To install the driver use the following command.

Step 5: After the zip file is placed in position continue with your terminal window. I used Filezilla to do this, but you can also use a pen drive and simple copy paste work. Step 4: Click on this waveshare driver link to download the driver as a ZIP file. We have to enable the SPI interface because as we discussed the LCD and PI communicates through SPI protocol Step 3: Now again navigate to interfacing options and enable SPI as show in the image below. This will make the PI to login automatically from next boot without the user entering the password. Step 2: Navigate to Boot Options -> Desktop/CLI and select option B4 Desktop Autologin Desktop GUI, automatically logged in as ‘pi’ user as highlighted in below image. To get the below window sudo raspi-config Step 1: Get into the configuration window using the following command. Again, I am using putty to connect to my Pi you can use your convenient method.

So let us open the terminal window of Pi and start making the necessary changes. This is because there are no drivers installed on our PI to use the connected LCD. Now, after connecting the LCD to PI, power the PI and you will see a blank white screen on the LCD. Preparing your Raspberry Pi for 3.5” LCD Display Screen Register select pin of Display controller Totally there are 26 pins, the symbol and description of the pins are shown belowĪctive low interrupt pin for touch screen Apart from that it also has some pins dedicated for the touch screen to work. Note that I have used a casing for my Pi so ignore the white box.įor people who are curious to know what these pins are! It is used to establish a SPI communication between the Raspberry Pi and LCD and also to power the LCD from the 5V and 3.3V pin of the raspberry Pi. Once fixed properly you Pi and LCD will look something like this below. You just have to align the pins and press the LCD on top of the Pi to make the connection. The LCD has a strip of female header pins which will fit snug into the male header pins.

You can use any method but you should somehow be able to have access to your Pi’s terminal window.Ĭonnecting your Raspberry Pi with TFT LCD screenĬonnecting your 3.5” TFT LCD screen with Raspberry pi is a cake walk. In this tutorial we will be using Putty in SSH mode to connect to the Raspberry Pi.

It is also assumed that you have access to the terminal window of your raspberry pi. If not, follow the Getting started with Raspberry Pi tutorial before proceeding. It is assumed that your Raspberry Pi is already flashed with an operating system and is able to connect to the internet.

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