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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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  • shabaz
    shabaz over 6 years ago in reply to idometeor +3
    Jason Does Meteor wrote: As mentioned, I tried that. Actually you didn't, you stated: I have tried everything and I cannot get the display to rotate in Raspbian. I have written many X configuration files…
  • softweyr
    softweyr over 7 years ago in reply to ejohnfel +2
    Yeah, this is not a bad price for a 7" display, plus you get the touchscreen, integrated keyboard, etc. And tomorrow is my birthday!
  • bwelsby
    bwelsby over 7 years ago in reply to phantomski +2
    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…
  • gpolder
    gpolder 9 months ago in reply to Bradiss69

    Yes it is, I have it nicely running on a Pi 4.

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  • Bradiss69
    Bradiss69 9 months ago

    I see this was created in 2015.  I have a pi 4.  Is the screen compatible with the most recent R.Pi?

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  • MusicalCoder
    MusicalCoder 10 months ago

    Would this display work on other SoC boards (ODroid, BeagleBone, Pine64, etc) using a Linux ARM distro (using Python / PyGame to actually handle the display)?

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  • Merlzz
    Merlzz over 1 year ago

    I bought the screen for a Pi 4B, not listed as compatible though? 

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  • cstanton
    cstanton over 2 years ago in reply to gpolder

    Yes I suspect so.

    I believe it can communicate location over direct i2c pins as opposed to the ribbon cable, have you tried or been able to change which communication cabling it uses? May make no difference. Else it does sound like some problem with the digitiser.

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  • gpolder
    gpolder over 2 years ago in reply to cstanton

    cstanton  wrote:

     

    Have you looked into xinput calibrator? xinput_calibrator(1) - Linux man page (die.net)

    yes I did, but that failed, pressing the cross marks are not detected, this makes me think that I have a hardware problem.

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  • cstanton
    cstanton over 2 years ago in reply to gpolder

    Have you looked into xinput calibrator? xinput_calibrator(1) - Linux man page (die.net)

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  • gpolder
    gpolder over 2 years ago

    I‘m using this screen already quite some years. Currently I have it connected to a pi 4.

    Unfortunately the touch interface doesn’t work as expected anymore.

    The upper quarter and lower quarter doesn’t respond, while the middle part works just fine.

    I have the impression that it is a hardware problem. I checked the connector, which looks fine.

    Any idea, or someone with the same problem?

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  • cstanton
    cstanton over 2 years ago in reply to joshdavidson613

    You'll have to get in touch with the online store technical support.

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  • joshdavidson613
    joshdavidson613 over 2 years ago

    Hi,

     

    I order 3 of these monitors over the last 3 months and all of them were in 1024x600 resolution, not the 800x480 that is shown in the spec sheet and on the box. I am not complaining, but I need confirmation that this is the new native resolution on these monitors and that 800x480 is no longer the native resolution going forward. I am putting these touchscreens in an industrial product and must have consistent specs on all of the components.

     

    Can somebody please confirm the above.

     

    Thanks.

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