The Raspberry Pi Foundation have announced the long awaited Official Raspberry Pi 7 inch touchscreen. It is now available to purchase at a base price of $60 plus local taxes and shipping. From CPC in the UK this equates to £50 with free delivery.
The screen has the following specifications :
- RGB 800×480 display @60fps
- 24-bit colour
- FT5406 10 point capacitive touchscreen
- 70 degree viewing angle
- Metal-backed display with mounting holes for the Pi
The mechanical dimensions are :
- Overall dimensions : 194mm x 110mm x 20mm (including standoffs)
- Viewable screen size : 155mm x 86mm
The box contains :
- 7″ Touchscreen Display
- Adapter Board
- DSI Ribbon cable
- 4 x Stand-offs and screws
- 4 x Jumper wires
There are plenty of screen options for the Pi at the moment but an official screen is a welcome addition to the Pi ecosystem. Having the Foundation behind a product ensures it will be will supported and be able for the foreseeable future. This takes a lot of the risk out of picking up an LCD from eBay and then searching for any software support for it.
Alex Eames from RasPi.TV had early access to the screen and has created a video to demonstrate it :
Matt Richardson has created a video showing the touchscreen being used to control the GPIO pins :
Farnell provide a link to The Official Operating Guide.
The screen is available from all the usual sources including CPC, Farnell, RS, Allied Electronics, Newark. Other retailers have stock on the way!
Full details including a bit of history on the screens development can be found on the Raspberry Pi Foundation’s blog.
5 Comments
Hi Matt,
Ordered mine from CPC yesterday. It arrived today and am most impressed.
Nice clear demo but I didn’t catch the name of the library/ toolkit you used. Please could youclarify the name of the library or provide a link to the github source for your demo.
Many thanks,
James
Hi James, the videos aren’t mine but I assume you are referring to Matt Richardson’s video. His source is over at https://github.com/mrichardson23/rpi-kivy-screen
After waiting all this time they give us a bunch of cables and an extra board. I ordered a 5″ HDMI screen off eBay today. Touchscreen connects through USB, no spaghetti cabling required. I can even use any version of Linux I want instead of cruddy Raspbian.
Wish I hadn’t waited for it. Should have bought the HDMI one months ago…
I really wish the Raspberry Pi Foundation would get some good distributors. Yes, RS / Farnell / Element14 are all big reputable companies, but their websites are industrial and suck!! Their big electronics suppliers, not hobby suppliers. I can only imagine they were signed up to help penetrate the schools market?
In the UK there is also ModMyPi and The Pi Hut.