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๐Ÿ‘พ Adafruit PiTFT Mini LCD Kit: Versatile Touchscreen Solution for Raspberry Pi Review

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Description of ๐Ÿ‘พ Adafruit PiTFT Mini LCD Kit: Versatile Touchscreen Solution for Raspberry Pi

Is this not the cutest little display for the Raspberry Pi? It features a 2.8" display with 320x240 16-bit color pixels and a resistive touch overlay. The plate uses the high speed SPI interface on the Pi and can use the mini display as a console, X window port, displaying images or video etc. Best of all it plugs right in on top!. It's designed to fit nicely onto the Pi 1 Model A or B but also works OK with the Pi 4, Pi Zero, Pi 3, Pi 2 or Pi 1 Model A+ or B+ (any Pi with a 2x20 connector) as long as you don't mind the PCB overhangs the USB ports by 5mm, see the photos above. If you have a modern Pi with a 2x20 connector, you may want to grab a PiTFT 2.8" Plus which does not overhang. Fully assembled and ready to plug into your Pi!. We've created a custom kernel package based of off Notro's awesome framebuffer work, so you can install it over your existing Raspbian (or derivative) images in just a few commands. Our tutorial shows you how to install the software, as well as calibrate the touchscreen, show videos, display images such as from your PiCam and more!.

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Revainrating 3 out of 5

Only general motor skills required

Good for showing off your X-Top. but lacks usability (or maybe my fingers are too huge). The setup on the Raspberry Pi went without incident. I followed the detailed installation first (I switched SD cards and then reinstalled Raspian) and then the easy installation. Both worked the first time. It can be used to show the boot sequence and console (although it initializes late in the boot process so you don't see Raspberry when it boots up), and if you don't have it installed, the boot can feelโ€ฆ

Pros
  • Great for me
Cons
  • No uniform required

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Better buy double-sided tape

PiTFT seems to have been used before. The adhesive strips on the back of the LCD have already peeled off and lost their "stickiness". The cable got disconnected from the board and it took me a few minutes to figure out how to plug it back in. (For those wondering, there are two black tabs that need to be pulled to the side to unlock the clip.) . I got it working using the instructions on the Adafruits website and everything works fine.

Pros
  • Best
Cons
  • Compatibility

Revainrating 3 out of 5

Only gross motor skills required

Good to show off your X-Top. But it lacks usability (or maybe my fingers are just too huge). The installation on the Raspberry Pi went smoothly. I followed the detailed installation first (I switched SD cards and then reinstalled Raspian) and then the easy installation. Both worked the first time. It can be used to show the boot sequence and console (although it initializes late in the boot process so you don't see Raspberry when it boots up), and if you don't have it installed, the boot canโ€ฆ

Pros
  • Fully assembled and ready to connect to your Pi!
Cons
  • Ugly packaging

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Great little monitor

I had to go online to find out how to install the product and it only works with Raspbian OS. However, this product works fantastic. About 10 minutes of setup and now I have both the desktop display and the console display. This eliminates the need to install a monitor or connect to the system via SSH to perform standard command line operations. The graphical desktop isn't the best (because the screen is so small), but it works. I haven't tried a video of it, but based on the performance I'veโ€ฆ

Pros
  • We've built our own kernel package based on Notro's great framebuffer work, so you can install it over your existing Raspbian (or derivative) images with just a few commands. Our guide will show you how to install the software, calibrate the touchscreen, view videos such as viewing images from your PiCam and much more!
Cons
  • Questionable purchase for seniors