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Set up your own Pocket Computer! All small GPIO screens for the Raspberry Pi go through a very similar process to set up. The Waveshare 3.5 Inch LCD 480x320 is the perfect example to demonstrate how.
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There is a whole range of Sub-4 Inch Displays that attach directly to the GPIO pins of Raspberry Pi Palm-Sized Computers. Many of them are touch devices and increase the usability of your Raspberry Pi whilst making almost no size sacrifices. For scenarios where a high frame rate is valuable/desired, such as playing retro games, whilst keeping the same form factor the display methods I would direct you to use is a IPS HDMI screen as you will get fantastic high FPS results straight away. The HDMI ports on the Raspberry Pi boards are very powerful and more effective at transferring video data than the GPIO pins. But for situations where you only desire a simple UI with touch then these small displays are perfect. The GPIO also offers a very rugged sturdy connection and together make for a compact nugget of practical computing power. The process will be done in this guide so that you do not need to access the Raspberry Pi headless. This is a much easier way to approach setting up a Raspberry Pi system with a GPIO display for beginners but you can definitely do this process remotely. If you want to squeeze out some extra performance from your screen by diving into the configuration files.
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0:00 Intro
0:13 Overview of Sub 4-Inch Displays
1:15 What You Need
1:49 Assembly of Components
2:11 Power to the System and Configuration
2:37 Finding Terminal Commands
3:12 Show the GPIO Screen Terminal Commands
4:07 Rotate the Screen Terminal Commands
4:40 Get the Right Resolution
5:37 Calibrate Touch Screen
6:35 Outro
*apt-get* is NO LONGER needed- only *apt* is needed.
No matter which problem I have with my raspberry pi Projects, when I pass through your videos everything work... thanks
Thank you so much I’ve been trying for days now and your method is the only one that worked!!!
Super glad to of help champ! 😊
thank you a lot, I'm in love with your way when you keep smiling and explain everything in details
Thanks for the informative video.
I've been debating on what type of screen to get for my projects & although I realize GPIO is the slowest means of sending data to the screen it would've been great to see how bad it was since it does provide a nice compact form factor.
So I wish you had taken a moment to show how these GPIO screens handle games or video playback then a quick comparison vs a DSI screen.
I'd like to go through and do a run down comparison on every GPIO Screen, so keep an eye out for future content 😊
@@Core-Electronics that would be very cool! I can't wait! ... but I have to! so I will! :D
great video, thanks! im building my own retro games emulator and needed a screen for the pi!
Pleasant video to watch. You seem to refer to the slash (/) as backslash, though.
Glad you marked the time slots.
Pretty cool mate, I’m keen to have a go
In the off chance ya see this and have the time I was curious if ya reckon the same principle applies with setting a Raspberry 5 pi with that screen.
Hi,
thanks for this helpful Video. I had some problems with the drivers of my 3.5" Touch Display for my RasPi.
Following your instructions at 3:10 I've made run.
Now ... OctoDash is starting up and showing welcome screen. Unfortunately obviously the TouchDriver is not installed ...
Can you give me some hints how to find and install a touch driver or is the touch maybe just upside down?
i have the same as you but newer version 3.5 RPi LCD (rev2.0) but it seem different to install do you need a lcd driver installed on the rpi for the ocean works ? also my scene does not light up like yours my scene is less white i have trouble to find the correct one and i have the rpi5
Feels like this guy is letting me on a something super secret with the way he is grinning ear to ear 😂😂
Iam unable to install Touch display plugin itself in Volumio...any suggestions...some posts say i have to change my Pi s repository...mirror is it so??
A W E S O M E!!! Sooooo many ideas from this! THANKS!
dose this work with a pi 2012 ?? cause i got the screen and its not working its got touch working but the display is still full white ? did i get a faulty unit from core ?
Do different screens you buy have different ways to set up? I heard they don't work out the box..
Would it be possible for this to work if using a different operating system to be installed on the raspberry pi?
I am such a dum@$$. I actually thought it would just work out of the box. Thanks so much for the video. Subscribed.
hi i cant use this display becase i already use gpio pins of raspi that are includes 19 21 23. is there method to wire these two? Thank you.
It's much useful info. Btw, us there anyway we can use old mobile detached display as RPi screen
i.e. a display unit from RedMi Note4 or Samsung J2. Pls explore and make a video.
thanks for the tutorial
When I am trying to set resolution on the screen, CEA mode 109 is not there. Any ideas why?
