Waveshare 7inch Capacitive Touch Screen LCD with Bicolor Case Compatible with Raspberry Pi

Price: $59.99
(as of May 21,2023 12:37:46 UTC – Details)

Introduction

The Waveshare 7inch Capacitive Touch Screen LCD has an HDMI interface with a resolution of 800×480 and a capacitive touch panel. It supports Raspberry Pi and can also be used as a computer monitor.

Features

• 800×480 hardware resolution
• 5-points capacitive touch control
• Supports Raspberry Pi OS/Ubuntu/Kali and Retropie when used with Raspberry Pi
• Supports Windows 11/10/8.1/8/7 when used as a computer monitor
• Backlight control for power saving

Working with a PC

This LCD can support Windows 7/8/8.1/10/11 system. To use it, turn on the backlight switch on the back of the LCD. Then connect the touch interface of the LCD to the USB interface of the PC. After waiting for a while, Windows will automatically recognize the touch function. Next, connect the HDMI interface of the LCD to the HDMI interface of the PC.

Note: 1) When the computer is connected to several different displays at the same time, only this LCD can be used to control the cursor on the main display. Therefore, it’s recommended to set this LCD as the main display. 2) Some PCs do not support plug-and-play with HDMI devices. Generally, they can be used normally after restarting the system. 3) Some PCs may cause LCD flickering due to insufficient power supply through the USB interface. Generally, they can be used normally after connecting to an external 5V/2A power supply through the DC interface.

Working with Raspberry Pi

This LCD can support Raspberry Pi OS / Ubuntu / Kali and Retropie systems. When the LCD works on systems such as Raspberry Pi OS, the resolution must be set manually, otherwise, it will cause an abnormal display.

To use it with Raspberry Pi, download the latest version of the image on the Raspberry Pi official website. Then, download the compressed file to the PC, and unzip it to get the .img file. Connect the TF card to the PC, use SDFormatter software to format the TF card. Open the Win32DiskImager software, select the system image downloaded, and click‘Write’ to write the system image. After the image has finished writing, open the config.txt file in the root directory of the TF card, add the code, save and quit the TF card safely. Insert the TF card into the Raspberry Pi. Turn on the backlight switch on the back of the LCD. Connect the touch interface of the LCD to the USB interface of the Raspberry Pi, then connect the HDMI interface of the LCD to the HDMI interface of the Raspberry Pi, power