diff --git a/components/smart_display/__init__.py b/components/smart_display/__init__.py
index 6eef24d..e131c0c 100644
--- a/components/smart_display/__init__.py
+++ b/components/smart_display/__init__.py
@@ -7,12 +7,16 @@ into a screen's YAML.
 
 `smart_display: partitions: 4mb_wide_slots` (firmware 0.2.79) builds with one of the partition tables of partitions.py
 instead of ESPHome's own: two update slots of 1,984 KB on a 4 MB ESP32-S3, which the Elecrow CrowPanel 7.0" needs.
+
+`smart_display: elecrow_touch_reset: {i2c_id: ..., address: 0x18}` (firmware 0.2.82) brings the GT911 of the Elecrow
+CrowPanel 7.0" V3.0 out of reset through its PCA9557 before the touch driver runs (elecrow_touch_reset.h).
 """
 import logging
 
 import esphome.codegen as cg
-from esphome.components import esp32
+from esphome.components import esp32, i2c
 import esphome.config_validation as cv
+from esphome.const import CONF_ID
 from esphome.core import CORE
 from esphome.helpers import write_file_if_changed
 
@@ -24,6 +28,10 @@ _LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 CONF_LANGUAGE = "language"
 CONF_PARTITIONS = "partitions"
+CONF_ELECROW_TOUCH_RESET = "elecrow_touch_reset"
+
+elecrow_ns = cg.global_ns.namespace("elecrow")
+TouchReset = elecrow_ns.class_("TouchReset", cg.Component, i2c.I2CDevice)
 
 
 def _language(value):
@@ -36,6 +44,8 @@ def _language(value):
 CONFIG_SCHEMA = cv.Schema({
     cv.Optional(CONF_LANGUAGE, default="en"): _language,
     cv.Optional(CONF_PARTITIONS): cv.one_of(*partitions.TABLES, lower=True),
+    cv.Optional(CONF_ELECROW_TOUCH_RESET): cv.Schema({cv.GenerateID(): cv.declare_id(TouchReset)})
+    .extend(cv.COMPONENT_SCHEMA).extend(i2c.i2c_device_schema(0x18)),
 })
 
 
@@ -51,3 +61,9 @@ async def to_code(config):
         table = CORE.relative_build_path("smart_display_partitions.csv")
         write_file_if_changed(table, partitions.TABLES[config[CONF_PARTITIONS]])
         esp32.add_extra_build_file("partitions.csv", table)
+    if CONF_ELECROW_TOUCH_RESET in config:
+        conf = config[CONF_ELECROW_TOUCH_RESET]
+        reset = cg.new_Pvariable(conf[CONF_ID])
+        await cg.register_component(reset, conf)
+        await i2c.register_i2c_device(reset, conf)
+        cg.add_build_flag("-DESP_SCREENS_ELECROW_TOUCH_RESET=1")
diff --git a/components/smart_display/elecrow_touch_reset.h b/components/smart_display/elecrow_touch_reset.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..054c838
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/smart_display/elecrow_touch_reset.h
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+#pragma once
+// The GT911 of the Elecrow CrowPanel 7.0" V3.0 hangs on a PCA9557 I/O expander (I2C 0x18): IO0 is its reset, IO1 its
+// interrupt line, and it stays in reset until something drives them (firmware 0.2.82). This is Elecrow's own sequence
+// from their V3.0 ESPHome example, byte for byte: every expander pin an output and low (the reset held, the interrupt
+// line low so the chip takes address 0x5D), 20 ms, the reset released, 100 ms for the chip to come up, then the
+// interrupt line back to an input. It runs after the I2C bus is up and before the GT911 driver looks for the chip
+// (setup priority 700, between the bus's 1000 and the driver's 600), so the driver finds it at 0x5D. A V2.0 board
+// has no expander: the writes fail, the log says so, and the GT911 boots by its pull-up as before.
+//
+// Only the Elecrow's board file builds this (`smart_display: elecrow_touch_reset:`, which sets the flag), so the
+// header adds nothing to a CYD, which has no I2C at all.
+#if defined(ESP_SCREENS_ELECROW_TOUCH_RESET) && ESP_SCREENS_ELECROW_TOUCH_RESET
+#include "esphome/components/i2c/i2c.h"
+#include "esphome/core/component.h"
+#include "esphome/core/hal.h"
+#include "esphome/core/log.h"
+
+namespace elecrow {
+class TouchReset : public esphome::Component, public esphome::i2c::I2CDevice {
+ public:
+  float get_setup_priority() const override { return 700.0f; }
+  void setup() override {
+    auto write = [this](uint8_t reg, uint8_t value) {
+      const uint8_t data[2] = {reg, value};
+      return this->write(data, sizeof(data)) == esphome::i2c::ERROR_OK;
+    };
+    bool ok = write(0x03, 0x00);          // configuration: every pin an output
+    ok = write(0x01, 0x00) && ok;         // output: reset low, interrupt low (address 0x5D), the rest low
+    esphome::delay(20);
+    ok = write(0x01, 0x01) && ok;         // reset released, the interrupt line still low
+    esphome::delay(100);
+    ok = write(0x03, 0x02) && ok;         // the interrupt line an input again; the GT911 drives it from here
+    if (ok) {
+      ESP_LOGI("touch", "GT911 reset through the PCA9557 at 0x%02X", this->address_);
+    } else {
+      ESP_LOGW("touch", "No PCA9557 at 0x%02X: the GT911 was not reset (a V2.0 board boots it by its pull-up)", this->address_);
+    }
+  }
+};
+}  // namespace elecrow
+#endif
diff --git a/docs/ELECROW.md b/docs/ELECROW.md
index a75dba7..33743ef 100644
--- a/docs/ELECROW.md
+++ b/docs/ELECROW.md
@@ -41,12 +41,13 @@ suits a screen that stands further away.
 
