christopherlange1110
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1.77 in spi Esplora lcd Help

Sat Oct 15, 2016 6:06 pm

Hello all Pi hackers! I am in a pickle. I am trying to interface a 1.77 in esplora lcd to rpi zero and having issues with the pin out on the lcd. I have a stockpile of these lcds from another project using arduno and want to upgrade them to pi's wifi bluetooth is a big upgrade for this project. I have googled my brains out and all i can fint is the pinout to the 1.8 in screen and is not the same. There are pins labeled d/c-ld ? cs-sd possibly chip select for sd card, cs-ld possibly chip select for display, mosi, miso, sck, +5, gnd. Any clues? I dont want to buy new lcds if i have to 25+ of them if i have to and also would have to make new enclosures too ugh!! Please help.

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Re: 1.77 in spi Esplora lcd Help

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Re: 1.77 in spi Esplora lcd Help

Sun Oct 16, 2016 1:25 pm

Try sudo modprobe fbtft_device name=adafruit18

Then take a look at dmesg. If that works you should be able to make that modprobe happen at every boot by adding a line to /etc/modules and creating an option line in /etc/modprobe.d/fbtft.conf

You'll need to wire it to the SPI bus http://pinout.xyz/pinout/spi
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christopherlange1110
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Re: 1.77 in spi Esplora lcd Help

Sun Oct 16, 2016 6:17 pm

rpdom wrote:These screens: https://www.arduino.cc/en/Main/GTFT ?
Yes!

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