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The official 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 a physical keyboard or mouse.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)Perspex layer frame in your choice of colour!* Compatible with Raspberry Pi 3 and Pi 4 only. Not compatible with Pi 400. *

The Raspberry Pi Foundation wanted to make sure you have the perfect display screen. And here it is. Offering a number of possibilities, you can use the Raspberry Pi 7” touchscreen as a visual display screen or a simple input device. Easy to set up, you’ll be creating IoT projects in no time all thanks to the 800 x 480 pixel resolution, 24-bit RGB colour and 60 fps. All of this with no electronic interference – grab your Raspberry Pi 7″ touch screen today.

The 7” Touch screen 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 Boards.

Note: The capacitive touch function does NOT work with the latest Raspberry Pi OS - Bullseye (release date: 30th October 2021). You can revert back to Raspberry Pi OS Buster following this tutorial.

This is the official 7” Touchscreen Display for Raspberry Pi from Raspberry Pi Foundation. It gives users the ability to create all-in-one, integrated projects such as tablets, infotainment systems, and embedded projects!

NEW RASPBERRY PI GOODIES! Today the Foundation has just released a brand new product: their very own official Raspberry Pi 7" Touchscreen DSI Display. Featuring a resolution of 800x480 pixels, 10 point capacitive touch as well as a low $60 price point, the display promises a lot... But how does it actually fare?

The 800x480 display connects via an adapter board that 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 a physical keyboard or mouse. If you like to keep it in a nice casing, check this Premium Case for this Screen.

Make your own Internet of Things 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.

Note: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 designs (A+, B+, Pi 2, and Pi 3).

Raspberry Pi OS provides touchscreen drivers with support for ten-finger touch and an on-screen keyboard, giving you full functionality without the need to connect a keyboard or mouse.

The 800 x 480 display connects to Raspberry Pi via an adapter board that handles power and signal conversion. Only two connections to your Raspberry Pi are required: power from the GPIO port, and a ribbon cable that connects to the DSI port on all Raspberry Pi computers except for the Raspberry Pi Zero line.

Normally I use an external monitor for my Raspberry Pi projects. But this is rather bulky, and for a home automation project I want to have something smaller.

There are several display solutions on the market for Raspberry Pi today, but what finally convinced me was the Raspberry 7″ Touch Pi Foundation Display (https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/the-eagerly-awaited-raspberry-pi-display/) which I have ordered.

The Raspberry board gets mounted on top of the LCD board. There are multiple power options for the display, for now I’m using the 5V and GND from the Raspberry board:

With above setup, the Raspberry Pi uses the touch LCD as the default display. But sometimes it is good to have a larger screen. To switch back to the HDMI port by default, I need to edit the following line in /boot/config.txt:

Currently it seems that it is only possible to use a second monitor e.g. to play videos, see “Dual Display Usage” in https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/the-eagerly-awaited-raspberry-pi-display/. I have not found a way to have run two displays in true ‘extended’ mode. The latest information I have found on this topic is here: https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=108&t=120541

The 7″ Raspberry Pi foundation touch LCD is a cool extension for the Raspi, turning it into a kind of tablet computer. With the display frame and stand I can have it on my desk and do not need an extra keyboard, mouse and display. Using the Raspy with the touch display works well for larger UI item (buttons, menus), but is hard to use for smaller UI items like to minimize windows. For this, a wireless USB mouse or touch area is better. The virtual keyboard is better than nothing, but again for typing text a real keyboard is better.

I’m not so happy with the ‘bare’ Pi board on the backside of the LCD frame. I wanted to use the acrylic case (see picture at the beginning of this post), but the mounting screws were not long enough, so I first need to buy new mounting screws.

Anyway, I want to use the display to show information and to implement a home automation system. For this, it could be an ideal solution. More to write about that project I guess in a future post