PiTFT Plus Assembled 320 x 240 2.8" TFT + Resistive Touchscreen

Is this not the cutest little display for the Raspberry Pi? It features a 2.8" display with 320x240 16-bit colour pixels and a resistive touch overlay. The plate uses the high-speed SPI interface on the Pi and can use the mini display as a console, X window port, displaying images or video etc. Best of all it plugs right in on top!

This updated design fits perfectly onto the Pi Zero, Pi 3, Pi 2 or Model A+, B+, Pi 4 and 5! (Any Pi with a 2 x 20 connector) Not for use with an old Pi 1 with a 2 x 13 connector If you'd like to use a 2.8" display with the original Pi A or Pi B,  check out the Model B version. This one also has all 40-pin GPIO pins brought out so you can connect a 40-pin GPIO cable underneath. Now that it's the same outline as a Pi Zero/3/2/B+ it fits well on top of a Pi in our Raspberry Pi Enclosure base and can use our faceplate for a compact touchscreen Pi

The display and touchscreen use the hardware SPI pins (SCK, MOSI, MISO, CE0, CE1) as well as GPIO #25 and #24. All other GPIO are unused. Since we had a tiny bit of space, there are 4 slim tactile switches wired to four GPIOs, that you can use if you want to make a basic user interface. For example, you can use one as a power on/off button.

Use it for console access or easily pop up X11 onto the PiTFT for a mini monitor, although it's rather small at 320x240. Instead, we recommend using PyGame or other SDL-drawing programs to write onto the frame buffer.

Check out our detailed tutorial on how to play videos, display images, and otherwise customize your PiTFT.

Raspberry Pi computer and enclosure NOT included!

Revision History

• As of July 10th, 2024, this display comes fully assembled and includes 4 tactile switches soldered on.  

Specifications

• Screen Dimensions: 50mm x 69mm x 4mm
• PCB Dimensions: 56mm x 85mm x 11mm
• Weight: 42g

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