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3.5 Inch 480x320 TFT Display with Touch Screen for Raspberry Pi

Specifications

  • LCD Type:TFT
  • LCD Interface:SPI
  • Touch Screen Type:Resistive
  • Touch Screen Controller:XPT2046
  • Colors:65536
  • Backlight:LED
  • Resolution:480*320 (Pixel)

Usage

When users connect the Raspberry Pi to use, they need to configure the official system. Or you can also burn the configured system image directly.
Tips:Basic for Raspbian Jessie with PIXEL (2017-04-10-raspbian-jessie.img)

Step 1:Download the Raspbian IMG

Step 2: Burn the system image

If you don't know how to do that,you can refer to the Raspberry Pi office tutorial

Step 3: Open terminal and Download the driver on RPI

Run:
git clone https://github.com/Elecrow-keen/Elecrow-LCD35.git

Step 4: Install driver

Run:
cd Elecrow-LCD35

sudo ./Elecrow-LCD35
Wait A Few Minutes, when the system reboot ok, you can see that.
3.5 Inch 480x320 TFT Display1.jpg

Touch screen calibration

  • This LCD can be calibrated using a program called xinput_calibrator
  • Install it with the commands:
cd Elecrow-LCD35

sudo dpkg -i -B xinput-calibrator_0.7.5-1_armhf.deb
  • Click the Men button on the task bar, choose Preference -> Calibrate Touchscreen.
  • Finish the touch calibration following the prompts. Maybe rebooting is required to make calibration active.
  • You can create a 99-calibration.conf file to save the touch parameters (not necessary if file exists).
/ect/X11/xorg.conf.d/99-calibration.conf
  • Save the touch parameters (may differ depending on LCD) to 99-calibration.conf, as shown in the picture:
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