Waveshare
7inch DSI Capacitive Touch Display, 1280 × 800, IPS, Optical Bonding Toughened Glass Panel
Add a crisp, touch-enabled screen to your Raspberry Pi project with this 7-inch IPS DSI display from Waveshare. The 1280 × 800 panel, wide 178° viewing angle...
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Add a crisp, touch-enabled screen to your Raspberry Pi project with this 7-inch IPS DSI display from Waveshare. The 1280 × 800 panel, wide 178° viewing angle and 10-point capacitive touch make it well suited to dashboards, control panels, kiosks, home automation interfaces and portable Raspberry Pi builds.
It connects directly to the Raspberry Pi DSI interface for smooth operation at refresh rates up to 60Hz, while leaving the 40-pin GPIO header available for other peripherals. Touch is handled over I2C, and backlight brightness can be adjusted in software.
The display uses optical bonding to improve image clarity and help prevent dust from entering between the LCD and touch layers. The front panel is 6H hardness toughened glass for extra protection in projects that will be regularly handled.
Designed for Raspberry Pi, it supports Raspberry Pi OS Bookworm, Bullseye and Buster on compatible boards including Raspberry Pi 5, Raspberry Pi 4 Model B, Raspberry Pi 3 series boards and Compute Module boards.
Features:
- 7-inch IPS display
- 1280 × 800 resolution
- 178° wide viewing angle
- 68% NTSC colour gamut
- DSI display interface
- Up to 60Hz refresh rate
- 10-point capacitive multi-touch
- I2C touch interface
- Optically bonded display
- 6H toughened glass touch panel
- Software-adjustable backlight
- Designed for Raspberry Pi
- Leaves the Raspberry Pi 40-pin GPIO header available for other peripherals
Specifications:
- Display size: 7-inch
- Panel type: IPS
- Resolution: 1280 × 800
- Viewing angle: 178°
- Colour gamut: 68% NTSC
- Display interface: DSI
- Refresh rate: up to 60Hz
- Touch type: capacitive
- Touch points: up to 10 simultaneous touch points
- Touch interface: I2C
- Bonding: optical bonding
- Touch panel glass: 6H hardness toughened glass
- Backlight: software-adjustable brightness
- Compatible board: Raspberry Pi 5
- Compatible board: Raspberry Pi 4 Model B
- Compatible board: Raspberry Pi 3B / 3B+ / 3A+
- Compatible board: Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5
- Compatible board: Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4
- Compatible board: Raspberry Pi Compute Module 3 / 3+
- Supported Raspberry Pi OS: Bookworm
- Supported Raspberry Pi OS: Bullseye
- Supported Raspberry Pi OS: Buster
- Included display: 1 × Waveshare 7inch DSI LCD (E)
- Included cable: 1 × 50mm 15-pin FPC cable
- Included cable: 1 × 12cm MIPI DSI cable
- Included cable: 1 × 160mm 15-pin FPC cable
- Included cable: 1 × PH2.0 4-pin cable (~200mm)
- Included hardware: 1 × Screw pack
Please note: Raspberry Pi board is shown for demonstration purposes only and is not included.
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Plain-language definitions for the technical terms used above.
- DSI
- DSI stands for Display Serial Interface, a high-speed connection commonly used to send video data from a computer board to a display. It matters because DSI signals are not simple GPIO wires, so the cable, connector, and signal routing need to match the display interface.
- FPC
- FPC stands for flexible printed circuit, a thin flat flexible cable or connector style often used where space is tight or some movement is needed, commonly for displays, cameras and other high-density connections. Connecting to an FPC connector generally needs a matching cable with the correct pin count, pitch and contact orientation.
- GPIO
- General-purpose input/output pins are microcontroller pins you can set in software to read signals, switch devices on and off, or connect to peripherals. The number of GPIO pins matters because it limits how many buttons, LEDs, sensors, and other parts you can wire directly to the board.
- I2C
- I2C is a two-wire communication bus used by many sensors and small modules. It matters because several I2C devices can share the same two wires, but each device needs a compatible address and your controller must support I2C.
- IPS
- IPS is a type of LCD panel that keeps colours and contrast more consistent when viewed from an angle. This matters for small displays that may be mounted in a dashboard, handheld project, or enclosure where the viewer is not always looking straight on.
- LCD
- LCD stands for liquid crystal display, a screen technology that uses a backlight and liquid crystals to show images or text. It matters because LCD modules usually need a display driver and enough controller pins or a bus interface to send image data.
- MIPI
- MIPI is a high-speed display and camera interface often used inside phones, tablets, and embedded devices. It matters because raw MIPI displays usually need special driver hardware or software support, unlike plug-and-play HDMI screens.
- Multi-touch
- Multi-touch means the touchscreen can detect more than one finger contact at the same time. This matters for interfaces that use gestures such as pinch-to-zoom, two-finger scrolling, or on-screen controls used together.
