
Prerequisite:
– A lot of the files you will need are here on my github
– Raspberry Pi 3
– 3.5 inch IPS 480×640 Display
– GPIO Ribbon Cable 40Pin Male to Female
Installing Raspberry Pi:
using version: 2023-05-03-raspios-buster-armhf.img
You will need to install the raspberry pi OS.
SSH into your pi then runsudo raspi-config
Step down to Interface options
then SPI option
and enable it.
Set up screen 3.5 :
SSH into your rasberry pi
Clone the repo to your desktop
git clone https://github.com/djmason9/LCD-show.git
cd LCD-show/
chmod +x LCD35-show
./LCD35-show
Download the 3.5inch DPI LCD DTBO file and extract the dtbo files. Copy these files to the overlays directory (/boot/overlays/).wget https://files.waveshare.com/upload/e/e4/3.5DPI-dtbo.zip
unzip contents and move them to the /boot/overlays
dtoverlay=vc4-kms-v3d dtoverlay=vc4-kms-DPI-35inch dtoverlay=waveshare-35dpi-3b-4b dtoverlay=waveshare-35dpi-3b dtoverlay=waveshare-35dpi-4b dtoverlay=waveshare-35dpi dtoverlay=waveshare-touch-35dpi
Configure Config
sudo nano /boot/config.txt
Open the /boot/config.txt file in the root directory of the TF card, add the following code at the end of config.txt, save
#####################################
#3.5 inch display
######################################
dtparam=audio=on
dtoverlay=audremap,enable_jack,pins_18_19
gpio=0-9=a2
gpio=12-17=a2
gpio=20-25=a2
dtoverlay=dpi18
enable_dpi_lcd=1
display_default_lcd=1
extra_transpose_buffer=2
dpi_group=2
dpi_mode=87
dpi_output_format=0x6f006
hdmi_timings=640 0 20 10 10 480 0 10 5 5 0 0 0 60 0 60000000 1
dtoverlay=waveshare-35dpi-3b-4b:rotate=0
dtoverlay=waveshare-35dpi-3b:rotate=0
dtoverlay=waveshare-35dpi-4b:rotate=0
display_rotate=0
avoid_warnings=1
gpu_mem=64
convert your videohttps://github.com/djmason9/Gif_To_Code_Array
Details on howhttps://www.raspberrypi.com/news/this-teeny-tiny-tv-plays-the-simpsons-all-day-every-day/
Upload your player and video files
mkdir videos
install sudo apt install mpv
To run the video
python3 player.py
Auto start player
sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/player.service
[Unit]
Description=Start Python Video Player
After=bluetooth.target pulseaudio.service
[Service]
ExecStart=/usr/bin/python3 /home/pi/Desktop/player.py
Restart=always
User=pi
Environment=”DISPLAY=:0″ “XAUTHORITY=/home/pi/.Xauthority” “PULSE_RUNTIME_PATH=/run/user/1000/pulse/”
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
Set up auto start
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable player.service
sudo systemctl start player.service
Disable annoying voltage bannersudo apt remove lxplug-ptbatt