help with connectng ths screen to a pi?

[sam hobs]

Hi, 

I am very much a early-beginner-level with electronics.  I have gotten some LEDs flashing on a breadboard a while back but that's about it.

If i'm stuck on a project, like trying to connect a screen to a pi, and can visit a london hackspace, is it ok to just sign up for a single month, so I don't pay for months when I don't visit. But if I visit even once in a month then I can pay £15. Is that ok? 

Or perhaps going as a visitor and I can donate?  I think that would suit me best.

And how would I go about getting help with a project?

The project is very small and simple, i'd like to connect this screen 

 https://web.archive.org/web/20131012001601/http://www.sainsmart.com/arduino-compatibles-1/lcd-module/sainsmart-3-2-tft-lcd-display-touch-panel-pcb-adapter-sd-slot-for-arduino-2560.html   

 to a Raspberry Pi Zero.  

I guess I could try plugging the screen right into the pi, but I want to try to avoid breaking the Pi or the screen.

There is a question about it https://web.archive.org/web/20131012001601/https://www.sainsmart.com/vanilla/discussion/25874/how-do-i-connect-the-little-screen-to-raspberry-pi-and-what-connector-is-it  but it doesn't look that straight forward to me as i'm very much early-beginner-level

Thanks

[Nick Reynolds]

Is there a reason you would like to use this specific screen? You
_can_ use these cheap SPI screens but a branded one with some kind of
support will be a lot easier to get going yourself.

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[sam hobs]

It is branded, the brand is sainsmart, as in that link

What brands would you suggest that have good support?

thanks

On Monday, 6 May 2019 17:25:33 UTC+1, Nick Reynolds wrote:

Is there a reason you would like to use this specific screen? You
_can_ use these cheap SPI screens but a branded one with some kind of
support will be a lot easier to get going yourself.

On Mon, 6 May 2019 at 15:15, 'sam hobs' via Not Just Arduino
<not-just...@googlegroups.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I am very much a early-beginner-level with electronics.  I have gotten some LEDs flashing on a breadboard a while back but that's about it.
>
> If i'm stuck on a project, like trying to connect a screen to a pi, and can visit a london hackspace, is it ok to just sign up for a single month, so I don't pay for months when I don't visit. But if I visit even once in a month then I can pay £15. Is that ok?
>
> Or perhaps going as a visitor and I can donate?  I think that would suit me best.
>
> And how would I go about getting help with a project?
>
> The project is very small and simple, i'd like to connect this screen
>
>  https://web.archive.org/web/20131012001601/http://www.sainsmart.com/arduino-compatibles-1/lcd-module/sainsmart-3-2-tft-lcd-display-touch-panel-pcb-adapter-sd-slot-for-arduino-2560.html
>
>  to a Raspberry Pi Zero.
>
> I guess I could try plugging the screen right into the pi, but I want to try to avoid breaking the Pi or the screen.
>
> There is a question about it https://web.archive.org/web/20131012001601/https://www.sainsmart.com/vanilla/discussion/25874/how-do-i-connect-the-little-screen-to-raspberry-pi-and-what-connector-is-it  but it doesn't look that straight forward to me as i'm very much early-beginner-level
>
> Thanks
>
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