Feature

8-inch IPS capacitive touch screen with a hardware resolution of 1280 x 800
Adopts optical bonding technique, clearer imaging
Support 10-point capacitive touch control, tempered glass touch panel with 6H hardness
Drive LCD directly through Raspberry Pi's DSI interface with a refresh rate of up to 60Hz
When working with Raspberry Pi, the Raspberry Pi OS system driver is provided
Support Pi 4B/3B+/3A+, CM3+/4 should work with DSI cable
Support backlight adjusted by software

Hardware Connection

Working with Pi4B/3B+/3B/3A+

1. Connect the DSI interface of the LCD to the DSI interface of the Raspberry Pi board.
2. The Raspberry Pi is installed on the display board with the back facing down, and the 5V power supply and I2C communication are connected through the 4PIN.
Installation effect as shown below:

Working with Pi5/CM4/CM3+/CM3

1. Use the "DSI-Cable-12cm" ribbon cable to connect the LCD screen's DSI interface to the Raspberry Pi's 22PIN DSI1 interface.
2. Install the Raspberry Pi with its back facing downwards onto the display board, and connect it to the 5V power supply and I2C communication via the 4-pin header.
Installation effect as shown below:

Software Setting

For Bookworm and Bullseye System

1. Insert the TF card into the PC, download it, and use Raspberry Pi Imager to program the corresponding image.

2. After programming the image, open the "config.txt" file located in the root directory of the TF card. Add the following code at the end of config.txt, save the file, and safely eject the TF card.

Note: As Pi 5/CM4/CM3+/CM3 has two MIPI DSI interfaces, please ensure to use the correct DSI interface and command. DSI1 is recommended by default.

dtoverlay=vc4-kms-v3d
#DSI1 Use
dtoverlay=vc4-kms-dsi-waveshare-panel,8_0_inch
#DSI0 Use
#dtoverlay=vc4-kms-dsi-waveshare-panel,8_0_inch,dsi0

3. Insert the TF card into the Raspberry Pi, power on the Raspberry Pi, and wait for a few seconds. After the system boots up, you should be able to enter the display interface and the LCD should touch normally.

For Buster System

Method 1: Install Manually

1. Download the image of the newest version Raspberry Pi, download the compressed file to the PC, and extract the .img file.
2. Connect TF card to PC, use SDFormatter to format TF card.
3. Open Win32DiskImager software, select the system image prepared in step 1 and click write to burn the system image.
4. After the programming is completed, connect the TF card to the Raspberry Pi, start the Raspberry Pi, and log in to the terminal of the Raspberry Pi (you can connect the Raspberry Pi to an HDMI display or log in remotely with ssh).

#Step 1: Download and enter the Waveshare-DSI-LCD driver folder
git clone https://github.com/waveshare/Waveshare-DSI-LCD
cd Waveshare-DSI-LCD
 
#Step 2: Enter "uname --all" in the terminal to view the kernel version and "cd" to the corresponding file directory
#6.1.21 then run the following command
cd 6.1.21
 
#Step 3: Please check the bits of your system, enter the 32 directory for 32-bit systems, and enter the 64 directory for 64-bit systems
cd 32
#cd 64
 
#Step 4: Enter your corresponding model command to install the driver, pay attention to the selection of the I2C DIP switch
#8inch DSI LCD (C) 1280×800 driver:
sudo bash ./WS_xinchDSI_MAIN.sh 80C I2C0
 
#Step 5: Wait for a few seconds, when the driver installation is complete and no error is prompted, restart and load the DSI driver and it can be used normally
sudo reboot

Note: The above steps need to ensure that the Raspberry Pi can be connected to the Internet normally.
5. Wait for the system to restart, it will be able to display and touch normally.

Method 2: Program Pre-installed Image

1. Select your corresponding Raspberry Pi version image, download and decompress it as ".img" file.
Raspberry Pi 4B/CM4 version download: Waveshare DSI LCD - Pi4 pre-install image
Raspberry Pi 3B/3B+/CM3 version download: Waveshare DSI LCD - Pi3 pre-install image
2. Connect the TF card to the PC and use SDFormatter to format the TF card.
3. Open Win32DiskImager software, choose the system image prepared in the first step, and then click "write" to write the system image.
4. After the programming is finished, open the config.txt file in the root directory of the TF card, add the following code under [all], save and eject the TF card safely.

dtoverlay=WS_xinchDSI_Screen,SCREEN_type=8,I2C_bus=10
dtoverlay=WS_xinchDSI_Touch,invertedx,swappedxy,I2C_bus=10

5. Connect the TF card to the Raspberry Pi, and start the Raspberry Pi, wait for about 30 seconds to display and touch normally.

Buster System Notices

1. Update the system and run the following commands:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get full-upgrade

Note: After updating the system, some diver files installed before may be covered, and you need to install the driver again so that it can display normally.
2. Replace the main board.
If the driver installed was for the Raspberry Pi 4 Model B and the user decides to change the mainboard, for example, to the Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+, it may result in the display screen not showing properly.
This is because the Pi 4 and Pi 3 require loading different driver files. To ensure proper display functionality on the new mainboard, the user needs to reinstall the drivers according to the instructions #For Buster System.

Backlight Control

WaveShare provides the corresponding demo for the application (only supports Bookworm and Bullseye systems). Users can install it by the following commands:

wget https://files.waveshare.com/upload/f/f4/Brightness.zip
unzip Brightness.zip
cd Brightness
sudo chmod +x install.sh
./install.sh

After installation, you can open it: Menu -》Accessories -》Brightness:

In addition, you can also input the following commands to control the backlight brightness:

echo X | sudo tee /sys/class/backlight/*/brightness

Where X indicates any number from 0 to 255. 0 means the backlight is the darkest, and 255 means the backlight is the brightest. For example:

echo 100 | sudo tee /sys/class/backlight/*/brightness
echo 0 | sudo tee /sys/class/backlight/*/brightness
echo 255 | sudo tee /sys/class/backlight/*/brightness

Sleep Mode

Run the following commands on the Raspberry Pi, and the screen can enter the sleep mode:

xset dpms force off

Disable Touching

At the end of the config.txt file, add the following commands corresponding to disabling touch (the config file is located in the root directory of the TF card, and can also be accessed through the command: sudo nano /boot/config.txt):

disable_touchscreen=1

Note: After adding the command, it needs to be restarted to take effect.

Document

3D Drawing

8inch DSI LCD (C) 3D Drawing

Pre-installed image

8inch DSI LCD (C) Pre-installed image

FAQ

Question:What's the power consumption of 8inch DSI LCD (C)?

Answer:

Using a 5V power supply, the working current of the backlight is about 520mA, and the working current of the backlight is about 150mA.

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Question:How to replace the logo image of Raspberry Pi Booting?