Guys i just bought a pi zero w, problem is i tried putting an lcd screen ( the same one @AqeeAqee put on the pi pico ) on the pi zero w but it doesnt work. I do not want to mess with the folders and stuff like other guides ask me to.
i attempted to do this project but i failed again
so can anyone a very simple guide on how to do so?
thx
The Pi Zero works like any other Pi; the Pi Pico is very different from all other Pi devices. The Pi Zero just needs a keyboard, mouse, and a screen with an HDMI connection. The connections are just a little weird … but, otherwise, it works like any other Pi.
Let us know what hardware you’ve tried to connect (and how you’re connecting them). We’ll try to diagnose. (Photos are helpful.)
this link https://pixel.red/guide/ili9163-screen-on-retropie/
only supports 128x128 so im just stuck
i am currently using a ST7735 lcd screen screen
i firstly direct connected it with the help of some online guides, i thought that it would just connect but i needed to enable SPI mode and i did with a headless pi zero setup along with raspbian in it
Try this one first. It’s a little simpler just to verify that you can get SPI activated and can display something on the screen.
https://www.instructables.com/Getting-18-Inch-LCD-Display-St7735s-to-Work-With-R/
If you can get that to work, then go back to the guide on pixel.red. Scroll down to the bottom and try building and running fbcp with the instructions there.
Keep us posted!
I have no idea how to edit or create files please tell me how, I’ve searched Google but nothing
I noticed you said that you installed Raspbian in headless node. Unless you know how to use the command line and SSH, headless mode is really difficult to work with.
I suggest, instead, you install the full version of Raspberry Pi OS. Connect a keyboard, mouse, and HDMI display as with any other computer. (You’ll need some adapters since, as I mentioned earlier, the connectors on a Pi Zero are a bit … weird.) You’ll be able to use graphical tools, then, to edit files.
If you really want to edit files via the command line and SSH, then I’d suggest using nano. To edit, say, the Raspberry Pi config file, you’d type something like
$ sudo nano /boot/firmware/config.txt
The dollar sign is the prompt that should already be on your screen. sudo means that you want to run the following command as “super user” (like the Administrator account on a Windows machine). nano is a text-based editor, and /boot/firmware/config.txt is the name of the file that you want to edit.
Keep us posted!