Adafruit PiTFT Plus 320 x 240 2.8" TFT + Capacitive Touchscreen

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Is this not the cutest little display for the Raspberry Pi? It features a 2.8" display with 320 x 240 16-bit colour pixels and a capacitive touch overlay. That's right, instead of a resistive touchscreen, which requires a fingernail or stylus, you can now use a fingerpad. The screen looks much nicer, with a black bezel and glass overlay. If you don't need a capacitive touchscreen, check out the resistive touch version.

This updated design fits perfectly onto the Pi 5, Pi 4, Pi Zero, Pi 3, Pi 2 or Model A+, B+! (Any Pi with a 2 x 20 connector) Not for use with an old Pi 1 with a 2 x 13 connector. This version also has all 40-pin GPIO pins brought out so you can connect a 40-pin GPIO cable underneath.

The display and touchscreen use the hardware I2C Pins (SDA & SCL), SPI pins (SCK, MOSI, MISO, CE0), and GPIO #25 and #24. All other GPIO are unused and you can still share the I2C pins with sensors, LED drivers, etc. 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 320 x 240. 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 customise your PiTFT.

Note: Raspberry Pi computer is NOT included!

Revision History

  • As of July 11, 2024, this display comes fully assembled with tactile switches too

Specifications

  • Screen Dimensions: 50mm x 69mm x 4mm
  • PCB Dimensions: 56mm x 85mm x 11mm
  • Weight: 47g

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