Touchscreen only works in the bottom left perfectly. Anywhere else and it just clicks a random place, calibrated properly
Thats no good mate! Sound like there could be something electrically not connected properly. Double check all the GPIO Connections. Plus if it came from us hit up our support and we'll troubleshoot it/send you a new one if the one you have is no good.
I got a 3.5" display to work. It's from all this kind of documentation in existence. My software version is "goodtft" and it seems to be the same.
are you connecting, the raspberry pi 4 to a raspberry pi 400? is that possible? i have those two and id like to know if it really is what you are doing and what are the possibilities of that, i am kinda new with all this. Thanks
Is it possible to have both screens running simultaneously, as of now only the lcd will show a display despite the micro hdmi being connected
ive tried 32 bit 64 bit both dont work ive followed instructions to the T. all i get is a black screen with a text cursor blinking. also on my monitor it says d-sub out of range probably meaning the res trying to output to mini hdmi is so small it doesn't recognize it. i dont know what else to do. also mine had headers for fine i have them connected but fan does not turn on ive tried 2 switch 2 wires none work inverse or out.
Could you by chance change the connectors it connects with by code? And if yes, how?
Hi Tim, thank you for the instructions. Is there a way to have display on both the LCD screen and the HDMI monitor at the same time. I love the convenience of the large screen and also not having to run the code every time I disconnect the monitor. TIA
Puedes usar VNC View para que lo muestre en la mini pantalla y en un monitor o televisión pero tienes que tener internet, yo uso una Raspberry Pi Zero 2W con una pantalla de 3.5" y atravesó de VNC View también lo puedo ver en mi laptop
hi im new to raspberry pis and linux i got it to display and all fine but for some reason its like 5fps is there any way to fix this ive tried reinstalling the os and a few other things manily just want to have this as the mini display for media like in the mini simpsons tv any help would mean alot :) thanks
thx mate. best explanatory i have found so far
All good champ 😊 the method/procedure you learn here is also very applicable for other RASPI Screen (usually the only difference is slight variations regarding the Terminal Commands).
@@Core-Electronics Yes indeed, and thx for the answer. Out of curiosity, because you called me champ :-), Because of the name "Ali" like the greatest boxer of all time, or do you actually know who I am and what I do? Have we met, do we know eachother. Gamescom mabye or some other event?
Haha we haven't met, it was just a feeling 😊
perfect video really helpful on my new Raspberry Pi 4 8GB version with display. :D
Ultra happy to hear 😊!
please my man wich display you have ?
How does using this screen affect the use of other display devices? For example I have a portable setup that I access via VNC on my phone as required. Would using this screen for say a status monitor or something mean that my remote desktop view is also reduced to 480x320?
You have a whole bunch of options with these screens. For instance you can use them as you would a dual screen set-up so both screens would have their native resolutions. Also you should be able to set your VNC resolution to be different than the GPIO screne resolution if so desired.
You rock. Thank you.
Can you please do the waveshare 1.44 LCD HAT on the Zero W running raspian legacy
I'll look into it 😊 and try my best! This Wiki page would definitely get you on the right track -www.waveshare.com/wiki/Template:1.44inch_LCD_HAT_User_Manual
I have a question, what should I do if my screen is boot looping?
My 3.5 screen reboot and shows the black box, and then still black and do not show anything... any tips? I re-installed everything twice...
Thank you bro
These are roughly the instructions I followed from somewhere else to set up my airplay capable kitchen clock project (I didn't need the calibration tool.) But I can't find any advice as to how to reduce the brightness on this thing.... It is way too bright ! Even though the background of my clock is set to black... Any ideas if there's a way to control the brightness ? (the waveshare wiki for LCD35-show talks about brightness control...... but only applicable to a 2.8 inch model.. I don't get the idea there..)
It does appear the Wiki is focused on brightness control for the 2.8 inch model, potentially its just an error on their side. Have you tried adjusting the brightness using the information there? If that doesn't work pop over to our website and make a forum post as we can help you better there 🙂
my screen is stuck on a black screen with a underscore in the top left. help!
this only happens after i run ./LCD35-show and the system reboots
Nice and informative 👍
Cheers mate 🙂
There’s no underscan option for me, only overscan. Please help. Also only DMT 480x320 shows up. There’s isn’t a option for the CEA mode 480x320
Are there any cases that fit this set up? Don’t want to damage the whole set up when transporting it :) thank you for the guide!
I was thinking of using the “HighPi “ case since it has space up top. As long as things are flush, I’m assuming you can use any case ?
That should work well 😊 so long as you don't mind undoing the top section so you can see the screen when using it.
