VeteranGamer wrote: ↑Tue Nov 20, 2018 2:13 amthe board that adafruit have wont work with the LQ035NC111 LCD....Robochris wrote: ↑Mon Nov 19, 2018 4:19 pmI agree with you on the pricing of that board. I don’t mind at all making my own, that’s why I do these projects really lol. I just get a little lost when trying to follow that first link.
If anyone has links any other guides on making your own board or other options, please let me know.
Will this adafruit board work?
https://www.adafruit.com/product/1932
It seems inexpensive...
as the 3.5" LCD has a 54pin ribbon and so needs a 54pin connector....
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/For-CHI ... 679a904487
however, the adafruit board can be used with a PSP LCD (if you can think of a build to use it in)
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/BI43WQV ... d28bc6ef1b
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0EGnydxxf4
as for the DIY route....
there are a couple of download links in the post....
one from Helder
https://sudomod.com/forum/viewtopic.php ... =20#p49273
and another from HoolyHoo
https://sudomod.com/forum/viewtopic.php ... =30#p49338
(both are pretty much the same, with just some tweaking to the designs)
it fairly straight forward....
download the zip files and extract....
you should have the design files as well as a list of the additional parts that are required (which need to be soldered on the board)
(have the board made from eiither Oshpark or any other PCB manufacturer, order the additional parts.... and put it all together)
but one thing to bear in mind....
if you just want one board....
then go for tinkerboy adapter
https://www.tinkerboy.xyz/product/tinke ... i-adapter/
its there for a reason...
for people that don't want the hassle of build/making their own (or dont have the tools/experience)....
and only really want one board....
as the cost of doing it DIY, is going to be in the ball park (if not more, possibly less) of the ready made solution
(but you will have more than one.... anything from 3 to 10)
So I ordered PCB's from OSH Park and the components from Mouser. It works great, the colors are perfect, the text is clear but the screen itself keeps turning off and on over and over again.
I think I've narrowed it down to the LED driver IC FAN5333BSX. I've noticed it's getting REALLY hot after a short period of use, like within seconds of powering on the pi.
My guess it that its thermal shutdown is kicking on and off and that's why my screen keeps blinking off and on.
However, that's about as far as I've gotten. I cant seem to figure out why it's getting so hot, or is that normal and some sort of red herring and the blinking is being caused by something else.
I went back through and checked all of my soldering and I didnt see any bridges connections, I also checked my diode orientation accidentally confused D1 and D2 but I already corrected that and it's on point now.
https://i.imgur.com/c3S795X.gifv