Setup Tontec 2.4-inch TFT LCD 240x320 RGB Pixels Touch Screen Display Monitor For Raspberry Pi

This post show the steps to setup the "Display Part" of "Tontec 2.4-inch TFT LCD 240x320 RGB Pixels Touch Screen Display Monitor For Raspberry Pi".

[But I can't make the "Touch Part" work! If you know how, please let me know by leaving me comment. See the "Cross compile Raspberry Pi kernel to inslude tsc2007.ko" on bottom.]

Tontec 2.4-inch TFT LCD 240x320 RGB Pixels Touch Screen Display on Raspberry Pi

- Plug the "Tontec 2.4-inch TFT LCD 240x320 RGB Pixels Touch Screen Display" to the connector on Raspberry Pi, no extra power supply is needed.

- Power up Raspberry Pi and login.

- Download "https://s3.amazonaws.com/tontec/24usingmanual.zip" (it can be found in the product page), using the command in Terminal.
$ wget https://s3.amazonaws.com/tontec/24usingmanual.zip

- Unzip the file.

- Enter unzipped directory /mztx-ext-2.4/src

- Enter the command:
$ make

- Edit file /boot/config.txt with the command:
$ sudo pico /boot/config.txt

Uncomment and change the two 2 lines

framebuffer_width=320
framebuffer_height=240

Save and exit.

- Reboot.

- After login, enter mztx-ext-2.4/src Directory. Run the program mztx06a with command:
$ sudo ./mztx06a

You should see the LCD turned on now.



Next: If you prefer the mztx06a program automatically run on startup, refer to next post "Run program on startup automatically".

Related: Raspberry Pi with mini LCD display without HDMI.

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remark: more discussing in Raspberry Pi forum http://www.raspberrypi.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=91&t=64414

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More:
- Cross compile Raspberry Pi kernel to inslude tsc2007.ko

Updated:
- osandov's Raspberry Pi TSC2007 Kernel Modules updated