ILI9341 Serial LCD Manual Driver Installation

ILI9341 Serial LCD Manual Driver Installation

All pre-made images available to download are already configured with this driver

You will require:
SSH Access to your Raspberry Pi (Putty is recommended)
FTP access to your Raspberry Pi (WinSCP is recommended)

1. Connect to your Raspberry Pi using SSH and download the ILI9341 Driver:

2. Change to the new directory:
cd fbcp-ili9341

3. Create a new 'build' directory:
mkdir build

4. Swap to the 'build' directory:
cd build

5. Compile the driver with:
cmake -DILI9341=ON -DGPIO_TFT_DATA_CONTROL=22 -DGPIO_TFT_RESET_PIN=27 -DSPI_BUS_CLOCK_DIVISOR=10 -DSTATISTICS=0 -DDISPLAY_ROTATE_180_DEGREES=ON .. 
Then ...
make -j

6. Download the attached 'fbcp-ili9341init' file, unzip it, and using WinSCP, copy "fbcp-ili9341init" to "etc/init.d"

7. Update the permission and ensure "fbcp-ili9341init" is executable

8. Run the driver during boot using
sudo update-rc.d fbcp-ili9341init defaults

9. Reboot your Raspberry Pi
sudo reboot


This guide is specifically written for the Zega Mame Gear


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