I'm a noob , can we also use the hdmi mini output to a small 3.5/4 inch screen if you don't want your whole raspberry pi 4 pins taken? Also can we use a screen to run a video from the SD card or is the SD card attached to the raspberry pi 4 only for the operating system?
Absolutely, there are small HDMI screens that will connect to Raspberry Pi Single Board computers, this is a good example here - core-electronics.com.au/guides/raspberry-pi/amoled-display-raspberry-pi/
Once you have Raspberry Pi OS flashed to the Micro-SD card you will then be able to put movie/video files as you would any other computer (dragging and dropping/downloading from web browser). When they get saved to the Raspberry Pi Single board computer it will be in files that are located in the Micro-SD card. Hopefully that helps 😊!
Could you use raspberry pi zero 2 w
How do I reverse to see on my desktop display
Can you make the same but with kali linux?
hey, I also want to use ultrasonic sensor for my project, is it possible to use it with the display?
Absolutely champ! This screen only uses less than half of the total GPIO pins on the Raspberry Pi. That means you can totally hook up an ultrasonic sensor to work with this set up 😊
Thank you for the detailed instructions.
I used the "Same" LCD - Rev. 2. When i install the software, i do not see all the options you have when you select the resolution.
I only se a few and they show as "DMT" and not "CEA" as on your video. I am using the latest RPI OS on a RPI 4B with 2GB RAM.
I did a clean install twice, any idea why i am not able to see all the options you are showing?
That is curious. At the bottom of the full written up article there is a section on changing settings directly via the configuration text. I explain it fully there but if you add the following below line into the config.txt and then save + reboot, it will directly change the resolution to 480 x 320.
hdmi_cvt 480 320 60 6 0 0 0
@@Core-Electronics
Yes, i did that.
Was just trying to understand why i do not see all the screen resolution options that you show.
Thank you for the time you put into this, it was very helpful.
Same here, on a RPI 3B. In raspi-config, Default is 720x480
Hi Tim! I'm trying to install this on my raspi with retropie. It works, but the GUI won't boot, it just boots straight to the cli. And I get the error, "Error creating SDL window!"
I'm having the same issue!!!!
thanks is working
Any way to make it faster? It’s verrrry laggy. Also, great vid!
can i set the brightness lower?
How do you do this if you install lineage os??
is it possible to use this display like a secondary display where i put whatever i want? for example i was wondering if i could this screen to show how many words per minute im typing and other things like full screen, is that possible? or do i have to make an app for the pi with all the graphical user interface and all?
I love that idea. I usually measure WPM on websites and haven't explored methods to measure it all the time. So that'd be the first challenge. Here is a Python project for measuring typing speed all the time which should help - pypi.org/project/wpm/
@@Core-Electronics thanks for that source code, my major concern now is decoding the keys from the signals of the wires of the USB keyboard, then I would like make a wpm counter and a calculator straight from the NumLock numbers but yeah.
When I'm typing the LCD35-show 180 inside the dir, it says command not found, can help?
./LCD35-show 180
Can you use it with your fingers?
thank you so much
Good one bro
How to make 30 or 60 fps on this display?
mine just goes to a white screen and then my hdmi stops working and saids out of range? ive had this issue for 2 years and stopped working on the raspberry pi because of this 1 issue sadly
what OS your rpi is running to?
would this work if my project is a robot? i want to use this monitor as his eyes, and touch to interact command?
You definitely can utilise it that way! Adafruit has this phenomenal product which would be significantly easier to use for that task however - core-electronics.com.au/catalog/product/view/sku/ADA3356
Is there any other sizes? Im thinking about buyin a orangi pi 4 LTS and making a portable console with it, it would be cool if you showed the same process but with a higher resolution screen, i need the hdmi port for other purposes, so it woul be nice using a big display trhoug gpio... ALSO SUBSCRIBED
Sure mate, come gives this core-electronics.com.au/guides/raspberry-pi/how-to-use-a-screen-display-with-raspberry-pi/ and this core-electronics.com.au/guides/raspberry-pi/amoled-display-raspberry-pi/ a look 🙂
@@Core-Electronics thx
After it reboot it only appear in HDMI. The 3.5 Inch Display is still blank white
Nice tutorial, continue the good work, but i have this problem; i cant change my resolution the display i have is 480x320 i cant find this resolution the default is "720x480" and the lowest is "DMT mode 4 640x480 60 Hz 4:3" can you help me to change to 480x320.
Thanks
Me too
Interesting, it appears others have run into this issue too. Hope below helps.
