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Pi Zero LCD Help?
Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2016 3:55 pm
by Cryptic
Hello everyone,
I was wondering if you could help me getting my screen working? It takes composite as an input and i've been trying to figure out all day how to get it wired up..
Any help?

Re: Pi Zero LCD Help?
Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2016 4:47 pm
by gargoyle67
You might want to put a little more info about what lcd driver board you have, If you need info on hooking up to the pie zero board this may help >


Re: Pi Zero LCD Help?
Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2016 12:36 am
by Cryptic
Re: Pi Zero LCD Help?
Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2016 1:23 am
by gargoyle67
As in my pic above run the composite cable from your LCD board to the pi's TV pin hole on the left and the ground on the right, You also need to find out if your board runs on 5v or 12v if 5v simply run it to pin 2 on the pi's GPIO if 12v only you need a booster board that will boost to 12v.
Re: Pi Zero LCD Help?
Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2016 4:07 am
by Camble
That screen will also require the following modification to run off 5v

Re: Pi Zero LCD Help?
Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2016 4:14 am
by Cryptic
Could I have a closer picture or something please? Thanks for this guys, really want to get this screen working
Re: Pi Zero LCD Help?
Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2016 4:38 am
by Camble
Cryptic wrote:Could I have a closer picture or something please? Thanks for this guys, really want to get this screen working
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http://i.imgur.com/GZqlpCW.jpg
Re: Pi Zero LCD Help?
Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2016 5:02 am
by Cryptic
Camble wrote:Cryptic wrote:Could I have a closer picture or something please? Thanks for this guys, really want to get this screen working
Click for full size
http://i.imgur.com/GZqlpCW.jpg
It is definitely hard to solder that wire there, think i accidently bridged something then my pi0 would not power on but i have removed the wires from the pi0 and it's fine..
Re: Pi Zero LCD Help?
Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2016 5:08 am
by Camble
Yes, you'll need quite a small solder tip. I think you'd be OK to remove that chip and solder onto the pad directly, but I haven't tried it.
Re: Pi Zero LCD Help?
Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2016 5:11 am
by Mischief
I removed the chip as it was causing a bit of screen noise plus it was easier to solder with the chip removed.
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