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Raspberry Pi 7” Touchscreen Display

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Raspberry Pi 7” Touchscreen Display

Buy Here  Display Installation Guide

Install Virtual Keyboard* Other Pi Accessories  image

The 7” Touchscreen Monitor for Raspberry Pi gives users the ability to create all-in-one, integrated projects such as tablets, infotainment systems and embedded projects. The 800 x 480 display connects via an adapter board which handles power and signal conversion. Only two connections to the Pi are required; power from the Pi’s GPIO port and a ribbon cable that connects to the DSI port present on all Raspberry Pi’s.  Touchscreen drivers with support for 10-finger touch and an on-screen keyboard will be integrated into the latest Raspbian OS for full functionality without the need for a physical keyboard or mouse.

*Note: Your NEW Rasp Pi 7.0 needs you to Add a Virtual Keyboard….

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Technical Specification:

image  7” Touchscreen Display

image  Screen Dimensions: 194mm x 110mm x 20mm (including standoffs)

image  Viewable screen size: 155mm x 86mm

image  Screen Resolution 800 x 480 pixels

image  10 finger capacitive touch

image  Connects to the Raspberry Pi board using a ribbon cable connected to the DSI port

image  Adapter board is used to power the display and convert the parallel signals from the display to the serial (DSI) port on the Raspberry Pi

image  Will require the latest version of Raspbian OS to operate correctly

 

Features and Benefits

image  Turn your Raspberry Pi into a touch screen tablet, infotainment system, or standalone device.

image  Truly Interactive - the latest software drivers will support a virtual ‘on screen’ keyboard, so there is no need to plug in a keyboard and mouse.

image  Make your own ‘Internet of Things’ (IoT) devices including a visual display. Simply connect your Raspberry Pi, develop a Python script to interact with the display, and you’re ready to create your own home automation devices with touch screen capability.

image  A range of educational software and programs available on the Raspberry Pi will be touch enabled, making learning and programming easier on the Raspberry Pi.

Kit Contents

image  7” Touchscreen Display

image  Adapter Board

image  DSI Ribbon cable

image  4 x stand-offs and screws (used to mount the adapter board and Raspberry Pi board to the back of the display

image  4 x jumper wires (used to connect the power from the Adapter Board and the GPIO pins on the Pi so the 2Amp power is shared across both units)

NOTE: THE RASPBERRY PI AND POWER SUPPLY ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THIS KIT AND ARE SOLD SEPARATELY.
Compatible With:

Raspberry Pi 3 Model B

Raspberry Pi 2 Model B

Raspberry Pi Model B+

Raspberry Pi Model A+

 The display will technically work with the Model A and Model B boards (connecting it to the DSI port on the Pi board), however the mounting holes on the back of the display will only line up with the newer board design (A+, B+, Pi 2 and Pi 3).

 

How to Install the Matchbox-Keyboard for your Pi

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1. Connect a physical keyboard to the Raspberry Pi (or SSH into it if that’s your thing.)

2. Connect to the internet via WiFi or Ethernet.

3. Open the terminal.

4. Type sudo apt-get install matchbox-keyboard

5. Let the program download & install (takes 30s-1min depending on your connection.)

6. Exit the terminal & reboot your Pi.

7. The keyboard can be found by clicking the Menu -> Accessories -> Keyboard.

 

Operating System Support

In order to be sure you’re running the latest version of Raspbian, connect your Raspberry Pi to the Internet and then open LX Terminal.  Type ‘sudo apt-get update’ to download the latest version of the OS.  Once that’s complete, type ‘sudo apt-get upgrade’ to apply the download to your Raspberry Pi.  That way you’ll have all of the latest drivers and software needed to support the touch screen display.

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  • Hi,

     

     

    just received brand new official 7" touchscreen which is a very welcome addition to the Raspberry lineup.

     

     

    I've assembled everything as per the guide, downloaded the latest NOOBS, installed it onto a SD card, booted into Raspbian, updated and upgraded everything and the screen is now up and running.

     

     

    I have however noticed a few major problems:

    - The graphics in GUI and also console text during boot/use are not using the whole active display area. I don't mean the black bezel around (obviously), but it just seems there's about 1cm border area of the actual active display area which is not used. Compared to the videos of the actual display in use in tutorials, this doesn't seem to be the case for others.

    - This reduced screen size seems to be also confirmed by the actual detected display size in GUI - showing 752x448 pixels, instead of the official 800x480 pixels

    - The touch (probably as a result) is severely out of calibration - the mouse cursor shows further right the closer I am to the left edge of the screen and further left the closer I am to the right edge.

    - I also don't see the bottom of the screen in GUI

    - The reboot shows just random garbage on the screen, rather than a logo or anything meaningful. I am not sure if it's just intentional (or not possible to change), but it just looks odd until the console starts showing boot messages.

     

     

    Any ideas?

     

     

    D.

  • in reply to phantomski

    The reduced screen size is because Overscan settings are enabled.  you can either comment out the settings in /boot/config.txt or just run raspi-config and select the advanced options then Overscan , Disable.

    I think that during reboot the display is just not being driven and receiving spurious signals till the driver kicks in.

     

    Brian

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  • in reply to phantomski

    The reduced screen size is because Overscan settings are enabled.  you can either comment out the settings in /boot/config.txt or just run raspi-config and select the advanced options then Overscan , Disable.

    I think that during reboot the display is just not being driven and receiving spurious signals till the driver kicks in.

     

    Brian

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