 The GT911 is polled every 20 ms over I2C at 400 kHz. The **V3.0** has a PCA9557 I/O expander (I2C 0x18) on the
 GT911's reset (IO0) and interrupt (IO1) lines, and a unit tested here kept its GT911 in reset until something drove
-them (`touchscreen is marked FAILED: Calibration error` in the log, firmware 0.2.79 and 0.2.80). The board file
-(firmware 0.2.81) declares the expander as ESPHome's `pca9554` (the same register map) and hands the GT911 driver its
-reset and interrupt pins on it: the driver runs Elecrow's own sequence, reset low with the interrupt line low, reset
-high, then 56 ms, which also fixes the address at 0x5D. A V2.0 board without the expander boots its GT911 by the
-pull-up as before; the expander's setup fails there, harmlessly, and the driver tries 0x14 by itself when 0x5D does
-not answer, so no address override is ever needed.
+them (`touchscreen is marked FAILED: Calibration error` in the log, firmware 0.2.79 to 0.2.81; 0.2.81 tried ESPHome's
+own expander support, whose 2 ms reset pulse the chip ignored). `smart_display: elecrow_touch_reset` (firmware 0.2.82,
+`components/smart_display/elecrow_touch_reset.h`) runs the sequence of Elecrow's V3.0 ESPHome example before the
+driver looks for the chip: every expander pin an output and low (the reset held, the interrupt line low so the chip
+takes address 0x5D), 20 ms, the reset released, 100 ms, the interrupt line back to an input. The log says `GT911 reset
+through the PCA9557`. A V2.0 board without the expander boots its GT911 by the pull-up as before (the writes fail, the
+log says so), and the driver tries 0x14 by itself when 0x5D does not answer, so no address override is ever needed.
 
 The bus is scanned at boot. For a diagnosis, give the screen `logger: level: DEBUG` in its Override YAML (Screen
 settings → Override YAML) and read its log: the scan lists 0x18 (the expander) and 0x5D or 0x14 (the GT911), and the
diff --git a/packages/boards/elecrow-crowpanel7.yaml b/packages/boards/elecrow-crowpanel7.yaml
index eadb8f3..3bd9f96 100644
--- a/packages/boards/elecrow-crowpanel7.yaml
+++ b/packages/boards/elecrow-crowpanel7.yaml
@@ -383,6 +383,10 @@ psram:
 # CLOSE_CARDS_HOOK, MAY_OPEN_EXTRA, TICK_HOOK, AWAY_EXTRA and ALERT_SHOW_HOOK emptied) it is 1,754 KB, 86.4 %.
 smart_display:
   partitions: 4mb_wide_slots
+  # The GT911 out of reset through the V3.0's PCA9557 before the driver runs (elecrow_touch_reset.h, firmware 0.2.82).
+  elecrow_touch_reset:
+    i2c_id: touch_bus
+    address: 0x18
 
