PI ZERO

LCD CONTROL CASE
Review
The bundle comes with a
compatible mini touchscreen that
works with the Pi and the case, a
power supply, a WiFi dongle, and
a pre-prepared SD card. As it’s the
exact same case, construction is
on this size of touchscreen, but it’s
not completely unusable. At the
very least, it leaves it open for you
to create your own custom interface
and it can also access the SPI-Box,
which is a nice little addition.
The bundle comes with a
compatible mini-touchscreen
that works with the Pi
the same; the real treat, however,
is the SD card.
In the past, preparing Raspbian
to work with these touchscreens
was not a quick process. It’s slightly
easier now, thanks to more readily
available images. Even so, it’s nice
to have one that just works out
of the box. It still runs modern
Raspbian, which includes the
interface update from just over a
year ago. It’s a little tricky to use
Both versions of the LCD case are
great value for money, especially
as they fill a slightly niche market
for people using or wanting to use
this type of screen. It’s easy to
modify the microswitch holes to
be slightly more usable as well, so
you can improve it with the right
know-how. Whether you want
the beginnings of a portable Pi or
a touchscreen remote, you can’t
go far wrong with this.
Last word
A sturdy and well-presented
box that is as good as any
other for using one of the small
touchscreen displays, opening
up a world of possibilities for
other projects and uses.
Above Much of the
Pi is accessible
with the screen
off, although it
concentrates on
the first 26 pins
of the GPIO
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