LCD

Ok, all of those who said "get your self a ready made board" can now say "I told you so"....

The board came with no instructions and a "bodge" connector (now held together with tape, so I don't loose the bits) that allowed you to connect the ribbon connector to the sockets on the board. It all fitted together ok so I powered it up.

The connector did not clamp the ribbon very well at all and although it did managed to get a white image on the screen a couple of times, it eventually slipped and shorted the pins on the ribbon cable, frying the end of the cable.

So conclusion is.... it might work but I'd need a better way of connecting up the cables.

Plan is to put these into the "round tuit" box and buy a ready made board with all the correct connectors, USB and HDMI.

Ok, all of those who said "get your self a ready made board" can now say "I told you so"....

The board came with no instructions and a "bodge" connector (now held together with tape, so I don't loose the bits) that allowed you to connect the ribbon connector to the sockets on the board. It all fitted together ok so I powered it up.

The connector did not clamp the ribbon very well at all and although it did managed to get a white image on the screen a couple of times, it eventually slipped and shorted the pins on the ribbon cable, frying the end of the cable.

So conclusion is.... it might work but I'd need a better way of connecting up the cables.

Plan is to put these into the "round tuit" box and buy a ready made board with all the correct connectors, USB and HDMI.

Thanks Workshopshed for showing "The proof is in the pudding".

AED wrote>>...For what it's worth (probably nothing)...

USCDADNYC Reply>> Actually I got a bit of info from your Data Dump. That being (Forgive my Probability & Statistics ineptitude)

w/ 8 R-bits, 8 G-bits, 8 B-bits (Red Green Blue), NO Wonder Manufacturers "tout" over 16 million Colors. Isn't it something like 3 Colors (R,G,B) each having 8bits. Some formula involving 8! (factorial) OR/AND 8**2 maybe involved? AAR a pretty Big #. Thx for the info.

BTW what country are you guys/gals resident in?

NOTE: This reply to AED was LOST in element14 (i wrote it maybe two weeks? ago) AAR I present it now. That element14 recovered it for me.

USCDADNYC (NY NY USA)

TO AC who wrote>>...Ok, all of those who said "get your self a ready made board" can now say "I told you so"....

USCDADNYC reply>> If the ready made board was the RaspPi Official 7" Touch LCD, then I beg to differ. But by the pic posted by AC, it does not look like what I got. AAR the official TFT LCD was a dream to installed. I believe maybe Peter Oakes (sp?) made a great youtube video on the installation. BTW there is a mistake in the video, that they have posted a CORRECTION for. I could take apart my RaspPi 3B-SmartiPi-Case-TFT-7" LCD, and post pics of my solder-job within, if that will help?

USCDADNYC (NY NY USA)

I did, right here, and yes there was one correction on pin connections

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I accidently had the ground cable from the LCD on pin 8 and not 6 on the PI Header. Please make sure you use PIN 6 for the ground.

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