2.4 inch tft lcd with ILI9341 reset pin state and info
Okay so I have completed this project and as mentioned above, the reset pin does not end up sourcing current to the chip and does not run it in the 'Zombie' state. I noticed one major issue nevertheless. It is that when the TFT lcd is being powered on, the reset pin must be set to HIGH otherwise the lcd will not power up and initialize properly. The main point being, it doesn't matter what the pin is when the lcd in not powered but when it is being powered on, the pin must be set to HIGH.