At the bottom of the full written up article there is a section on changing settings directly via the configuration text. I explain it fully there but if you add the following below line into the config.txt and then save + reboot, it will directly change the resolution to 480 x 320.
hdmi_cvt 480 320 60 6 0 0 0
I've read that "CEA" corresponds to hdmi_group=1 and "DMT" corresponds to hdmi_group=2.
That works for me (at the end of boot/config.txt
hdmi_group=1
hdmi_mode=4
hdmi_mode=4
hdmi_cvt 480 320 60 6 0 0 0
hdmi_drive=2
I got an almost identical screen from duinotech but it's really really choppy anyone know a fix
Is can you show how to make the camera work with this to?
Heyya mate, come check out these two guides, they'll get you up to speed 😊. core-electronics.com.au/tutorials/raspberry-pi-high-quality-camera.html and core-electronics.com.au/tutorials/raspberry-pi-bullseye-camera-commands.html
Will that work for my already installed version of Buster OS(2019 version) . Please reply....
This is actually one of our older guides and it was made with Buster OS! 😊
I have a 1.54 in LED touch screen. Could I the same steps for this?
Most of these steps would be applicable, just make sure you install the correct Packages for your Specific screen 😊
Thank you for this informative video. Will this work for me to add a 3.5-inch screen on a Raspberry Pi 4 running Volumio?
Volumio will definitely work on a display like this 😊 I'd even be tempted to recommend using a larger screen for maximum ergonomics.
@@Core-Electronics one quick follow up since I have no experience with coding or Linux. After installing the screen by this method and removing the SD card and then putting in another SD card with Volumio, would it still work? Thank you for your prompt response.
All the memory of Raspberry Pi OS and the settings you choose for it are on the Micro-SD card. So if you put in another Micro-SD card with Volumio, the screen would need the settings to be applied to it for the new Micro-SD card.
@@Core-Electronics thanks again for your reply. Volumio has a touch screen plug in that worked perfectly with a Waveshare touch screen that I attached to RPi4.
@@Core-Electronicsit's not working with my raspberry pi4 the screen 3.5 inch turn black with _ at left
M8 this is not l337 at all I need to see how to do it to the SD card so it just works in the field
Thanks for this! Will these steps work for Ubuntu as well?
I would think the Ubuntu for Raspberry Pi edition would have support for touch screen... Great question. Now I wanna know. But, I'll add, I've been running Raspberry Pi OS 64bit beta for quite some time and it's quick, smooth and utilizes memory (8GB) quite well. I loaded Ubuntu for RPi on another sd (need too buy another SSD for that) and it was awesome but admittedly I haven't popped that back in as I like what I'm using.
Each GPIO screen like this have drivers in them that will run with specific kernel (normally Raspberry Pi OS) but you can find patches to make the driver compatible with Ubuntu. For instance here is a method to update the driver of the Waveshare 3.5inch RPi LCD so that it will display with Ubuntu - github.com/victorbrca/waveshare35-rpi3b-ubuntu-20.04-64
What is the command for cmd?
Hi I bought this screen 1 year ago I first connected and the screen remained black , after 1 year I follow all instruction got a extra monitor and even I have clone and download all into the raps berry pi the screen does not come bright white . Always stays as off . Do you think this could be a factory defect ?
Hey Oscar, if you are still having trouble with it, flick through an email to our support, they will be more than happy to help you: support@coreelectronics.com.au
Cheers mate!
Will that same procedure work for the Pi Zero?
So long as you have header pins on your Zero the process will be the same :)
Do you know how to connect or attach the raspberry pi GPIO pins to the DWM1000 uwb IC?
Heyya mate, come make a forum topic in regards to this and we'll get the best people on Earth for it to help 😊 forum.core-electronics.com.au/
@@Core-Electronics thanks mate, i will post it in the forum.
i get some info show up on the touch screen during the boot up of the Pi and then it goes to black screen, i can still view the image through HDMI port though. what should i do
Sound to me like your missing some Drivers for the screen. Did you type in the | git clone github.com/waveshare/LCD-show.git | terminal command?
@@Core-Electronics yeah mate, I followed it step by step. screen is 4inch RPi LCD (A) and running Raspberry Pi OS (64-bit)
@@Core-Electronics
I run did the follow steps below after following the step by step. this step by step is out of date.
In
/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/99-
fbturbo.conf
i changed Driver "fbturbo" to Driver "fbdev"
and now it works :)
Nice 😊 so did you find the workflow outline in the video is now out out of date?
How do you hook this up inside a pc case attaching to a pc motherboard?
wdym? like an **Actual** pc? like one that'll run windows? if so, you can't
The display stays black after the installation. Any suggestions? On startup its white and when the os is up the screen turns black. Only visible feedback i currently have is via remotedesktop...
