m_malloc(color_count * sizeof(uint16_t), false);
     uint32_t opaque_byte_count = color_count / 8;
     if (color_count % 8 > 0) {
@@ -36,35 +36,35 @@ void common_hal_displayio_palette_construct(displayio_palette_t* self, uint16_t
     self->opaque = (uint32_t *) m_malloc(opaque_byte_count, false);
 }
 
-void common_hal_displayio_palette_make_opaque(displayio_palette_t* self, uint32_t value) {
-    self->opaque[value / 32] &= ~(0x1 << (value % 32));
+void common_hal_displayio_palette_make_opaque(displayio_palette_t* self, uint32_t palette_index) {
+    self->opaque[palette_index / 32] &= ~(0x1 << (palette_index % 32));
 }
 
-void common_hal_displayio_palette_make_transparent(displayio_palette_t* self, uint32_t value) {
-    self->opaque[value / 32] |= (0x1 << (value % 32));
+void common_hal_displayio_palette_make_transparent(displayio_palette_t* self, uint32_t palette_index) {
+    self->opaque[palette_index / 32] |= (0x1 << (palette_index % 32));
 }
 
-void common_hal_displayio_palette_set_color(displayio_palette_t* self, uint32_t value, uint32_t color) {
-    uint32_t shift = (value % 2) * 16;
-    uint32_t masked = self->colors[value / 2] & ~(0xffff << shift);
+void common_hal_displayio_palette_set_color(displayio_palette_t* self, uint32_t palette_index, uint32_t color) {
+    uint32_t shift = (palette_index % 2) * 16;
+    uint32_t masked = self->colors[palette_index / 2] & ~(0xffff << shift);
     uint32_t b5 = (color >> 19);
     uint32_t g6 = (color >> 10) & 0x3f;
     uint32_t r5 = (color >> 3) & 0x1f;
     uint32_t packed = r5 << 11 | g6 << 5 | b5;
     // swap bytes
-    packed = ((packed >> 8) & 0xff) | ((packed & 0xff) << 8);
-    self->colors[value / 2] = masked | packed << shift;
+    packed = __builtin_bswap16(packed);
+    self->colors[palette_index / 2] = masked | packed << shift;
     self->needs_refresh = true;
 }
 
-bool displayio_palette_get_color(displayio_palette_t *self, uint32_t value, uint16_t* color) {
-    if (value > self->max_value) {
+bool displayio_palette_get_color(displayio_palette_t *self, uint32_t palette_index, uint16_t* color) {
+    if (palette_index > self->color_count) {
         return false;
     }
-    if ((self->opaque[value / 32] & (0x1 << (value % 32))) != 0) {
+    if ((self->opaque[palette_index / 32] & (0x1 << (palette_index % 32))) != 0) {
         return false;
     }
-    *color = (self->colors[value / 2] >> (16 * (value % 2))) & 0xffff;
+    *color = (self->colors[palette_index / 2] >> (16 * (palette_index % 2))) & 0xffff;
 
     return true;
 }
diff --git a/shared-module/displayio/Palette.h b/shared-module/displayio/Palette.h
index 22c737c9db..5a5f1d2874 100644
--- a/shared-module/displayio/Palette.h
+++ b/shared-module/displayio/Palette.h
@@ -36,11 +36,11 @@ typedef struct {
     mp_obj_base_t base;
     uint32_t* opaque;
     uint32_t* colors;
-    uint8_t max_value;
+    uint8_t color_count;
     bool needs_refresh;
 } displayio_palette_t;
 
-bool displayio_palette_get_color(displayio_palette_t *palette, uint32_t value, uint16_t* color);
+bool displayio_palette_get_color(displayio_palette_t *palette, uint32_t palette_index, uint16_t* color);
 bool displayio_palette_needs_refresh(displayio_palette_t *self);
 void displayio_palette_finish_refresh(displayio_palette_t *self);
 
diff --git a/shared-module/displayio/mipi_constants.h b/shared-module/displayio/mipi_constants.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3cb7e4292f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shared-module/displayio/mipi_constants.h
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+/*
+ * This file is part of the Micro Python project, http://micropython.org/
+ *
+ * The MIT License (MIT)
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2018 Scott Shawcroft for Adafruit Industries
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+ * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+ * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+ * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+ * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+ * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+ * THE SOFTWARE.
+ */
+
+#ifndef MICROPY_INCLUDED_SHARED_BINDINGS_DISPLAYIO_MIPI_CONSTANTS_H
+#define MICROPY_INCLUDED_SHARED_BINDINGS_DISPLAYIO_MIPI_CONSTANTS_H
+
+// More info here: https://www.tonylabs.com/wp-content/uploads/MIPI_DCS_specification_v1.02.00.pdf
+enum mipi_command {
+    MIPI_COMMAND_SET_COLUMN_ADDRESS = 0x2a,
+    MIPI_COMMAND_SET_PAGE_ADDRESS = 0x2b,
+    MIPI_COMMAND_WRITE_MEMORY_START = 0x2c,
+};
+
+#endif // MICROPY_INCLUDED_SHARED_BINDINGS_DISPLAYIO_MIPI_CONSTANTS_H