Zero W + PiTFT 3.5 | Wifi & Bluetooth Not Working

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Zero W + PiTFT 3.5 | Wifi & Bluetooth Not Working

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Hey Adafruit,

I've been trying to get the PiTFT 3.5 working with the Zero W, and have been having some interesting side issues, which I think are due to the custom kernel you guys are using.

When I install the custom image from here (https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-pit ... sy-install), everything boots up fine, and the PiTFT works, but the built in Wifi and Bluetooth adaptors are not found.

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I have also tested the latest Raspbian image too to confirm that the wifi/bt interfaces work on my Zero W, and they do. I tried updating the latest image from RaspberryPi.org manually using:

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curl -SLs https://apt.adafruit.com/add-pin | sudo bash
sudo apt-get install -y raspberrypi-bootloader adafruit-pitft-helper raspberrypi-kernel
sudo adafruit-pitft-helper -t 35r
But after reboot, the PiTFT works, and the wifi/bluetooth interfaces disappear.

I'm guessing the custom image + the manual kernel updates are doing something not compatible with the Zero W?

Thanks for taking the time to read this, any help would be great.

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Re: Zero W + PiTFT 3.5 | Wifi & Bluetooth Not Working

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Just to update you, I've found a way to get it working.

This method involves customizing a fresh Raspbian install, and not using the Adafruit custom images or pitft-helper app.

Follow this tutorial: https://iwannabe1337.BANNED.com/2016 ... -lcd-v3-0/

and instead of using "dtoverlay=waveshare35a", type "dtoverlay=pitft35-resistive,rotate=270"

This got the PiTFT and the built in wifi and bluetooth to work at the same time.

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Re: Zero W + PiTFT 3.5 | Wifi & Bluetooth Not Working

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Cool! I'll make sure the appropriate people see this!

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Re: Zero W + PiTFT 3.5 | Wifi & Bluetooth Not Working

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hiya just following up here that we are looking into this, and will go thru this thread. there's two issues with the pitft support right now - new pi zero / pi 2 and also this captouch thing :) please reply if you have any updates/suggestions :D

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Re: Zero W + PiTFT 3.5 | Wifi & Bluetooth Not Working

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I was able to get it working as well after struggling - I posted steps I took here:
viewtopic.php?f=50&t=116077&p=579793#p579793

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