New Raspberry Pi ABS Case to install the 3.5 inch 480 x 320 TFT Touch Screen

by Cindy Ding on January 05, 2019

Today we release this black ABS case, it is a new design Raspberry Pi protecitve ABS case to protect your Raspberry Pi 3 Model B Plus, Pi 3B, Pi 2B with black color. It is a three parts case, which is easy to install your Raspberry Pi under the buttom of the case.

This RPi ABS case is very useful. It can be used to install the only Raspberry Pi board, and at the top cover, there are fan holes designed to put on a mini cooling fan with just two screws.

And also this ABS enclosure can also be used to install both a Raspberry Pi board and our two rypes of 3.5 inch LCD. (We call them LCD-A and LCD-B.)

3.5 inch LCD-A

Raspberry Pi 3.5 inch 30FPS-50FPS 480x320 TFT Touch Screen with ABS Case Kit

Key Features

  • Physical resolution 320 x 480, with resistive touch control.
  • Support SPI signal input up to 125MHz, and the screen display is stable and no blink.
  • Support FBCP software drive, support double screen display, can adjust the resolution of the software to zoom
  • Compitable with Raspberry Pi Zero W, A, A+, B, B+, 2B, 3B, 3B+
  • Support Raspbian/Ubuntu/Kali system, provide driver and image (Please refer to WIKI)
  • WIKI for reference: www.raspberrypiwiki.com/index.php/3.5_inch_LCD_A

Key Parameters

  • LCD Type: TFT
  • LCD driver IC: ILI9486 
  • Touch Screen Type: Resistive
  • Touch Screen Controller: XPT2046
  • LCD Interface: SPI(Max FPS: 30MHz)
  • Colors: 65536
  • Backlight: LED
  • Resolution: 480 x 320 (Pixel)
  • Backlight Current: 120ma
  • Power: 0.13A x 5V
  • Working temperature(℃): -20~70

3.5 inch LCD-B

Raspberry Pi 3.5 inch 30FPS-50FPS 480x320 TFT Touch Screen with ABS Case Kit
Key Features

  • 320×480 resolution
  • Resistive touch control
  • With the refresh rate of raspberry pi around 50Hz, play video to play the game without pressure
  • Compatible with Raspberry Pi A, B, A+, B+, 2B, 3B, 3B+ versions
  • Drivers provided (works with your own Raspbian/Ubuntu directly)
  • Supports Raspbian system, ubuntu system ,kali Linux system 
  • WIKI for reference: www.raspberrypiwiki.com/index.php/3.5_inch_LCD_B

Key Parameters

  • LCD Type: TFT
  • LCD driver IC: ILI9486L
  • Touch Screen Type: Resistive
  • Touch Screen Controller: XPT2046
  • LCD Interface: SPI (up to 125MHz SPI input, Max FPS: 50Mhz)
  • Colors: 65536
  • Backlight: LED
  • Resolution: 480 x 320 (Pixel)
  • Backlight Current: 120ma
  • Power: 0.16A x 5V
  • Operating Temp. (℃): -20~70

Interface

How to Install the Driver of 3.5 inch 480 x 320 TFT Touch Screen?

1. Install the Raspbian / UbuntuMate official mirror

2. Connect with RaspberryPi

  • Align right-side to insert the LCD screen
  • Plug-in MicroSD card, connect network and power


3. Install Driver for RaspberryPi

  • Login to Raspberry Pi terminal by SSH (user name: pi ,password: raspberry)
  • Execute the following commands (raspberryPi needs to connect Internet):
sudo rm -rf LCD-show
git clone https://github.com/goodtft/LCD-show.git
chmod -R 755 LCD-show
cd LCD-show/
sudo ./MHS35-show
  • After the above commands are executed, the system will automatically restart and be able to display and touch normally now.
  • Note: after installing this driver, the HDMI output will be disabled. If it is necessary to switch back to the HDMI display, execute:
sudo ./LCD-hdmi
If you need some more details, please refer to here.
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