iskrimi / waveshare35-rpi3b-ubuntu-20.04-64

An Ansible playbook to setup a 3.5" TFT LCD Touch Screen on Ubuntu 20.04 64-bit on RPI3B

waveshare35-rpi3b-ubuntu-20.04-64

This Ansible playbook will configure your Raspberry Pi Model 3 B running Ubuntu Server 20.04 (64-bit) to work with a Waveshare 3.5inch RPi LCD (A).

Product Page

Other links:

• Waveshare Wiki
• Official GitHub
• LCD Wiki
• GitHub: lcdwiki/LCD-show-ubuntu

Pre-install Notes

• Make a backup of your Pi. I'm not responsible for any damage or files lost during the install process
• Execute all steps as root

Instructions

a. Install ansible

# apt install ansible

b. Download the ansible repo to '/root'

# cd

# git clone "https://github.com/victorbrca/waveshare35-rpi3b-ubuntu-20.04-64.git"

c. Change into the project directory and run the Ansible playbook

# cd waveshare35-rpi3b-ubuntu-20.04-64

# ansible-playbook playbook.yaml

Note: The update/upgrade part of the install takes quite a while

# ansible-playbook playbook.yaml
[WARNING]: provided hosts list is empty, only localhost is available. Note that the implicit localhost
does not match 'all'

PLAY [localhost] ****************************************************************************************

TASK [Gathering Facts] **********************************************************************************
ok: [localhost]

TASK [packages : Running apt-get update and upgrade] ****************************************************

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Reference:

• GitHub: goodft/LCD-show
• Raspberry Pi Forums: 480x320 Touchscreen
• Ubuntu Mate Community: LCD 3.5 XPT2046 Touch screen does not work on Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+
• GitHub: notro/fbtft
• GitHub: swkim01/waveshare-dtoverlays