PHAD: A Replacement for Pi-Hole's Chronometer (and also PADD)

For this project, I snagged the Jun-Electron 3.5" touch screen with case setup. - Link below

The Pi I used is a Pi 3B+, 4G

I had an issue when I first tried this project. After installing the driver, it would get stuck on the boot screen and there was no way out of it. The last line in the boot sequence was: "i2c /dev entries driver". I did already have Pi-Hole installed on the SD which I think is where the issue was.

I ended up re-flashing the SD with a fresh install of Raspian Lite (32 bit) and the below steps worked for me. In the comments for the LCD screen on Amazon, a customer pointed out the Lite version doesn't work with the drivers for this but I didn't run into any issues.

1. Flashed SD with Raspbian Lite (32 bit)

2. Add SSH file to boot Volume

   • This will tell the Pi to turn on SSH

   If you have the latest version of R-Pi Imager, they have now included “Advanced options” to auto configure many settings while it’s writing the image. Brilliant!! (saves a bit of time too)

   • Before you click “Write”, press Ctrl + Shift + x, this will bring up the Advanced option menu
   • Here, you can select the “Enable SSH” box, and even configure location services
   • Click “Save” and you are ready to Write away!

   For those who like it the “old skool” way, do the following:

   On a Windows machine:

   • Within the File Explorer, navigate to the Boot drive (your SD card)
   • Right-click in the folder and go to New > Text Document
   • Rename the file "ssh" and delete any file extension affiliated
   • Eject the SD card

   On a Mac via Terminal:

   • Change directory to the boot drive
   • Navigate to root > Volumes > boot

   cd /
   cd /Volumes/boot
   

   • Create a file called "SSH" with no extension

   touch ssh
   

   • Verify the file stuck

   ls
   

   • You will need to navigate away from the boot drive in the Terminal before you can eject. The easiest way is to just type

   cd
   

   • This will bring you right back to your home directory
   • Eject the SD card

   

3. Put together screen and Pi

4. Boot Pi

   • Default login:
     • Pi
     • PW: raspberry

5. SSH into the Pi with PuTTy or Terminal (or connect to a monitor)

6. This would be a good time to update your password to something only you know:

   passwd