CM4-DISP-BASE-2.8A
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Overview
This product is a specially designed 2.8-inch CM4 touch screen expansion board for Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4. CM4-DISP-BASE-2.8A is a baseboard that can be used with Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4, using 5V/ 2.5A USB Type Powered by the C interface, it can be directly connected to the CM4 core board, equipped with a 2.8-inch IPS display, which can meet the operation of various versions of CM4, and supports camera and video output.
Notices
1: The display uses the DPI interface instead of the HDMI interface.
2: Please use a 5V/4A or higher power adapter.
Dimensions
Touch Screen Expansion Board
| Label | Name | Description | |
| 1 | CM4 Connector | Applies to all versions of Compute Module 4 | |
| 2 | CAM Interface | 22PIN MIPI CSI Camera Interface | |
| 3 | Power supply/burning interface | 5V/2.5A power supply, can also be used as eMMC programming interface | |
| 4 | USB 2.0 interface | USB 2.0 interface, support various USB devices to be inserted | |
| 5 | HDMI1 port | Micro HDMI port, support 4K 30fps output | |
| 6 | BOOT | ON: CM4 USB Type C boot boot OFF: eMMC or SD card boot boot | |
| 7 | Interface Expansion | Including Gigabit Ethernet, PCIE, USB and other interfaces |
Optional Interface Expander Introduction
| Label | Name | Description |
| 1 | USB 2.0 interface | 3-channel USB 2.0 interface, support various USB device |
| 2 | M.2 M KEY interface | Suitable for NVIE SSD, or communication module supporting PCIE M.2 interface |
| 3 | Gigabit Ethernet port | RJ45 Gigabit Ethernet port, support 10 / 100 / 1000M network access |
| 4 | M.2 LED | M.2 indicates the working status of the interface |
| 5 | Interface Access | Extended Interface Access |
Writing Image
- Write Image for Compute Module Boards eMMC version
- Wrote Image for Compute Module Boards Lite version
USB2.0
The USB port is disabled by default on the CM4 for saving power. If you need to use it, you need to add the following to the config.txt file:
dtoverlay=dwc2,dr_mode=host
Then reboot the CM4.
If you use the latest Raspberry Pi OS (image after October 30, 2021) USB2.0 is OTG mode by default, CM4 will report an error:
config failed, hub doesn't have any ports! (err -19)
However, USB can still be workable. If you want to remove this error, please remove the line otg_mode=1 in [cm4] of config.txt, and add dtoverlay=dwc2, dr_mode=host (USB cannot be recognized without adding it).
Display
For Raspberry Pi OS Bookworm and Bullseye system
- Modify the config.txt file and append the following lines to the file:
dtoverlay=vc4-kms-v3d dtoverlay=waveshare-28dpi-3b-4b dtoverlay=waveshare-28dpi-3b dtoverlay=waveshare-28dpi-4b dtoverlay=waveshare-touch-28dpi dtoverlay=vc4-kms-dpi-2inch8
- Download the 2.8inch DPI LCD DTBO file, unzip it, and copy the scripts to overlays directory (/boot/overlays).
- Save and safely eject the TF card and insert it into the Raspberry Pi.
- Power on the Raspberry Pi and wait normally for about thirty seconds for normal display.
For Raspberry Pi OS Buster batch or Ubuntu
- Remove the line: dtoverlay=vc4-fkms-V3D from the config.txt file.
- Add the following lines to the config.txt file:
gpio=0-9=a2 gpio=12-17=a2 gpio=20-25=a2 dtoverlay=dpi24 enable_dpi_lcd=1 display_default_lcd=1 extra_transpose_buffer=2 dpi_group=2 dpi_mode=87 dpi_output_format=0x7F016 hdmi_timings=480 0 26 16 10 640 0 25 10 15 0 0 0 60 0 32000000 1 dtoverlay=waveshare-28dpi-3b-4b dtoverlay=waveshare-28dpi-3b dtoverlay=waveshare-28dpi-4b
- Save and safely eject the TF card and insert it into the Raspberry Pi.
