With this official display from the Raspberry Pi Foundation you have a nice extension of your Raspberry Pi. The possibilities? How about a Raspberry Pi tablet, or installing a screen in your car as an alternative infotainment system... Or make your own energy monitor, or access point to your home automation set... Plenty of options!
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The latest drivers support an on-screen keyboard, so with this display there is no need to plug in a mouse/keyboard.
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The mounting brackets on the back of the screen make it possible to attach the Raspberry Pi to it.
The connection manual can be found here.
There are 3 connection options for the power:
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Via a separate adapter (minimum 500 mA)
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Via the supplied jumper cables (so only 1 power supply is needed)
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Via a special USB cable (Power supply on adapter board, the Raspberry gets power from this cable)
Please note: For the use with a Raspberry Pi 5, the Pi5-display-cable is needed for a proper connection.
Technical Specification:
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7" Touchscreen Display.
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Screen Dimensions: 194mm x 110mm x 20mm (including stand-offs)
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Viewable screen size: 155mm x 86mm
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Screen Resolution 800 x 480 pixels
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10 finger capacitive touch.
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Connects to the Raspberry Pi board using a ribbon cable connected to the DSI port.
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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.
Please Note - it requires the latest version of Raspbian OS to operate correctly.