 # The icon fonts at 2 bits a pixel (four levels of edge smoothing instead of sixteen) where the text keeps its four:
 # the three sizes of the 314 tile icons are 312 KB at 4 bits, half that at 2. The text fonts are the sharper for it.
@@ -487,29 +491,21 @@ text_sensor:
     update_interval: 60s
     lambda: 'return {"elecrow"};'
 
-# Pinout of the CrowPanel 7.0" (DIS08070H, V2.0 and V3.0): Elecrow's wiki and the ESPHome devices page. The V3.0 has a
-# PCA9557 I/O expander at I2C 0x18 on the GT911's reset (IO0) and interrupt (IO1) lines, and the GT911 stays in reset
-# until something drives them (firmware 0.2.81: a unit whose touch never answered, "Calibration error" at setup). The
-# expander gets the same register map as the PCA9554 ESPHome knows, and the GT911 driver does Elecrow's own reset
-# through it: reset low with the interrupt line low (that picks address 0x5D), reset high, 56 ms. On a V2.0 without
-# the expander its setup fails, the GT911 boots by its pull-up as before, and the driver still finds it (it tries 0x14
-# by itself when 0x5D does not answer).
+# Pinout of the CrowPanel 7.0" (DIS08070H, V2.0 and V3.0): Elecrow's wiki and their V3.0 ESPHome example. The V3.0 has
+# a PCA9557 I/O expander at I2C 0x18 on the GT911's reset (IO0) and interrupt (IO1) lines, and the GT911 stays in
+# reset until something drives them: on a unit tested here the driver reported "Calibration error" at setup
+# (firmware 0.2.79 to 0.2.81, the last one through ESPHome's own expander support, whose 2 ms reset the chip ignored).
+# elecrow_touch_reset (below) runs Elecrow's own sequence before the driver looks for the chip; a V2.0 without the
+# expander boots its GT911 by the pull-up as before, and the driver tries 0x14 by itself when 0x5D does not answer.
 i2c:
   id: touch_bus
   sda: GPIO19
   scl: GPIO20
   frequency: 400kHz
-  # The scan logs what answers on the bus (0x18 the expander, 0x5D or 0x14 the GT911), with `logger: level: DEBUG` in
-  # a screen's Override YAML: which revision a screen is, and whether the bus is alive at all. It runs before the
-  # GT911's reset, so it upsets nothing.
+  # The scan logs what answers on the bus with `logger: level: DEBUG` in a screen's Override YAML: 0x18 is the
+  # expander; the GT911 is still in reset at that moment and shows up in the driver's own line instead.
   scan: true
 
-pca9554:
-  - id: touch_expander
-    i2c_id: touch_bus
-    address: 0x18
-    pin_count: 8
-
 output:
   - platform: ledc
     pin: GPIO2
@@ -533,12 +529,6 @@ touchscreen:
   i2c_id: touch_bus
   # The reset through the expander picks 0x5D; the driver tries 0x14 by itself when that does not answer.
   address: 0x5D
-  reset_pin:
-    pca9554: touch_expander
-    number: 0
-  interrupt_pin:
-    pca9554: touch_expander
-    number: 1
   display: my_display
   update_interval: 20ms
   transform:
diff --git a/packages/core.yaml b/packages/core.yaml
index eb2532e..c0021ce 100644
--- a/packages/core.yaml
+++ b/packages/core.yaml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 # fonts/materialdesignicons-webfont.ttf (Apache 2.0, github.com/Templarian/MaterialDesign-Webfont).
 ############################################################
 substitutions:
-  SCREEN_FIRMWARE_VERSION: "0.2.81"
+  SCREEN_FIRMWARE_VERSION: "0.2.82"
   DASHBOARD_INBOX_INTERNAL: "false"
   CALIBRATION_ON_BOOT: "false"                     # a bench build: start on the touch test page
   ROOM_NAME: ""                                    # top left until ESP Screens sends the screen name
diff --git a/screen_manager/CHANGELOG.md b/screen_manager/CHANGELOG.md
index fe8ab33..8826612 100644
--- a/screen_manager/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/screen_manager/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+## 0.2.96 (firmware 0.2.82)
+
+The Elecrow's touch chip reset the way Elecrow does it.
+
+- **Elecrow CrowPanel 7.0" V3.0: Elecrow's own reset sequence.** Firmware 0.2.81 reset the GT911 through ESPHome's expander support, a 2 ms pulse the chip ignored on the unit tested (its log still said `Calibration error`, with the PCA9557 answering at 0x18). The board file now runs the sequence of Elecrow's V3.0 ESPHome example, byte for byte, before the touch driver looks for the chip: every expander pin an output and low, 20 ms, the reset released, 100 ms, the interrupt line back to an input (`smart_display: elecrow_touch_reset`, components/smart_display/elecrow_touch_reset.h). The log says `GT911 reset through the PCA9557`, or that no expander answered (a V2.0 board, which boots its GT911 by the pull-up).
+- Needs firmware 0.2.82 on an Elecrow: press **Update** on the screen. Elecrow firmware: 1,866,128 bytes, 91.9 % of its update slot.
+
 ## 0.2.95 (firmware 0.2.81)
 
