800x480 TFT Raspberry Pi DSI Touchscreen

Introduction

This is a 7" Raspberry Pi LCD touchscreen with 800*480 resolution and 154.8x85.92mm display area. The product supports Raspberry Pi DSI display interface and comes with a capacitive touch panel on its screen and supports 5 touch points. The special holes design on the back of the screen is convenient to directly install the Raspberry Pi in the product. There is no need to provide external power for the touchscreen as the Raspberry Pi power supply is adopted. In addition, the screen supports hardware backlight adjustment. The function can be realized by turning the potentiometer on the back of the display.

Features

  • Capacitive Touchscreen, Support 5 TouchPoints.
  • Raspberry DSI Direct Driver
  • Compatible with Raspberry Pi 5/4B/3B+/3B

Specification

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  • Operating Voltage: 3.3V (Supplied by Raspberry Pi display interface)
  • The Maximum Operating Current: 450mA
  • Resolution: 800*480
  • Video Interface: Raspberry Pi DSI
  • Number of Touch Points: 5
  • Viewing Angle: 60°/70°/70°/70°
  • RGB888-16 Mega True Color
  • Refresh Frequency: 60Hz
  • Luminous Efficiency: 280 cd/m2
  • Operating Temperature: -20℃~70℃
  • Dimension: 165mm×100mm / 6.50" × 3.94"
  • Mounting Hole Size: M2.5
  • Outside Mounting Hole Position: 155mm × 80mm/ 6.10" × 3.15"
  • Inside Mounting Hole Position: 58mm x 49mm/ 2.28" x 1.93"

Board Overview

The back of the 7" touchscreen

  • DISPLAY interface can be connected to Raspberry Pi’s DISPLAY interface via FPC wiring.
  • The Touchscreen’s brightness can be adjusted via a potentiometer.

Tutorial

Step 1. Insert an SD card that with a Raspberry Pi system into Raspberry PI.

Insert SD card

Step 2. Connect display interface of the 7" touchscreen to that of Raspberry Pi via a provided FPC wiring.

Connection Raspberry Pi 4B/3B+/3B

Connect DISPLAY interface

Connection Raspberry Pi 5

Step 3. Connect Raspberry Pi to the power supply, and then you can use the touchscreen.

Dimension Diagram

5" touchscreen dimension diagram, click to enlarge

FAQ

  • Q: The sensitivity and response of the touchscreen is not so good after it is connected to Raspberry Pi. How to solve it?

  • A: Please check Raspberry Pi’s power. The current of the touchscreen should be at least 1.5A during its work.

  • B: Please check the resolution configuration. Refer to Raspberry Pi tutorial for details.

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More Documents

-[DFR0678]Schematics & Layout.pdf