3.5 tft lcd touch screen raspberry pi driver made in china

The RPi LCD can be driven in two ways: Method 1. install driver to your Raspbian OS. Method 2. use the Ready-to-use image file of which LCD driver was pre-installed.

2) Connect the TF card to the PC, open the Win32DiskImager software, select the system image downloaded in step 1 and click‘Write’ to write the system image. ( How to write an image to a micro SD card for your Pi? See RPi Image Installation Guides for more details)

3) Connect the TF card to the Raspberry Pi, start the Raspberry Pi. The LCD will display after booting up, and then log in to the Raspberry Pi terminal,(You may need to connect a keyboard and HDMI LCD to Pi for driver installing, or log in remotely with SSH)

1. Executing apt-get upgrade will cause the LCD to fail to work properly. In this case, you need to edit the config.txt file in the SD card and delete this sentence: dtoverlay=ads7846.

This LCD can be calibrated through the xinput-calibrator program. Note: The Raspberry Pi must be connected to the network, or else the program won"t be successfully installed.

The RPi LCD can be driven in two ways: Method 1. install a driver to your Raspbian OS. Method 2. use the Ready-to-use image file of which the LCD driver was pre-installed.

2) Connect the TF card to the PC, open the Win32DiskImager software, select the system image downloaded in step 1 and click‘Write’ to write the system image. ( How to write an image to a micro SD card for your Pi? See RPi Image Installation Guides for more details)

3) Connect the TF card to the Raspberry Pi, start the Raspberry Pi. The LCD will display after booting up, and then log in to the Raspberry Pi terminal,(You may need to connect a keyboard and HDMI LCD to Pi for driver installing, or log in remotely with SSH)

1. Executing apt-get upgrade will cause the LCD to fail to work properly. In this case, you need to edit the config.txt file in the SD card and delete this sentence: dtoverlay=ads7846.

This LCD can be calibrated through the xinput-calibrator program. Note: The Raspberry Pi must be connected to the network, or else the program won"t be successfully installed.

Since the Raspberry Pi image and version are frequently updated, if you encounter a situation where the LCD cannot be used normally, please download the latest version of the image provided by us or from the official website of Raspberry Pi and install the latest driver provided by us.

When the Raspberry Pi starts normally, the PWR light is always on, and the ACT light is flashing. If it is found that both lights are always on, it may be that the TF card is not successfully programmed to the image or the TF card is in poor contact with the Raspberry Pi.

It is recommended to use a 5V 2.5A power adapter for the Raspberry Pi. If the Raspberry Pi is powered by the USB port of the PC, the Raspberry Pi may not be able to start normally due to an insufficient power supply.

(1/1/20 Update) It actually runs a few degrees cooler without the screen/fan. Ventilation is simply too poor when the screen and fan are installed, either that or the screen itself is generating heat. On the plus side, the heat sinks definitely make it run cooler than the stock Pi. But I highly recommend drilling extra ventilation holes in the case for when the screen is installed. I"m also still not thrilled with screen itself and wishing I had bought something else. I don"t think I"d recommend this for anyone planning to use it to interact with the desktop GUI. I had hoped to be able to use it that way when mobile and not using the HDMI port, but the GUI just doesn"t fit well on this screen and not being able to flip between screens "on-the-go" is a dealbreaker for me. I could see this maybe being useful to someone developing specific applications for it, but it"s simply not versatile enough or compatible with the GUI enough for my needs.

(Original 12/27/19 post) Part of my dissatisfaction is my own fault, I didn"t see that you can"t have BOTH the touch screen AND an external HDMI monitor connected. But while it"s my fault I failed to see that in the description and reviews, that limitation is not good.

The touchscreen is so-so - you have to press firmly with the stylus to have your input registered, and it"s not very accurate. Don"t even bother using your finger.

The case is OK, except they didn"t provide enough ventilation for cooling. The heatsinks and fans aren"t all that helpful when all the air remains trapped inside the case. I was hitting over 60°C with moderate loads on my Pi. To help resolve this problem, I drilled about a dozen small holes all around the outside of the case and running temperature dropped by about 5°-10°C. I"m getting in the low 50"s now. I may drill some more, but I"m concerned about weakening or cracking the case.

My biggest complaint, however, is that some of the windowed images are chopped off on the right side with the Raspbian GUI. Not because the case is blocking it, but because window sizes seems to be larger than the screen can accommodate. I haven"t been able to find a way to resize the windows any smaller yet. This means that open windows will sometimes have buttons I can"t see and/or access even when made to "fit the screen". This is made more frustrating by the fact I haven"t been able to scroll around the window for apps like the VLC Media Player to be able to access controls. This may just be an issue of me needing to learn how to adjust things in Raspbian for this screen, BUT it seems to me they would have considered this problem and accommodated a fix in the drivers or something.

Not sure if I"ll continue using this setup or switch to a different product, unless I can figure out how to fix the screen chopping off part of the windows and/or easily scrolling around to reach the unseen areas. Even then, without being able to plug in HDMI on-the-fly, I"m not sure this will prove useful enough for my needs, I may have to switch to a 7" screen.

※Price Increase NotificationThe TFT glass cell makers such as Tianma,Hanstar,BOE,Innolux has reduced or stopped the production of small and medium-sized tft glass cell from August-2020 due to the low profit and focus on the size of LCD TV,Tablet PC and Smart Phone .It results the glass cell price in the market is extremely high,and the same situation happens in IC industry.We deeply regret that rapidly rising costs for glass cell and controller IC necessitate our raising the price of tft display.We have made every attempt to avoid the increase, we could accept no profit from the beginning,but the price is going up frequently ,we"re now losing a lot of money. We have no choice if we want to survive. There is no certain answer for when the price would go back to the normal.We guess it will take at least 6 months until these glass cell and semiconductor manufacturing companies recover the production schedule. (Mar-03-2021)

All the accessories listed below tier pricing need to pay.We won"t deliver until you select. Power adaptor should be 5V/2000mA in output and center pin for positive voltage and the outer shield for negative voltage .The temperature for controller RTD2660 would increase during working.That"s normal phenomenon,not quality problem.

ER-TFTV050A1-1 is 480x272 dots 5" color tft lcd module display with small HDMI signal driver board,optional capacitive touch panel with USB controller board and cable and 4-wire resistive touch panel with USB driver board and cable, optional remote control,superior display quality,super wide view angle.It can be used in any embedded systems,car,industrial device,security and hand-held equipment which requires display in high quality and colorful video. It"s also ideal for Raspberry PI by HDMI.