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The TFT isn"t "plug & play" with the Raspberry, a patch has to be applied to the kernel to be able to interface via SPI with the ST7735R controller chip on the TFT. Once working, the display will act as a framebuffer device.

As it takes over three hours to compile the kernel on the PI, I will show how to cross compile from another Linux PC. In my case, it is Ubuntu 12.10 running within VMWare on a Windows 7 Quad core PC. Kernel compile time is 15 mins.

-Copy config from the Raspberry Pi to the Ubuntu box using SCP. Replace "raspberrypi" below with the IP address of your Raspberry Pi if hostname lookup fails.

If you are planning on displaying the console on the TFT, then enabling these options in .config will allow you to change the font size and rotate the display later on.

To enable parallel processing for a faster compile. If you have a dual core processor add -j 3 to the end of the command below. If you have quad core, add -j 6

The last step below is to SCP the files from from Ubuntu to the Raspberry Pi. If you have trouble SCPing into your Ubuntu box you may need to install open SSH on Ubuntu with sudo apt-get install openssh-server. This step also copies the files from my home folder "mark"... yours would be different.

If you build the st7735 driver pair as built-in, add these options to the end of the line in /boot/cmdline.txt. This will display the console on the TFT.

This particular display works without any alterations with the Adafruit config files found here: https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-dpi-display-kippah-ttl-tft/installation for their 4.3" setup.

I am doing a project to build a mobile desktop (aka tablet + laptop case + case). I have bought a clam shell type case that can house 10.1 inch screen IPS LCD screen, that has 40 pin LVDS.

But the driver board wont fit my clam shell case. I was wondering if there is another option that can use GPIO pins and directly drive the screen. I am quite a newbie to display internal technology. What drivers/chips/pcbs/connectors/technology should I look for? Is this even possible. Any pointers would be very helpful.

@memjr: sorry, but absolutely incorrect! The Pi GPIO can be used as DPI, so you can drive all screens which have DPI interface directly. Size doesn"t matter, so you can drive bigger screens as well.

@OP: the Pi does not have a LVDS interface, so you can"t connect the display without glue logic. The simplest interface to LVDS is an LVDS transmitter. It takes DPI as input and converts it to LVDS. This will allow to drive resolutions up to thr transmitters capability (i.e. FHD = 1920x1080 pixels).

This gives you some idea viewtopic.php?t=157109&hilit=Lvds+40pin+gpio. Below is an example of driving LVDS FHD display from "DPI + glue logic". You need some DIY skills for sure as such an solution is not available off the shelf (AFIK)

Use a 7 inch TFT LCD with 800x480 and 8 bits color depth, 60Hz frame rate as example, you are talking about 17.69 gbits/sec bandwidth. So there is no way GPIO can supply that.

@memjr: sorry, but absolutely incorrect! The Pi GPIO can be used as DPI, so you can drive all screens which have DPI interface directly. Size doesn"t matter, so you can drive bigger screens as well.

2) Get a DPI displays and use your GPIO-DPI interface. Problem is I can"t find any DPI displays at 7inch or higher sizes. Another option is to use DSI-DPI bridge but only available as a chip and not as a PI-compatible board.

There is also RGB/LVDS to mipi DSI board (https://m.made-in-china.com/product/5-0 ... 60301.html). However I am not sure if the TFT LVDS panel I have is LVDS/RGB or something else. These converters also seem to not be available for 7.0 or higher sizes screens.

I understand. For that vision to become reality both Pi foundation and display industry to coincidentally converge on usb-c as main interface for display.

I understand. For that vision to become reality both Pi foundation and display industry to coincidentally converge on usb-c as main interface for display.

Option 1 is using the TI SN65DSI84 DSI to dual-link LVDS chip, which does have some support - aBugsWorstNightmare has made up a board using that family (SN65DSI8[3|4|5]). Read viewtopic.php?t=305690&start=350 for the details of that.

Option 2 uses a Lontium LT8912B chip. There is a driver in mainline Linux for it, but they seem to be very secretive over any information. Also in that datasheet it say "Only Non-Burst Mode supported", which will be a problem as the Pi can only output DSI at particular link frequencies (it"s an integer divider from a PLL).

It seems building a interface/driver is virtually impossible because there is no standard for building DSI displays and the companies don"t share specifications/timing diagram. Please correct me if I am mistaken.

It seems building a interface/driver is virtually impossible because there is no standard for building DSI displays and the companies don"t share specifications/timing diagram. Please correct me if I am mistaken.

Would never ever buy that product based on this spec. So either ask them to provide the full spec or don"t buy it! You were not only missing details on the display interface, there is not detail on the touch in addition (yes, the connector says it"s USB, but what if you want to use it via I2C?).

Get in touch with Vera (vera_yuan _AT_ dlcdisplay.com). Once was in touch with here; she"s very responsive and could provide the requested info as well as giving advice on different (upcoming) products. You can buy DLC via distribution or (if you"re lucky and they carry stock of the particular TFT) digikey.

However, I did came across this https://forum.armbian.com/topic/22815-c ... uchscreen/ that says OrangePi has a 10.1 inch screen that supports MIPI/DSI interface.

It says it is using Ilitek ILI9881c panel controller to drive the display. Was wondering if this controller would be compatible with 10.1inch display. I guess I would have to ask NXP or the company that provides boards with this display. Just thought I would share this info and ask if you have any idea/prior information on this.