 The Elecrow's touch chip brought out of reset.
diff --git a/screen_manager/app/core.py b/screen_manager/app/core.py
index 5790e92..97a3522 100644
--- a/screen_manager/app/core.py
+++ b/screen_manager/app/core.py
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ REFS = {'cyd': 'main', 'guition': 'main', 'elecrow': 'main'}
 # is the small one. The Elecrow CrowPanel 7.0" (app 0.2.93) is the Guition's kind at 800x480, without the Rotation.
 LARGE_BOARDS = ('guition', 'elecrow')
 # Firmware shipped with this app release; screens below it get an update offer.
-FIRMWARE_VERSION = '0.2.81'
+FIRMWARE_VERSION = '0.2.82'
 # The Auto standby switch a screen offers Home Assistant automations.
 AUTO_STANDBY_MIN_FIRMWARE = '0.2.41'
 # The settings page the screen opens itself, and the screen.settings tile that opens it.
diff --git a/screen_manager/config.yaml b/screen_manager/config.yaml
index 43c91f8..915eea6 100644
--- a/screen_manager/config.yaml
+++ b/screen_manager/config.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: ESP Screen Manager
-version: "0.2.95"
+version: "0.2.96"
 slug: esp_screen_manager
 description: Choose tiles for your CYD and Guition touchscreen, without reflashing.
 url: https://gittea.trippedonmy.name/Xandrossian/homeassistant_espscreen
diff --git a/tests/test_elecrow.py b/tests/test_elecrow.py
index c527f06..d35b1a4 100644
--- a/tests/test_elecrow.py
+++ b/tests/test_elecrow.py
@@ -57,10 +57,15 @@ class BoardFile(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertIn('pin: GPIO2', TEXT)
         # The USB pins are the touch I2C: the header that frees them.
         self.assertIn('<esphome/components/smart_display/elecrow_usb_phy.h>', TEXT)
-        # The V3.0's PCA9557 (as ESPHome's pca9554, the same registers) brings the GT911 out of reset (firmware 0.2.81).
-        self.assertIn('address: 0x18', TEXT)
-        for pin, number in (('reset_pin', 0), ('interrupt_pin', 1)):
-            self.assertIn(f'  {pin}:\n    pca9554: touch_expander\n    number: {number}', TEXT)
+        # The V3.0's PCA9557 brings the GT911 out of reset before the driver runs (firmware 0.2.82).
+        self.assertIn('  elecrow_touch_reset:\n    i2c_id: touch_bus\n    address: 0x18', TEXT)
+        code = '\n'.join(line for line in TEXT.split('\n') if not line.lstrip().startswith('#'))
+        self.assertNotIn('reset_pin', code)
+        self.assertNotIn('interrupt_pin', code)
+        header = (ROOT / 'components/smart_display/elecrow_touch_reset.h').read_text()
+        for step in ('write(0x03, 0x00)', 'write(0x01, 0x00)', 'delay(20)', 'write(0x01, 0x01)', 'delay(100)', 'write(0x03, 0x02)'):
+            self.assertIn(step, header)
+        self.assertIn('return 700.0f', header)
         self.assertIn('assertion_level: SILENT', TEXT)
 
     def test_the_flash_fits_by_three_measures(self):