Raspberry Pi 7” Touchscreen Display

Install Virtual Keyboard* Other Pi Accessories

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:

7” Touchscreen Display

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

Viewable screen size: 155mm x 86mm

Screen Resolution 800 x 480 pixels

10 finger capacitive touch

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

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

Will require the latest version of Raspbian OS to operate correctly

Features and Benefits

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

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.

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.

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

7” Touchscreen Display

Adapter Board

DSI Ribbon cable

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

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

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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Top Comments

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 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 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 over 1 year ago

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