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# Adafruit PiTFT - 320x240 2.8 TFT+Touchscreen for Raspberry Pi

**Type:** Product page · **SKU:** ADA1601 · **Brand:** [Adafruit](https://core-electronics.com.au/brands/adafruit-australia)
**Page:** https://core-electronics.com.au/pitft-assembled-320x240-2-8-tft-touchscreen-for-raspberry-pi.html ([markdown](https://core-electronics.com.au/pitft-assembled-320x240-2-8-tft-touchscreen-for-raspberry-pi.html.md))

Is this not the cutest little display for the Raspberry Pi? It features a 2.8" display with 320x240 16-bit color pixels and a resistive touch overlay. The plate...

## Pricing

- **Price:** $65.95 (inc GST) — $59.95 AUD, exc GST
- **Quantity discounts:** 10+ $58.15 (exc GST) · 50+ $56.95 (exc GST)

## Availability & dispatch

- Out of stock — the product page offers email notification when it returns.

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## Description

Is this not the cutest little display for the Raspberry Pi? It features a 2.8" display with 320x240 16-bit color pixels and a resistive touch overlay. The plate uses the high speed SPI interface on the Pi and can use the mini display as a console, X window port, displaying images or video etc. Best of all it plugs right in on top!

**It's designed to fit nicely onto the Pi 1 Model A or B but also works OK with the Pi Zero, Pi 3, Pi 2 or Pi 1 Model A+ or B+** (any Pi with a 2x20 connector) as long as you don't mind the PCB overhangs the USB ports by 5mm, see the photos above. **If you have a modern Pi with a 2x20 connector, you may want to grab a [PiTFT 2.8" Plus which does not overhang](https://core-electronics.com.au/pitft-plus-320x240-2-8-tft-resistive-touchscreen-pi-2-and-model-a-b.html)**

Uses the hardware SPI pins (SCK, MOSI, MISO, CE0, CE1) as well as GPIO #25 and #24. All other GPIO are unused. Since Adafruit had a tiny bit of space, there's 4 spots for optional slim tactile switches wired to four GPIOs, that you can use if you want to make a basic user interface. For example, you can use one as a power on/off button. See below for the link to get the optional tact switches, they're not included.

As of 8/15/2014 it comes **fully assembled** and ready to plug into your Pi! The photos above also show the optional installed slim tactile buttons. [The tactile buttons are not included, but you can pick up a pack of 20 here.](https://core-electronics.com.au/tactile-switch-buttons-6mm-slim-x-20-pack.html) Some basic soldering is required to install the buttons.

Adafruit have created a custom kernel package based of off Notro's awesome framebuffer work, so you can install it over your existing Raspbian (or derivative) images in just a few commands. Adafruit's tutorial shows you how to install the software, as well as calibrate the touchscreen, show videos, display images such as from your PiCam and more!

![//www.youtube.com/embed/-kwvbVM9qM0?start=10](https://core-electronics.com.au/attachments/localcontent/hqdefault_486695e5223.jpg)

## Technical Details

- Display current draw is mostly based on the backlight, with full-on backlight the current draw is ~100mA.

Revision History:

- As of 8/15/2014 it comes fully assembled and ready to plug into your Pi!

 ![](https://core-electronics.com.au/attachments/localcontent/rohs_icon_8216055e11.jpg)

## Images

- [Product image 1](https://core-electronics.com.au/media/catalog/product/1/6/1601-00.jpg)