UCTRONICS 3.

5 Inches 480 x 320 TFT LCD Touch Screen Display Step1 Expand the Micro SD card

sudo raspi-config then Select Advanced Operations ->Expand Filesystem and hit YES, then go to Finish and you

Model: U4703 need to run sudo reboot to reboot your Raspberry Pi.

1. Introduction Step2 Update your Raspberry Pi system

UCTRONICS 3.5" TFT LCD display module is designed for Raspberry Pi zero/Pi 2 /Pi 3 Model B / B+ and can also be sudo apt-get update

used on other hardware platforms with have SPI interface. The 3.5" screen is the same size as the standard Raspberry Step3 Download the driver package

Pi model B/B+, and well mate with the Raspberry Pi boards. With its touch screen, it is suitable for portable devices and sudo git clone https://github.com/UCTRONICS/UCTRONICS_LCD35_RPI.git

projects, and it is a replacement for a heavy and bulky HDMI monitor, keyboard and mice. The highlight of this display Step4 Go to the UCTRONICS_LCD35_RPI

module, it supports plug and play without reboot the Pi, and SPI speed runs as fast as 32MHz to support games and cd UCTRONICS_LCD35_RPI

videos. Step5 Change the file permission

2. Specification sudo chmod 777 UCTRONICS_LCD_backup

Support Kernel from 4.1 to 4.9 Support plug and play sudo chmod 777 UCTRONICS_LCD35_install

Resolution: 480 x 320 pixels Support touch screen sudo chmod 777 UCTRONICS_LCD_restore

Interface: SPI Support game and video sudo chmod 777 UCTRONICS_LCD_hdmi

SPI speed: 32MHz Automatic driver installation script Step6 Backup original system data

Dimension: 55.98 x 85.60 mm Well mate with Pi Zero, Pi B+, Pi2 and Pi3 sudo ./UCTRONICS_LCD_backup

3. Hardware installation Step7 Install the LCD35 driver

sudo ./UCTRONICS_LCD35_install

Wait for a while the system will be installed and restarted automatically.

If you want to reuse the original system, you can use the below command

sudo ./UCTRONICS_LCD_restore

If you want to display on HDMI instead of LCD, just use the below command

sudo ./UCTRONICS_LCD_hdmi

If you don’t want to run those command to install the LCD driver, we also provide ready to use system image file

“UCTRONICS_LCD35_RPI.img". Please click the following link to download the system image file:

Figure 1 Figure 2 http://uctronics.oss-us-west-1.aliyuncs.com/LCD35/image/UCTRONICS_LCD35_RPI.img

The Figure 1 shows the display module pin out and dimension. Connect the 3.5inch LCD to the Raspberry Pi board like Check the following link to install the win32diskimager tool in your computer. Then write the image file into the Micro

the Figure 2 shows. Power on the Raspberry Pi board and make sure the internet is connected properly. SD card.

Note: LCD module pin1 should be aligned to Raspberry Pi board Pin1, misalign might cause damage. https://sourceforge.net/projects/win32diskimager/

4. Download and install driver 5. Add more functions to the LCD

The LCD driver has been already installed in the Micro SD card shipped only with the kit that includes a Micro SD card. NO1. Install calibration software for calibration

The following steps are for install the driver on a clean system. All the installation steps are also available from our cd UCTRONICS_LCD35_RPI

github: https://github.com/UCTRONICS/UCTRONICS_LCD35_RPI/ sudo unzip Xinput-calibrator_0.7.5-1_armhf.zip

sudo dpkg -i -B xinput-calibrator_0.7.5-1_armhf.deb type = launchbar

NO2. Install virtual keyboard Config {

Step 1 Execute the following commands to install the corresponding software Button {

sudo apt-get update id=lxde-screenlock.desktop

sudo apt-get install matchbox-keyboard }

sudo nano /usr/bin/toggle-matchbox-keyboard.sh Button {

Step 2 Copy the following contents to toggle box - keyboard. Sh, save the exit id=lxde-logout.desktop

#!/bin/bash }

#This script toggle the virtual keyboard }

PID=pidof matchbox-keyboard Step 7 Add the following code to add a Button item

if [ ! -e $PID ]; then Button {

killall matchbox-keyboard id=/usr/local/share/applications/toggle-matchbox-keyboard.desktop

else }

matchbox-keyboard -s 50 extended& Step 8 To restart the system with the following command, you can see a virtual keyboard icon in the top left corner

fi sudo reboot

Step 3 Execute the following command 6. Contact us

sudo mkdir /usr/local/share/applications Website: http://www.uctronics.com

sudo nano /usr/local/share/applications/toggle-matchbox-keyboard.desktop Case Installation Guide: www.uctronics.com/download/Amazon/U4703_installation.pdf

Step 4 Copy the following contents to toggle - matchbox - keyboard. Desktop, save exit Email: [email protected]

[Desktop Entry] Tel: +86 025 84271192

Name=Toggle Matchbox Keyboard

Comment=Toggle Matchbox Keyboard`

Exec=toggle-matchbox-keyboard.sh

Type=Application

Icon=matchbox-keyboard.png

Categories=Panel;Utility;MB

X-MB-INPUT-MECHANSIM=True

Step 5 To perform the following command, note that this step must use the "PI" user permission, and if the

administrator privileges are used, the file will not be found

nano ~/.config/lxpanel/LXDE-pi/panels/panel

Step 6 Find similar commands (different versions of ICONS may differ)