5inch LCD for Pi

5inch LCD for Pi 800x480, 5inch IPS Display for Raspberry Pi, DPI interface, no Touch

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Introduction

800x480, 5inch IPS Display for Raspberry Pi, DPI interface, no Touch

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Features

• 800x480 high resolution
• Compatible with Raspberry Pi 2B/3B/Zero/Zero W
• The TFT LCD is directly driven by Raspberry Pi DPI interface, refresh rate up to 60Hz
• Supports Raspbian, Ubuntu, OSMC, etc.
• Back light control to lower power consumption
• Compact size, suit for various projects

How to use

Hardware connection

• 1. Connect the RGB LCD HAT to the JP1 socket on RGB 50P TO 40/50P adapter with an FFC cable (white).
• 2. Connect the FPC cable (golden) on LCD to the JP3 socket on RGB 50P TO 40/50P adapter.

Note: please first unlock the ZIF connector then gently remove/insert the cable. As shown below

Software settings

• 1. Write the Raspbian, Ubuntu Mate, or OSMC system image to your micro SD card. You can download the images from Raspberry Pi web site https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/
• 2. Edit the /boot/config.txt file in the SD card and append the following lines:

dtoverlay=dpi24
enable_dpi_lcd=1
display_default_lcd=1
dpi_group=2
dpi_mode=87
dpi_output_format=0x6f005
hdmi_timings=800 0 40 48 88 480 0 13 3 32 0 0 0 60 0 32000000 6

Note:

• You must make sure that there are no spaces on either side of the equal sign.
• If your system is installed from NOOBS, you have to connect your Pi to another monitor and hold down the shift key while system booting to edit the config file.

• 3. Save the file and insert the SD card into your Pi.
• 4. Turn on the backlight switch.
• 5. Power up and the LCD will display in most cases.

Resources

Documentation

• RGB LCD HAT Schematic
• Flat cable connector Schematic

Software

• Panasonic SDFormatter
• Win32DiskImager
• PuTTY

General Tutorial Series

• Raspberry Pi Tutorial Series

Support

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