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4.3inch DSI LCD User Guide

Introduction

4.3inch Capacitive Touch Display for Raspberry Pi, 800×480, IPS Wide Angle, MIPI DSI Interface

Features

  • 4.3inch IPS screen. 800x480 resolution
  • Capacitive touch panel, support 5-point touch
  • Supports Pi 4B/3B+/3A+/3B/2B/B+/A+. Another adapter board is required for CM3/3+
  • DSI interface, refresh rate up to 60Hz.
  • Supports Raspbian/Ubuntu/Kali and WIN 10 IoT, driver free.

User guide

Hardware connection

  • Connect the DSI interface of 4.3inch DSI LCD to the DSI interface of Raspberry Pi.
  • For easy use, you can fix the Raspberry Pi on the backside of the 4.3inch DSI LCD by screws


Software setting

  • Download image (Raspbian, Ubuntu, Kali or WIN 10 IOT) from the Raspberry Pi website. https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/
  • Unzip the archive to get .img file (The installation method of WIN 10 IOT is different, please refer to its website)
  • Insert your TF card to PC by card reader, format it firstly
  • Write the .img file to your TF card by Win32DiskImager or Etcher
  • After writing, insert the TF card to your Raspberry Pi
  • Power on Raspberry Pi

Rotation

To change the orientation of the display, you can modify /boot/config.txt file as below

  • Open the file
sudo nano /boot/config.txt
  • Modify it for rotating
  • 90°
display_lcd_rotate=1
dtoverlay=rpi-ft5406,touchscreen-swapped-x-y=1,touchscreen-inverted-x=1
  • 180
display_lcd_rotate=2
dtoverlay=rpi-ft5406,touchscreen-inverted-x=1,touchscreen-inverted-y=1
  • 270
display_lcd_rotate=3
dtoverlay=rpi-ft5406,touchscreen-swapped-x-y=1,touchscreen-inverted-y=1

If you use Raspberry Pi 4, you need to remove the line: dtoverlay=cv4-fkms-V3D

  • Save and reboot Raspberry Pi
sudo reboot

Install virtual keyboard

Open terminal and install it by the following command

sudo apt-get install matchbox-keyboard

After installing, you can click Accessories -> Keyboard to open the keyboard.