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Review on πŸ–₯️ Raspberry Pi 3B+ 3.5" TFT Touch Screen Kit with Case, Stylus, Heat Sink - 320x480 Resolution LCD Display for Raspberry Pi 3 Model B, Pi 2 Model B & Pi Model B by Alfonso Alexander

Revainrating 3 out of 5

Disappointed with the display that can work with different levels of Raspberry Pi OS

Overall the screen in the full version Raspberry Pi was of good quality and the stylus made it easy to select things. The graphics on the screen were crisp for their size, and the letters were crisp. As a seasoned Linux and PC hardware engineer, I am disappointed with this screen's ability to work with different flavors of the Raspberry Pi operating system. The only version of the Raspberry Pi installation that I was able to use to get this display working was the full install. With any other native Raspberry Pi operating system, including Raspberry Pi Lite, the drivers will not work for the display to work. I didn't care if I had the full desktop, but I preferred the plain text version, and no matter what I did I couldn't get it to work. I looked at all the sites I could find as the documentation was poor. BTW when I installed the full version the screen worked for me, but when I updated and updated the drivers and other libraries the screen stopped working. My reason is to put a screen on a headless system so I can see the status of the Pi server to see if it's running. If someone with a better understanding of the installation could put together a document to get this working on a headless system with Raspberry Pi Lite I'd appreciate it. I'm just not good enough to understand what else is required to make the display work without a full OS install.

Pros
  • Comfortable
Cons
  • Not as thick as other pictures