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Inland RPI TFT 3.5" LCD Touchscreen Shield - Micro Center
<main> <article class="userContent"> <h3 data-id="inland-rpi-tft-3.5%22-lcd-touchscreen-shield"> Inland RPI TFT 3.5" LCD Touchscreen Shield</h3><div class="embedExternal embedImage display-medium float-none"> <div class="embedExternal-content"> <a class="embedImage-link" href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6031942/uploads/1JHK3VKR3U9C/image.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6031942/uploads/1JHK3VKR3U9C/image.png" alt="image.png" height="228" width="307" loading="lazy" data-display-size="medium" data-float="none"></img></a> </div> </div> <h2 data-id="introduction"><strong>Introduction</strong></h2><p>It is the cutest, little display for the Raspberry Pi. It features a 3.5" display with 480x320 16-bit color pixels and a resistive touch overlay. It supports any revision of Raspberry Pi (directly-pluggable).</p><h2 data-id="description"><strong>Description</strong></h2><div class="embedExternal embedImage display-large float-none"> <div class="embedExternal-content"> <a class="embedImage-link" href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6031942/uploads/SFWCI68F7PH5/image.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6031942/uploads/SFWCI68F7PH5/image.png" alt="image.png" height="526" width="576" loading="lazy" data-display-size="large" data-float="none"></img></a> </div> </div> <h2 data-id="connection-diagram"><strong>Connection Diagram</strong> </h2><p>This will have to be the easiest step, since you just need to take the LCD module and plug it on to your raspberry pi GPIO pins as shown in the below picture.</p><div class="embedExternal embedImage display-medium float-none"> <div class="embedExternal-content"> <a class="embedImage-link" href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6031942/uploads/PIL2M6S45VGV/image.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6031942/uploads/PIL2M6S45VGV/image.png" alt="image.png" height="253" width="389" loading="lazy" data-display-size="medium" data-float="none"></img></a> </div> </div> <h2 data-id="program-writing"><strong>Program Writing</strong></h2><h3 data-id="1.-writing-an-image-to-the-sd-card">1. <strong>Writing an image to the SD card</strong></h3><p>In our supporting files, you will find the image file “2016-05-27-raspbian-jessie” which is an operation system come with a Desktop Environment. You need to use an image writing tool like Win32DiskImager to install it on your SD card. Then write the image into your SD card.</p><h3 data-id="2.-log-in-the-pi">2. <strong>Log in the Pi</strong> </h3><p>Insert the SD Card and finally attach the power supply. The Raspberry Pi will boot immediately. This will take a little bit more than a minute. Once the Pi is booted it will ask you for the username and the password. </p><p>By default the following log-in credentials can be used:</p><ul><li>Username: pi</li><li>Password: raspberry</li></ul><h3 data-id="3.-programming"><strong>3. Programming</strong></h3><p>Copy the LCD-show-160813.tar file and put it into the raspberry pi file through WinSCP. </p><p>Type in this command to unzip the source code:</p><pre class="code codeBlock" spellcheck="false" tabindex="0">tar xfz LCD-show-160813.tar.gz cd LCD-show-160813 </pre><p>Finally type this to launch the program:</p><pre class="code codeBlock" spellcheck="false" tabindex="0">sudo ./LCD-show-160813 </pre><p>Once this is done, restart your Raspberry Pi:</p><pre class="code codeBlock" spellcheck="false" tabindex="0">sudo reboot </pre><div class="embedExternal embedImage display-large float-none"> <div class="embedExternal-content"> <a class="embedImage-link" href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6031942/uploads/G9PAMR5O9S42/image.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6031942/uploads/G9PAMR5O9S42/image.png" alt="image.png" height="343" width="550" loading="lazy" data-display-size="large" data-float="none"></img></a> </div> </div> <div class="embedExternal embedImage display-large float-none"> <div class="embedExternal-content"> <a class="embedImage-link" href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6031942/uploads/6R8AAG277TAJ/image.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6031942/uploads/6R8AAG277TAJ/image.png" alt="image.png" height="350" width="555" loading="lazy" data-display-size="large" data-float="none"></img></a> </div> </div> <div class="embedExternal embedImage display-large float-none"> <div class="embedExternal-content"> <a class="embedImage-link" href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6031942/uploads/9MI9RLYB9BPW/image.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6031942/uploads/9MI9RLYB9BPW/image.png" alt="image.png" height="345" width="551" loading="lazy" data-display-size="large" data-float="none"></img></a> </div> </div> <h2 data-id="test-result"><strong>Test Result</strong></h2><p>Touch the touchscreen to look at the information on your Pi as shown in below figure.</p><div class="embedExternal embedImage display-large float-none"> <div class="embedExternal-content"> <a class="embedImage-link" href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6031942/uploads/8943FSBV4DAJ/image.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6031942/uploads/8943FSBV4DAJ/image.png" alt="image.png" height="324" width="498" loading="lazy" data-display-size="large" data-float="none"></img></a> </div> </div> <p><br></p> </article> </main>