Raspberry Pi Pico ILI9341 display tutorial using CircuitPython

In this video I am going to show you how to connect this 2.8” colour TFT display with a Raspberry Pi Pico board. I will also show you how to use it with CircuitPython and I will share with you 3 useful projects to help you get started and save you a lot of time. Let’s start.
This Colour TFT display is one of my favourite displays of all time. I have used it in many Arduino projects in the past and I really like it because it is big, inexpensive, it costs around $9, it is easy to use, it also has an SD card slot at the back, and it is a touch screen. I won’t show you how to use touch in this video, but I will create a detailed tutorial about it in the future.
The display has a resolution of 320x240 pixels and it uses the SPI interface to communicate with the microcontroller. The connection with the Raspberry Pi Pico board is very easy. All we have to do is to connect power and 6 more wires. Let’s see how to do it.
🛒 Display: educ8s.tv/part/28ILI9341
🛒 Raspberry Pi Pico: educ8s.tv/part/RaspberryPiPico
💻 Code: educ8s.tv/raspberry-pi-pico-i...
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[@avejst]

Great project
Thanks for sharing 🙂

[@Educ8s]

My pleasure 😊

[@Arduinoprojects786]

Thank you

[@LuisSanzSantoni-yf8sf]

Great

[@steviewde]

Thanks for the tutorial.
Please allow me one question: Will the "analog" gauges work with a backgroud image? And how?

[@luisfersanz9492]

Please, can you do a tutorial with raspberry pi pico W, tft display and makecode arcade? I would like build my own handheld game console, but I haven't the skills. Thanks for your time

[@ahmedmoustafa6829]

Did you try to use the sd card with the display? Did it work?

[@tmz79]

thanks a lot for the tutorial! does this work also for a display with a different size, such as 3,5", still 14 pin ILI9341? and, does it work with pico w or only with pico?

[@Educ8s]

Pico W is not problem. I don't know if it works for the 3.5" display, I haven't tried it.

[@erandiromesha2365]

Can you do this with micro python?

[@saydiy1528]

good job. you shown a head at 5:10, can you show a jpeg image in that shape same as? thanks.

[@chouuul307]

Hi i search on internet but i found nothing ...
I bought a 2" TFT LCD Screen but there is no SDI or SCK pin but SDA and SCL...
It's the same thing ? Do you have a tutorial for this ?

[@davidd2661]

SDI is SDA - serial data (in)
SCL IS SCK. - serial clock
But you should def check the definitions of the pins where you bought it.

[@keralagamingbuddy8472]

bro can i use the same library to work with micro-python code , I am also using thonny ide , but i don't get the difference between the circuit python and micro-python , please help!!

[@hippie-io7225]

Nice video! What is the power draw of this setup?

[@Educ8s]

I just checked it, it is around 60mA when powered from the USB port.

[@harshitbhat715]

How to print horizontally..

[@Educ8s]

Change the rotation on the constructor of the display object.

[@ohadduman6498]

this tutorial work whit raspberry pi 4 or only with pico ?

[@Educ8s]

Only with pico.

[@stephenmartinez4883]

Code for this isn't available with the link.

[@Educ8s]

Sorry for that. It is now fixed! Thanks for letting me know.