WE DO NOT GUARANTEE SUCCESS IF USING JUMPER WIRES TO THESE PANELS. PLEASE USE A HAT/Bonnet SO WIRING IS DONE FOR YOU! We offer NO support when hand-wiring, ITS TOO HARD TO DEBUG!
I noticed that the display is able to pull some power from the GPIO pins when it is not powered up. So I would suggest that, to be on the safe side, you wire up the display to the Pi, with both the Pi and the display powered off.
Connect up the display to the GPIO connector using the female to female jumper wires as shown below:
Connect up the display to the GPIO connector using the female to female jumper wires as shown below:
Note that the 3.3V and 5V pins of the Raspberry Pi are on the edge of the Raspberry Pi where the SD card fits!
If you prefer to make the connections using a list, they are as follow:
If you prefer to make the connections using a list, they are as follow:
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GND on display to GND on the Pi (blue or black)
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R1 on display to GPIO 17 on the Pi (red)
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G1 on display to GPIO 18 on the Pi (green)
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B1 on display to GPIO 22 on the Pi (blue)
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R2 on display to GPIO 23 on the Pi (red)
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G2 on display to GPIO 24 on the Pi (green)
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B2 on display to GPIO 25 on the Pi (blue)
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A on display to GPIO 7 on the Pi (yellow or white)
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B on display to GPIO 8 on the Pi (yellow or white)
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C on display to GPIO 9 on the Pi (yellow or white)
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OE on display to GPIO 2 on the Pi (brown)
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CLK on display to GPIO 3 on the Pi (orange)
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LAT on display to GPIO 4 on the Pi (yellow)
These panels are designed to take 5V logic, and the Pi uses 3.3V logic. For some panels, the 3V logic is not high enough to trigger. If you're having difficulty you may need to use level shifting chips such as https://www.adafruit.com/product/1787 to shift the 3.3V up to 5V!
Using some kind of template like the Raspberry Leaf, soon also to be available ready made from Adafruit, will simplify the process of finding the right pins on the Raspberry Pi.
When all the data pins are connected, we can wire up the power supply.
When all the data pins are connected, we can wire up the power supply.
Attach the header pins to the 2.1mm to Screw Jack Adapter. Make sure that the red lead goes to the + mark on the screw terminal. Place the other ends of the jumper wires into the power cable. The power cable has double positive and negative leads. It does not matter which of the pairs of wires you connect to as long as you make sure that positive goes to one of the red leads and negative to one of the black leads.
It is very important that the power supply that you use is 5V. Many power supplies that look like the one used are 12V and if you use a 12V power adapter it may destroy your display.