Hey what did you do to resolve the problem
Hi can u help me get my screen working with mobro's desktop hardware monitor raspi screen thingy please? i just keep getting a wiered line of code
For sure mate, the screen is a GPIO connected screen which will work with ModBros Desktop Hardware Monitor. You just need to install an extra driver (when compared to HDMI screens). Come check their Installation FAQ here for that GPIO enabling driver - www.mod-bros.com/en/faq/mobro/raspberry/setup
@@Core-Electronics i found it it was one of the drivers in config, i tired more or less all of them and one of the last ones (4mins each to reboot) it booted up and worked i was like omg!
I cant Cricket the raspberry pi symbol Button its not starting
wow, cool.
Hey there,
I have trouble setting up my waveshare 3.2" screen. When I follow the steps in the waveshare instruction, the display becomes black after reboot. It stays black until I shut the pi down. when I shut the pi down the display displays the command line for half a second and the get white (bc pi is off). What did I do wrong?
I hope someone can help me.
Come write up a post on our forum with some pictures of your set up. We'll best be able to help you there - forum.core-electronics.com.au/
@@Core-Electronics Thank you very much, i'll do that
Hi, I was trying to make the screen works, but i have a little problem, the screen still being white, I was following all the instructions of the video, here is a question. Do you think the screen is damaged or could I have made a mistake?
We have a dedicated community forum post for this video, I don't think anyone has had your issue before, but we have lots of maker eyes over there that can help out. Feel free to chuck us a post with a little bit of information about your setup, OS, etc.
forum.core-electronics.com.au/t/how-to-set-up-a-gpio-screen-for-raspberry-pi-waveshare-3-5-inch-touch-lcd/11495/7
the size of the desktop is too big for the window. when i rotate my screen, almost like im zoomed in too far, how do i change that?
Not 100% sure with the information you've provided. Come make a forum topic with some images of Hardware and Software and we'll get your system working properly 😊 forum.core-electronics.com.au/
how do you type letters with it? Do you still need an actual keyboard? Does a small one pop up on the screen like a smartphone?
Yes, there’s an on-screen keyboard in the accessories menu, at least on any version of Raspbian I’ve ever used.
@@vaughnsc awesome 👌
I followed these exact same steps but the only thing i see on the raspi screen is a white dash on the top left. Otherwise im able to see all other boot logs in the start
Hi i had the same problem but i solved it. You are probably using the 64bit rasberry pi os version but it only works on the 32 bit version. All the drivers should work on the 32 bit os
@@aprildev1 ohhh okayy
@@aprildev1 OMG thanks for this!
How do I get mine to work? I have a raspberry pi 5 and im using bookworm. I tried reflashing but that still doesn’t work. Can anyone help?
Podrías instalar la versión de Raspberry legacy porque la que estás usando (bookworm) a mí no me funcionó pero descargando la versión legacy (Bullseye) si pude, a lo mejor te puede servir
There is no cea display resolution 😔
It works until 4:07 and then I see nothing on my display. What do I do now?
My Waveshare screen just remains black/lifeless after I connect it. Any suggestions on how to troubleshoot?
Thats no good! So even when you go through the software installation process it still doesn't power up or even display a bright white screen? If not it could with high potential be a hardware issue/fault.
very exclent
Can you use this screen for a mini camera monitor?
Absolutely!
@@Core-Electronics I want to learn how to do this sort of thing just so much involved and I'm not on that level but want to learn it.
Can you turn this into a handheld with an integrated battery?
yeah, that's what im doing!
Touchscreen no longer works on newer Pi OS's (e.g. Bullseye and Bookworm). Display seems fine though.
I have 7 inch hdmi resistive display of waveshare .but it's touch not working in gud manner , when I go from left to right ..cursor comes from top to bottom. I tried so many ways but it's not solved..plz help me...it's too frustrating ..thanks in advance
Hit up our Core Electronics Forum, we'll be able to best help with this there 😊
while having the LCD screen on, are you able to use the 2 external monitor at the same time? Just like a laptop screen with another 2 external monitor.
Three display outputs are definitely possible with KMS as demonstrated by this Raspberry Pi Forum post here but it is not official supported, hope that helps you! - forums.raspberrypi.com/viewtopic.php?t=243812
Bought a generic chinease version. Their instruction didnt work. Only the rpi bootup screen shows up. Then black screen.
Did you fix it
@@yunonaagzamova8658 no. Waiting for updates.
Same
DID TOU FIX IT PLEASE HELP
@@yunonaagzamova8658How did you fix it PLEASE