At first, sorry for this noob question, I am total newbie in Raspberry and I want to hear from experienced people. I ordered Pi Zero without any accessories and I want to know if I will need some additional hardware to make this display work with it:
eBay link
Will I need to do some soldering or just connect it with cable?
And one more question - can I enable virtual keyboard on 3.5" display?
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You step going to need to purchase a GPIO header accessory. Adafruit Industries sell this
, but you will need to solder it to the board they say. As the for Virtual keyboard, I have only seen two options for the Pi and they most likely won't work with the 3.5" screen.
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That's quite pricey, I do not want to make bigger investments, because this will be my first time working with microcomputers, and I don't know if I find it interesting //EDIT: Don't you know what is minimal size for virtual keyboard?– PKMCommented Jul 1, 2016 at 16:54
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@PKM You can try either one of these keyboards:
sudo apt-get install florenceorsudo apt-get install matchbox-keyboard– tycrekCommented Jul 1, 2016 at 17:01 -
You can now buy a Pi Zero (W) with GPIO header already soldered on. I got a cheap Ali Express 3.5" screen to work– MawgCommented May 6, 2020 at 15:30