Mounting the (non-Adafruit) screen upside down?
Mounting the (non-Adafruit) screen upside down?
I got one of the non-Adafruit screens we've talked about and noticed, when I have it centered in the case, that the bottom bezel comes down into where the controller board and X-Y buttons are. I feel like they won't be able to coexist like this, so I got the idea of mounting the screen upside down (and modifying config files to rotate the screen 180 degrees).
This puts the large bottom bezel up at the top and allows me to vertically center the screen without overlapping the controller board. However, this puts the display's ribbon cable coming out of the top of the screen instead of the bottom. Will that adversely affect the effectiveness of the mounting bracket built in guide 3 or does it really matter? Will that affect the rest of the build at all?
I got the screen from Amazon seller "ATian Direct." Did anyone else run into this? What did you end up doing? Thanks!
This puts the large bottom bezel up at the top and allows me to vertically center the screen without overlapping the controller board. However, this puts the display's ribbon cable coming out of the top of the screen instead of the bottom. Will that adversely affect the effectiveness of the mounting bracket built in guide 3 or does it really matter? Will that affect the rest of the build at all?
I got the screen from Amazon seller "ATian Direct." Did anyone else run into this? What did you end up doing? Thanks!
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Re: Mounting the (non-Adafruit) screen upside down?
i mounted my screen upsidedown, had no room to do it otherwise
my screen (the niceshopping screen) has built in screen flip so that worked out
just need to be careful with the ribbon cable, should be fine
my screen (the niceshopping screen) has built in screen flip so that worked out
just need to be careful with the ribbon cable, should be fine
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Re: Mounting the (non-Adafruit) screen upside down?
ylwsub68 wrote:I got one of the non-Adafruit screens we've talked about and noticed, when I have it centered in the case, that the bottom bezel comes down into where the controller board and X-Y buttons are. I feel like they won't be able to coexist like this, so I got the idea of mounting the screen upside down (and modifying config files to rotate the screen 180 degrees).
This puts the large bottom bezel up at the top and allows me to vertically center the screen without overlapping the controller board. However, this puts the display's ribbon cable coming out of the top of the screen instead of the bottom. Will that adversely affect the effectiveness of the mounting bracket built in guide 3 or does it really matter? Will that affect the rest of the build at all?
I got the screen from Amazon seller "ATian Direct." Did anyone else run into this? What did you end up doing? Thanks!
Get to a console with either a keyboard or SSH.
then Type:
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sudo nano /boot/config.txt
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display_rotate=2 180 degrees
then
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sudo reboot
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Re: Mounting the (non-Adafruit) screen upside down?
Sorry,
Didn't read your post completely before posting the above reply. It shouldn't effect any thing else. The mounting I cant help with.
I'll leave the other post in case someone else finds this and wants the know how to rotate the screen.
Didn't read your post completely before posting the above reply. It shouldn't effect any thing else. The mounting I cant help with.
I'll leave the other post in case someone else finds this and wants the know how to rotate the screen.
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Re: Mounting the (non-Adafruit) screen upside down?
@CandyManCriminalCandyManCriminal wrote:i mounted my screen upsidedown, had no room to do it otherwise
my screen (the niceshopping screen) has built in screen flip so that worked out
just need to be careful with the ribbon cable, should be fine
I bought mine from nice shopping too.. How do you use the screen flip.. Is it done with the controller buttons from the back?
Did you have any outher trouble mounting it upside down besides being careful with the ribbon?
Last edited by Thatbraziliann on Wed May 18, 2016 12:04 pm, edited 2 times in total.
Re: Mounting the (non-Adafruit) screen upside down?
My post isn't about having the screen upside down but I would like to know (if a redirect is necessary than so be it) if anyone knows if I need to remove anything from the non adafruit screen to make it work with 5v. I have tried to test the connections with my multimeter but I don't know what to make of the readings I get. If there is a guide I would like to thank anyone who can redirect me.
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Re: Mounting the (non-Adafruit) screen upside down?
This may help you: https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/view ... 41&t=17651Xorxfon wrote:My post isn't about having the screen upside down but I would like to know (if a redirect is necessary than so be it) if anyone knows if I need to remove anything from the non adafruit screen to make it work with 5v. I have tried to test the connections with my multimeter but I don't know what to make of the readings I get. If there is a guide I would like to thank anyone who can redirect me.
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Re: Mounting the (non-Adafruit) screen upside down?
Yeah, just use the buttonsThatbraziliann wrote:@CandyManCriminalCandyManCriminal wrote:i mounted my screen upsidedown, had no room to do it otherwise
my screen (the niceshopping screen) has built in screen flip so that worked out
just need to be careful with the ribbon cable, should be fine
I bought mine from nice shopping too.. How do you use the screen flip.. Is it done with the controller buttons from the back?
Did you have any outher trouble mounting it upside down besides being careful with the ribbon?
There's a flip option
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Re: Mounting the (non-Adafruit) screen upside down?
Theres no flip option on mine it just goes bright,contrast,sat, language,reset.. Is it hard to do it the way @prerunnerseth mentioned? I just dont understand how to get to control screen.. When my pi starts up it goes straigh to emulationstationCandyManCriminal wrote:Yeah, just use the buttonsThatbraziliann wrote:@CandyManCriminalCandyManCriminal wrote:i mounted my screen upsidedown, had no room to do it otherwise
my screen (the niceshopping screen) has built in screen flip so that worked out
just need to be careful with the ribbon cable, should be fine
I bought mine from nice shopping too.. How do you use the screen flip.. Is it done with the controller buttons from the back?
Did you have any outher trouble mounting it upside down besides being careful with the ribbon?
There's a flip option
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