Let's learn to make a 3.5" tft work with the Raspberry Pi. The uses for a tft like this are endless currently i'm using one in my real life KITT and they are pretty cheap click here to view the one I bought. Lets get started!
Step 1: Parts- Any pi with GPIO pins
- TFT LCD
- SD Card + Adapter (if needed)
- Power Cord
Download your img file
- RPi-3.5inch-LCD-160406.7z <-- I used this one but yours could be different
You may need to calibrate the touch screen that is in preferences.
If you want to use HDMI:
On the LXTerminal, enter sudo su
then HDMI-SYS-SHOW
and to go back to the tft:
- If you LCD is the 2.5 or 2.5inch lcd with control chip 9341 - LCD32-SYS-SHOW
- If your LCD is the Raspberry Pi 3.5inch LCD - LCD35-SYS-SHOW
- If your LCD is the Raspberry Pi 4inch LCD - LCD4-SYS-SHOW
- If your LCD is the Raspberry Pi 4.3inch LCD - LCD43-SYS-SHOW
- If your LCD is the Raspberry Pi 5inch LCD - LCD5-SYS-SHOW
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