Pi-1.3-LCD-HAT

1.3 inch LCD HAT

1.3” LCD HAT is a 1.3-inch diagonal display HAT with 240 x 240 resolution, 65K RGB colors, clear and colorful displaying effect, Four Push buttons and a joystick, designed for the Raspberry Pi to expand its engagement via SPI communication by providing a standard 40 pin GPIO interface. The 1.3" LCD HAT includes an integrated ST7789VM display driver and SPI interface, reducing the number of IO pins required. It features a 5-input joystick that is internally connected through a stackable GPIO connector header.

Features

Raspberry Pi compatibility
4-wire SPI Communication
Standard Raspberry Pi 40 Pins GPIO
4 directions + attached band Central press button Joystick Control
4- Push Buttons
1.3-inch Diagonal Display
Handy and Useful

Specifications

Operating Voltage - 3.3 V
Pixel Size - 0.0975（H）x 0.0975（V) mm
Pixels - 240×240 resolution
Display Colour - 65K RGB
Display Driver - ST7789VM

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Pinout

1.3" LCD HAT	Raspberry Pi (BCM)
LCD DIN	GPIO 10
LCD CLK	GPIO 11
LCD DC	GPIO 25
LCD CS	GPIO 8
LCD RST	GPIO 27
LCD BL	GPIO 24
JOYSTICK UP	GPIO 26
JOYSTICK DOWN	GPIO 6
JOYSTICK LEFT	GPIO 13
JOYSTICK RIGHT	GPIO 5
JOYSTICK SELECT	GPIO 19

Installation

Python

Open a terminal and run the following commands to enable SPI：

sudo raspi-config

Choose Interfacing Options -> SPI -> Yes

You can also use GUI method to enable SPI Go to Menu > Preferences > Raspberry Pi Configuration > Interfaces, and enable SPI

Stack 1.3 inch LCD HAT on top of Raspberry Pi GPIO Header pins.
Make Sure SPI is Enabled (As mentioned above)
Now clone 1.3 inch LCD HAT Github repository by running below command in terminal

git clone https://github.com/sbcshop/1.3-LCD-HAT.git

Enter dowloaded directory

cd 1.3-LCD-HAT

Now run main.py by running the below command. It will display some text and an image on LCD.

python3 main.py

You can also run "Button_demo.py" file to test joystick and buttons.

python3 Button_demo.py

Resources

Github

Source Code

Datasheet

[ ST7789VM Datasheet]