I have a Mellow FLY LCD5 connected to a Pi 5, i think i have the correct orientations now but it is only registering some touch correctly, could the resolution/scale of the touch be off?
I wouldbt say it's the easiest way to add a touch screen. The easiest way is 1: DON'T USE A PI, that's number one because it makes everything easier. 2: buy touch LCD and plug in 3: should be obvious but just open the webpage full screen mode 4: Have a beer or something and adnire your work, oh and look at that heat map right on your printer screen and what's that? The 3D Gcode viewer is fully functional, say what?
Almost forgot, klipper screen works as well if you don't want the webpage. It will be in the start menu, just click it. I used an HP Mini G3 with 7" touch LCD, the two combined were less than a PI 4 with all accessories like case, fan, storage, power supply, etc. It's obviously much more powerful but based on some things I've read, that isn't obvious to everyone. Pi is only better if you're limited to that form factor and required physical space. If you can go just a little bit bigger, the Pi is dead last on that list. For the accelerometer, you plug it into a USB port and skip a bunch of steps in the docs that only apply if you're using a PI. Far easier.
Chris, you are amazing. In one video I learned how sensual removing a screen cover can be, and heard the famous "just trust me" line a few times. All kidding aside you did a great job on explaining and walking through a very complicated process. I don't think I would ever try two printers off of one screen, as I have stopped prints on the wrong printer from my PC running multiple printers - it can be too confusing for an old guy.
🎶 🎵 🎶 Is it worth it? Let me work it I put my thang down, flip it and reverse it Ti esrever dna ti pilf nwod gnaht ym tup i Ti esrever dna ti pilf nwod gnaht ym tup i 😂
Anyone else bobbing their head? I feel like 90% of the world doesn't appreciate when people break out in song verses because someone else said something that was word for word from a song. I mean, it's not like we started the shenanigans.
I have a tiny touchscreen that I got bundled with a Pi4 case, it works via GPIO, I wonder if I have a prayer of ever getting it to work with klipper, I might try it.
Great Video Chris! I have the BTT pi TFT50 and it has a button on the back to flip the display 180 degrees. Kind of weird the BTT pi TFT43 doesn't have that option.
Just gave me the idea to run kiauh on a Linux phone running mobian and now I'm running my printer through a phone with klippercsreen and Webcam built in
@@ChrisRiley In KlipperScreen settings you can make it go black (but black with still backlight on). Someone said that v2.1 screen has this fixed but can't confirm yet (ordered it to test and waiting). BTT support when asked about v2.1, after initial "need to check with colleague", went silent even after "pings"...).
jsut a tip for the users who use the waveshare model. changing the orientation works only if you add the two lines at the end of the config.txt file dtoverlay=vc4-kms-v3d dtoverlay=vc4-kms-dsi-7inch
Thank you for another great tutorial! I am still on the fence about adding KlipperScreen to my printers. For now, I am quite happy running both Klipper and Mainsail directly from an old laptop. The bonus is that my laptop has a touchscreen (HP TouchSmart TM2) 😊
Awesome! My second V2.4 included a 5" screen and I really like it. The first touch screen UI that isn't a pain! My first V2.4 has an ERCF attached, but still had the old 12864. Which was fine, till I added the ERCF. I didn't realize how easy it was to control 2 machines from one screen! The machines sit right next to each other, so not a big deal. But oh boy! does Klipper Screen Happy Hare Edition make using the ERCF a lot easier! Thanks for another helpful, to the point, yet detailed video!
Thanks. Chris, still learning good stuff from you. About a year ago I purchased an Amazon Fire 8 HD to run KlipperScreen; I run it as an exported display. Setting it up is far from as easy as what you just did but I like that the screen as no physical connection to the printer.