- Power on the Raspberry Pi and wait normally for about thirty seconds for normal display.
Orientation setting for Raspberry Pi OS
- Check if KMS or FKMS driver is enabled.
- You can check if dtoverly=vc4-kms-v3d or dtoverlya=vc4-fkms-v3d are added to config.txt file
- If the KMS/FKMS driver is enabled. You can set the orientation by the following command:
sudo nano /etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE-pi/autostart #Add the following line to the autostart file to rotate the display, reboot is required #0: 0 degree; 1：270 degree；2: 180 degree； 3: 90 degree xrandr -o 1
- If the KMS/FKMS driver is disabled, please use the following command to rotate the display:
sudo nano /boot/config.txt #Add the following line to the config.txt file to rotate the display, reboot is required #0: 0 degree; 1：90 degree；2: 180 degree； 3: 270 degree display_rotate=3
Touch to Rotate
After rotating the display, the touch position is not correct because the touch does not change with the display angle. So touch needs to be modified.
1. Install libinput.
sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-input-libinput
- If you installed Ubuntu system. The installation instructions are:
sudo apt install xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
2. Create the xorg.conf.d directory under /etc/X11/ (if the directory already exists, go directly to step 3).
sudo mkdir /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d
3. Copy the 40-libinput-conf file to the directory just created.
sudo cp /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/40-libinput.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/
4. Edit the file.
sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/40-libinput.conf
Find the touchscreen part, add the following statement in it, and save it.
Option "CalibrationMatrix" "0 1 0 -1 0 1 0 0 1"
Similar to the following picture:
5. Restart the Raspberry Pi.
sudo reboot
Complete the above steps to perform a 90-degree rotation.
Note:
90-degree rotation: Option "CalibrationMatrix" "0 1 0 -1 0 1 0 0 1"
180-degree rotation: Option "CalibrationMatrix" "-1 0 1 0 -1 1 0 0 1"
270-degree rotation: Option "CalibrationMatrix" "0 -1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1"
M.2
The carrier board features the M.2 KEY M interface for PCI-E devices like NVME SSD. SATA disk is not supported.
The device could support 2230, and 2242 SSD, for some of the SSD, you may need to rebuild the kernel yourself.
Camera
If you use the buster system, you just need to add the configuration file and reboot.
If you use the new version (bullseye) system, additional modifications are required
Download script
wget https://files.waveshare.com/upload/a/a2/Dts-2.8A.zip unzip -o Dts-2.8A.zip -d ./Dts-2.8A sudo chmod 777 -R Dts-2.8A cd Dts-2.8A/ sudo dtc -I dts -O dtb -o /boot/dt-blob.bin dt-blob-cm4-singlecam-dpi28.dts
Old Version (Buster)
Note: On December 2, 2021, the Raspberry Pi OS for Raspberry Pi split into two branches, the Buster branch, and the Bullseye branch.
The Buster branch is a continuation of the old system and is more stable. The Bullseye branch adds some new features, uses open source libraries and new interfaces.
If you use the Buster branch system, the image can be used normally without any modification. View the first connected camera screen:
sudo raspivid -t 0 -cs 0
New Version (Bullseye)
If you are using the Bullseye branch of the system, refer to the following:
Camera
#Detect camera libcamera-hello --list-cameras #Preview libcamera-hello --camera 0 #Capture picture libcamera-jpeg -o test.jpg
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Reference Raspberry Pi Manual.
Resource
Document
- Schematic
- Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 IO Board Brief
- Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 IO Board Datasheet
- CSI Camera Reference
- DSI Display Reference
Demo codes
3D Drawing
Software
FAQ
a) Check whether dtparam -audio -on is blocked in /boot/config.txt.
b) Check if the /boot/dt-blob.bin file exists, if it exists, it will not work, please delete it.
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