Ilitek ILI9881c is a TCON - a controller which is part of the display. There is a driver in the kernel source which has init code for several displays already. There are others here on the forum who were trying to get their ILI9881 based display running as well viewtopic.php?t=339281

That Orange Pi display appears to use 4 DSI data lanes, therefore you"ll only have a chance of getting it to work on a CM4, not a regular Pi (which only exposes 2 data lanes).

That Orange Pi display appears to use 4 DSI data lanes, therefore you"ll only have a chance of getting it to work on a CM4, not a regular Pi (which only exposes 2 data lanes).

Maybe someone reading here has one and can check if there are some labels on the back telling us what it is. Or they were also using a "modified" RockChip driver which allows for passing DSI init sequence parameters (remember viewtopic.php?t=339281 ... lot"s of 10.1in DSI related questions atm ...)

I"ve been using the PI 3.3V to connect to both VCC and LED pins on the display. The backlight is quoted to draw max 50 mA. I wonder if this is the proper way to do this, because I read that the older pi"s had a theoretical limit of 50 mA on the 3.3V pin. I understand this limit is really no longer there for the zero 2 model, it"s more around 800 mA from what I understand.

So my question is, what is the ideal way of powering a display like this? Can I connect to the 5V? Or would this potentially fry the GPIO inputs? Or is it currently best to use the 3.3V to power the display?

Note: From 21st Oct 2019 onwards, a micro HDMI to standard HDMI is added in the packing list for the Raspberry Pi 4 Model B board. Making this 5 inch TFT Touch Screen compatible with Raspberry Pi 4 Model B 1GB, 2GB, 4GB.

This 5" TFT touch screen display with resolution of 800 x 480 is perfect for your Raspberry Pi 2 or 3. The back of the LCD is designed to be stacked on your Raspberry Pi board nicely. It even comes with a socket for HDMI for perfect and nicely fit your Rpi right under the LCD.

Note:The TFT display will draw quite some power from the 5V, default from Raspberry Pi (via 40-pin GPIO) if it is stacked on Raspberry Pi. So do use a high current adapter to power your Raspberry Pi.2.5A or 3.0A adapter would be good enough. Or you can check out the USB-C 5V 3A power adapter (White or Black) for Raspberry Pi 4B.

In the previous article, I described the steps needed to install an LCD touchscreen on the Raspberry Pi. In this article, I will show you how to adjust the screen rotation of the LCD to landscape mode, and will show you how to calibrate the touchscreen pointer for optimal accuracy. Just follow the steps below to compete the process of setting up your Raspberry Pi LCD touchscreen:

1. First we need to change the setting for screen rotation in the /boot/cmdline.txt file. This setting is called fbtft_device.rotate=X. By default, this is set to X=0, which results in a portrait mode screen orientation. In order to switch the orientation to landscape mode, change fbtft_device.rotate=0 to fbtft_device.rotate=90. Enter sudo nano /boot/cmdline.txt at the command prompt. There should only be one line in this file. Go to the end of it and you will find the fbtft_device.rotate=X setting. Change the value from 0 to 90:

After the Pi finishes rebooting, you should notice that when you move your finger across the touch screen, the pointer should follow correctly in both axes. If you are using the Raspberry Pi 2 Model B, you will need to complete the calibration steps below before the pointer follows your finger correctly (and make sure that you have enabled startx to load automatically – see step 6 in this article).

You can rotate the screen 90 degrees (as we did in this tutorial) and the power connector will be at the bottom of the screen, but you can also rotate it 270 degrees so that the power connector is at the top of the screen. To do this, simply enter fbtft_device.rotate=270 in the /boot/cmdline.txt file. Then change the DISPLAY=:0 xinput --set-prop "ADS7846 Touchscreen" "Evdev Axis Inversion" 0 1 line in the /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc file to DISPLAY=:0 xinput --set-prop "ADS7846 Touchscreen" "Evdev Axis Inversion" 1 0. All you need to do is switch the values of the 0 and 1 at the end of this line.

4. Now we can use ts_calibrate. Enter ts_calibrate at the command prompt (make sure you are still in root mode) to run the ts_calibrate program. The program will consecutively display five crosses on different parts of the screen, which you need to touch with as much precision as possible:

This 5 inch TFT screen with a touchscreen has a high resolution. The screen supports any revision of the Raspberry Pi and works perfectly for Raspberry Pi B+/2B/3B. The power consumption for the screen backlight is low. The high resolution of 800 x 480 can give you a full color experience, the touch screen allows users to play easily.

Its touchscreen and resistive overlay, as well as its TFT display module, come already assembled, ready to be connected and programmed via your Pi – there is no welding at all, it’s a bona fide plug and play device!

The module uses your Raspberry Pi"s SPI interface, your screen and the SPI (SCK, MOSI, MISO, CE0, CE1) and GPIO 24 and 25 pins. The GPIO 18, 21, 22 and 23 pins are left free, so if you wish you can use them to install four slim tactile switches to increase the number of ways of interacting with your module!

This small, colour touchscreen for Raspberry Pi can be used in many different ways, for example as a console or video screen, a DIY GPS or smartphone screen, or even in a small point-and-shoot camera. It can also be used to create a mini arcade game or a mini computer.