7inch HDMI LCD (B)

From Waveshare Wiki
Revision as of 07:52, 27 July 2020 by Eng35 (talk | contribs) (→‎FAQ)
Jump to: navigation, search
7inch HDMI LCD (B)
7inch HDMI LCD (B)
7inch HDMI LCD (B)(with bicolor case)

{{{name2}}}

{{{name3}}}

{{{name4}}}

{{{name5}}}

Introduction

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

More

Features

  • 800×480 hardware resolution.
  • Capacitive touch control.
  • Using with Raspberry Pi, it supports Raspbian / Ubuntu / Kali / Retropie and WIN10 IoT, no need to install any drivers.
  • Using as a computer monitor, it supports Windows 10 / 8.1 / 8 / 7, five-point touch, no need to install any drivers.
  • Support backlight control, more power saving.

Working with PC

This LCD can support Windows 7/8 / 8.1 / 10 system.

How to use:

1) Turn on the backlight switch on the back of the LCD.

2) Connect the Touch interface of the LCD to the USB interface of the PC. Wait for a while, the windows will automatically recognize the touch function.

3) Connect the HDMI interface of the LCD to the HDMI interface of the PC.

Note: 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, so we recommended to set this LCD as the main display.

Calibration touch on Win 10 PC

Take the windows10 system as an example:

  • 1. Enter the Windows settings of the system, type in the search bar and click "Calibrate the screen for pen or touch input" (as shown in the picture below).

Win10 touch011.png

Win10 touch02.png
  • 2. Click "Setup" in the pop-up "Tablet PC Settings" interface:


  • 3. The following text prompt will appear on the screen. Please tap the touch screen with your finger, and the computer will recognize it as a touch screen.

【Note】If the touch screen is blank, press the "Enter" key, and the text prompt will switch to the touch screen. (The screen which displays the text prompt will be used as a touch screen!)

Win10 touch03.png

Working with Raspberry Pi

This LCD can support Raspbian / Ubuntu / Kali / Retropie and WIN10 IoT systems. When the LCD works on systems such as Raspberry Pi, the resolution must be set manually, otherwise, it will cause abnormal display. There is no such problem when the LCD works on the PC version of Windows.

Please download the latest version of the image on the Raspberry Pi official website.

1) Download the compressed file to the PC, and unzip it to get the .img file.

2) Connect the TF card to the PC, use SDFormatter.exe software to format the TF card.

3) Open the Win32DiskImager.exe software, select the system image downloaded in step 1, and click‘Write’ to write the system image.

4) After the image has finished writing, open the config.txt file in the root directory of the TF card, add the following code at the end of config.txt, then save and quit the TF card safely.

max_usb_current=1
hdmi_group=2
hdmi_mode=87
hdmi_cvt 1024 600 60 6 0 0 0
hdmi_drive=1

5) Insert the TF card into the Raspberry Pi

6) Turn on the backlight switch on the back of the LCD.

7) Connect the Touch interface of the LCD to the USB interface of the Raspberry Pi.

8) Connect the HDMI interface of the LCD to the HDMI interface of the Raspberry Pi, power on the Raspberry Pi, and wait for a few seconds until the LCD displays normally.

(Touch input working well means that the LED firmware is Rev2.1. If the LCD firmware is 1.1, see #About LCD revision)

Note: Resolution of Ubuntu Mate OS or Windows 10 IoT Core OS can also be set properly by editing config.txt.


Resources

Backlight Control

Note: We don't recommend you do any hardware modification, which may damage LCD if you are not good at it. So be careful when you following this manual

3D Drawings

LCD Panel Dimension

External guides

FAQ

 Answer:
  • Make sure that the HDMI interface of the PC can output normally.
  • The PC only connects to this LCD as a monitor without others.
  • You should connect the touch cable first and then the HDMI cable.
  • Some PCs need to be restarted to make the 7inch HDMI LCD display normally.
{{{3}}}
{{{4}}}

{{{5}}}


 Answer:
  • Edit the config.txt and add this line at the end of the config.txt file:
hdmi_drive=1
{{{3}}}
{{{4}}}

{{{5}}}


 Answer:
You can try to compile the universal touch driver "hid-multitouch" into the kernel, which generally can make the touch function work.
{{{3}}}
{{{4}}}

{{{5}}}


 Answer:
Using 5V power supply, the working current of turning on the backlight is about 490mA, and the working current of turning off the backlight is about 90mA.
{{{3}}}
{{{4}}}

{{{5}}}


Anti-Piracy

Since the first-generation Raspberry Pi released, Waveshare has been working on designing, developing, and producing various fantastic touch LCDs for the Pi. Unfortunately, there are quite a few pirated/knock-off products in the market. They're usually some poor copies of our early hardware revisions, and comes with none support service.

To avoid becoming a victim of pirated products, please pay attention to the following features when purchasing:

RPi-LCD-Anti-Piracy.jpg

(Click to enlarge)

Beware of knock-offs

Please note that we've found some poor copies of this item in the market. They are usually made of inferior materials and shipped without any testing.

You might be wondering if the one you're watching or you've purchased in other non-official stores is original, feel free to contact us.

Support