@josdelsan said in SPI connection driver alternatives for ILI9341V display?:

Before I go back to RPI forum, I would like to know where I can read more about how emulationstation GUI is loaded so I can provide some context, otherwise I will be sent back here again.

You can replace EmulationStation with any SDL/non-SDL app that uses a GLES/OpenGL context and you have the same result (i.e. RetroArch or Mame). There's nothing special about EmulationStation and you can achieve the same result with any of GL test applications from the libsdl2-tests, like testgl2 or testgles2 (from /usr/libexec/installed-tests/SDL2/).

There is another driver project for ILI9341 based SPI displays https://github.com/juj/fbcp-ili9341 that you can try, if you're still working on the project. That one is a full standalone solution that does not utilize modprobe or the kernel SPI driver. Installation instructions are at https://github.com/juj/fbcp-ili9341#building-and-running

@obsidianspider Thanks.... missed that word! Power boosters... There are ready setted boards available from adafruit or some other vendors

May I request a more in-depth assistance in order to install this driver correctly since the installation guide on the linked GitHub page is super complex for a beginner builder like myself.
:((( I would love to get this up and running for my handheld Retropie Console project