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PiTFT PyGame Tips

Since the PiTFT screen is fairly small, you may need to write custom UI programs. Pygame is the easiest way by far to

do this.

Jeremy Blythe has an excellent tutorial here on getting started.

However,

before

you follow that link you'll want to set up pygame for the best compatibility:

Install pip & pygame

Install Pip: sudo apt-get install python-pip

Install Pygame: sudo apt-get install python-pygame

(this will take a while)

Ensure you are running SDL 1.2

SDL 2.x and SDL 1.2.15-10 have some serious incompatibilities with touchscreen. You can force SDL 1.2 by running a

script. (Thanks to heine in the forums!)

https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-pitft-28-inch-resistive-touchscreen-display-raspberry-

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