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Raspberry Pi 1.14inch LCD Mini Pi TFT 240x135 User Guide

1.14inch LCD Mini Pi TFT 240x135

  • The 240x135 Mini PiTFT is so small, its not a default-supported resolution for small TFTs. This technique will update your kernel to the latest, and if you upgrade your Raspberry Pi which replaces the kernel you'll need to re-run the instructions! You'll also need to re-run if you change from a Pi Zero / Pi 2 / Pi 3 / Pi 4 as these all use different kernel types.

There's two ways you can use the 240x135 display.

  • Be aware that you can only choose to do one way at a time. If you choose the hard way, it will install the kernel driver, which will prevent you from doing it the easy way.

  • The easy way is to use 'pure Python 3' and Pillow library to draw to the display from within Python. This is great for showing text, stats, images etc that you design yourself. If you want to do that, skip this page and go to the Python install/usage page
  • The hard way is to install a kernel module to add support for the TFT display that will make the console appear on the display. This is cute because you can have any program print text or draw to the framebuffer (or, say, with pygame) and Linux will take care of displaying it for you. If you don't need the console or direct framebuffer access, please consider using the 'pure Python' technique instead as it is not as delicate.




  • You will not get a GUI/LXDE display, this is only for text console usage. The display is waaay too small for LXDE


Prepare the Pi!

  • Before you begin, its a good idea to get your Pi completely updated and upgraded. We assume you have burned an SD card and can log into the console to install stuff.

Run


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  1. sudo apt update -y
  2. sudo apt-get update -y
  3. sudo apt-get upgrade -y
  • To fully update and upgrade your Pi!




  • After that is complete run
  • sudo shutdown -h now
  • to shutdown the Pi safely. Remove power and attach the miniPiTFT. Watch that the pins plug into the first 2x12 headers! The rounded corner and mounting hole should line up.



  • Attach power to the Pi and re-log in. The PiTFT should be lit but nothing on the screen.
  • Run the following at the terminal


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  1. cd ~
  2. sudo pip3 install --upgrade adafruit-python-shell click==7.0
  3. sudo apt-get install -y git
  4. git clone https://github.com/adafruit/Raspberry-Pi-Installer-Scripts.git
  5. cd Raspberry-Pi-Installer-Scripts
  6. sudo python3 adafruit-pitft.py --display=st7789_240x135 --rotation=90 --install-type=console





  • When you get asked to reboot, reboot!




  • Zat's it! You will now have the miniPiTFT with a console display on it






  • If you ever get a display like this, it means your kernel changed - either due to an upgrade/update or because you switched Pi boards. The solution is to simply re-run the scripts above!
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