Yet Another Pi Zero Portable!!
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Yeah I will be able to, bit worried about the next stage installing the drivers for the screen
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@moosepr Hi mate, I've had a look at the link you posted for connecting the screen, I've done all the soldering but I'm a bit lost with what I need to do next. What do I need to input to get the driver for the screen and where does this need to be put?
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@moosepr said in Yet Another Pi Zero Portable!!:
If i remember right, you need to go into the raspiconfig, and enable spi, disable overscan, and enable device tree, then you should be able to run the command "sudo modprobe fbtft_device pitft22" to actually get the screen active (the backlight should light). You can test it with the command "con2fbmap 1 1" which should pop your terminal session onto the tft screen (run "con2fbmap 1 0" to get it back)
There is then an app you need to download and build which basically copies the output of the normal screen onto the tft. There is an adafruit guide here, https://learn.adafruit.com/running-opengl-based-games-and-emulators-on-adafruit-pitft-displays/pitft-setup basically replace the adafruit-28 with adafruit-22 and you should get somewhere near
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@moosepr Top man, believe me, I've done well to get this far, I like to say I'm an enthusiastic novice!
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Would I be able to ssh and terminal? Would I use the command 'sudo nano raspiconfig.txt'? Or could I just put my sd card into my linux laptop and edit the config file that way?
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Oh and one last question (I think!), I have a switch like the ones you used for the controller, where would I put that in the circuit so it powers both the pi and the screen on? I don't mind if it doesn't power it off as I can just select the shutdown option in emulation station
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@gazredtyke you need to type
sudo raspi-config
On the pi, this will let you change the "system settings" on the pi
The switches I used on the controller part are momentary switches, they only stay "on" for as long as it is pressed. You will need something more like a latching switch or a side switch
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@moosepr Thanks, and where in the circuit would that go?
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@gazredtyke you would need it between the power and the pi. The screen gets its power from the pi, so once that is off, the screen is off too
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@moosepr I haven't got a switch at the moment so for the time being I'll just twist the wire together, I've done the raspi-configuration step but couldn't find where to enable device tree, any ideas?
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@gazredtyke I think there was one item i couldnt find myself, If you try the next step anyway, see how you get on
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@moosepr I tried the next step but got an error message
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@gazredtyke whats the error? it could be that i have done a typo :P
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@moosepr can't remember, I'll have to try again when I get in from work
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@gazredtyke try this command instead
sudo modprobe fbtft_device name=adafruit22
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@moosepr would it be adafruit28 as my tft is 2.8"?
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@gazredtyke I think it will be the 22. i cant see a 2.8 device listed on the driver wiki, in theory the 2.2, 2.4, and 2.8 inch screens are all identically internally, they just have different sized pixels
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@moosepr The error message is "could not insert 'fbtft_device' : Invalid argument'
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@gazredtyke I will have to get mine hooked up to a keyboard and see what I typed to get it going, it's been a while...
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@gazredtyke try
sudo modprobe fbtft_device name=fb_ili9340
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