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Sainsmart 3.2 TFT + PI = Frustration

e14 Contributor

I an a NOOB. No two ways about it. But I do know that I dont want to depend on shields to get things added. That being said:
I have a 3.2" Sainsmart touch sensitive TFT display and I want to use it with my PI. this is proving to be next to impossible as all the guides out there dont do a very good job for someone at my skill level.
I am hoping to lean on this amazing community to help me with some answers. I need to know how to pin the display to my PI and what drivers I will need to push it. I am asking this as we are mentoring some kids this summer in all things STEM and I thought it would be a cool takeaway for all of them to build a miniature MAME (roms) gaming box. Just a little something to bridge the gap! IF ANYONE could help I and the kids would be greatly appreciative. Just keep in mind any response will have to be VERBOSE as I am a noob image. I have attached all the files i have on the display.

Thanks in advance!    

  • in reply to guzunty

    I am still here! we are looking at about 10 units... some kids want to be in teams, some want to "lone wolf" it.

    I have read through everything and think we should start to correspond via email. Are you ok with that? I am going to private message you. I figure once we get these done we can post back to the community, etc... I have KiCAD and am starting to use it. I am so excited. Look for my PM

  • in reply to e14 Contributor

    I found more info from the comments of the video: http://valdodov.com/index.php?show=hardware

    The first step is building SPI to parallel data converter.

    The next step is to write a driver for so described converter. Or  download already compiled from here and just copy it to Raspberry's SD card

     

    I used the 1.8" Display with Raspberry Pi following the instructions here: http://www.whence.com/rpi/ and http://marks-space.com/2012/11/23/raspberrypi-tft/

     

    A lot easier than the 3.2" TFT.

  • Luckily, I found this video. It's using the SainSmart 3.2″ TFT. The end of the videos shows how it wired up.

     

    And the blog tells more: http://marks-space.com/2013/05/23/raspberry-pi-with-a-3-2-tft-with-touch-control/