7 Inch 800x480 DSI Touchscreen Monitor Capacitive LCD Display RS232/RS485 Speaker Bracket for RPI 4B 3B+ 3B 3A+ 2B B+

This is a nice display with a smart interface for connecting it to the Raspberry Pi. Connectors were included for both the model 3 and 4, which is nice in case I every get an RPi 4 in the future. Everything connected and worked perfectly out of the box, and it even came with a nice magnetic screwdriver for installing the Pi to the backboard. I like this design especially because it is able to connect without using up the HDMI port (uses display ribbon) nor GPIO pins (uses USB port for touch input). Model works well, and my only suggestion would be to update the VGA port to an HDMI port in case the monitor is used with a modern PC later instead of a Raspberry Pi, but not an issue for me since I plan on using it exclusively for the Pi.I also like the tiny bag of screws that they sent.

The screen quality is fantastic for the price. You won't be able to find a nicer ready-to-use touch screen for less. It's well designed for any RPi application where a touch screen is desirable. The only "issue" I found was that the audio quality isn't exactly amazing. It's certainly audible in household noise, at least, but you could just as easily not connect the speakers if you wanted your sound output elsewhere. The best part is the clean connections, as you don't need to have USB or HDMI cables sticking out the side to work. The Pi mounts cleanly to the back, and they provide two different-length FFC display cables if you plan to mount something between the screen and Pi. The ports on the side of the display are strictly for external connections like power. The 40-pin header is still free for any other connections you would want to add, too. Not sure if the DB9 connector is useful to most people, but it's certainly not costing you extra, given everything else about this display. Would recommend!

This screen is pretty nice. The image is clear and the touch screen works well. It comes with various connectors and screws to fit a Raspberry Pi to the back of the screen and bring out some of the connectors to the edges. It even has a pair of built-in speakers; they're nothing to write home about, but it's very convenient to have them. There is a physical thumbwheel for adjusting the volume and another for adjusting the brightness.As someone else pointed out, it's tricky to get the microSD card out once the display cable is in place, but it is possible to just manage it. Given the layout of the RPi, I'm not sure the creators of this board could have done much about it.Considering that the price is about half of the competition, I think it's a really good buy.The one thing that could be improved is the information that comes with it. It includes a full-color, two-sided sheet of assembly instructions. A few things were a bit ambiguous to me, but I figured them out. They include a URL for a github repository with some 3D printing design files for a case, but a little README there would have helped a lot.Still, at the price, I forgive most of that. I'm happy with my purchase.

When installing you dont have to follow all of the instructions. The instructions cintain steps that only apply if you are using certain hardware, or adding a serial connection etc.Tips.the screw holes are covered up with an amber plastic, peal that off to access the threaded screw holes.You can mount the screen to the brackets either at a 45 ish or 90 degree angle.You keep the pi screwed onto the back of the screen, the display cable will block your micro sd card in.To install the ribbon cable from the display to the pi you will have to lift up on the little gray bar to open the ribbon slot, insert the ribbon cable then push the bar down to lock the ribbon in place.This comes with extra parts, just use what you need.The rubber duck capsizes easily and cant be relied on (the kit comes with a little rubber duck).

For a product designed for a tinkering platform, this board unfortunately misses the mark in a lot of key ways that make it amazingly hard to work with. To understand why, you first must understand what Raspberry Pi is. It is a platform that people use when building custom hardware. Custom hardware usually has to fit in a project box, and it is pretty much impossible to find project boxes that are larger than 200 mm in length.What makes this product problematic in that context are the following design issues:1. The power input connectors are on the side. An ideal design would have power input connectors coming *upwards* out the back, not sideways out of one edge. Why does this matter? Because it's impossible to plug a USB-C or micro-USB connector into the side while this is mounted in any standard project box. There's not enough clearance. That problem gets worse if you want to mount anything to the top, because you need an up-angle cable, which blocks two of your USB ports.2. The position in which the Pi mounts means that if you actually need to put anything beside the panel inside a project box, you're going to be in a world of hurt. Why? Because the power input connector is almost all the way to the top, and the Pi's Ethernet connector is almost all the way to the bottom. That, combined with #1, means you're almost certainly going to be unable to mount anything to the side of this panel in a standard project box. (If it were closer to the Ethernet end, you could at least use 1-inch-tall spacers and a 180-degree USB-C cable, ostensibly.)3. Lest you think that you might shift the Pi around a bit with a mounting plate, you're in for disappointment. Why? Because the power output connector that's used for powering the Pi from the panel has nonstandard spacing. Literally everything in the Raspberry Pi universe uses 2.54mm pin spacing, and extension cables with that spacing would be easier to get. Unfortunately, when they built this product, the manufacturer used 2mm pin spacing, and extension cables with 2mm spacing are, as far as I can tell, *impossible* to get. So your *only* option is to extend the USB-C connector, and you'll never get that to work reliably, because the 4-pin power connector isn't designed to handle the torque of flexing a foot-long USB-C extension cable. No prayer.4. The position of the DSI connector makes it impossible to remove the flash card from your Pi without disconnecting the cable from the back of the panelThat said, the panel itself can be powered over DSI, just without audio, so the extent to which this is a problem depends on what you're using it for.The manufacturer badly needs to make the following four design changes:1. Add a second USB-C power connector near one corner of the board that points upwards as you look down on the back of the panel (away from you as you look towards the front of the panel) — ideally on the same end as the existing power connectors (and far enough from the Pi to be usable).2. Replace the 2mm 2x2 power output header with a 2.54mm 2x2 header so that people can extend the power connection.3. Add a second set of mounting lugs that hold the Pi's connectors as far as possible away from the edge of the panel, so that you can have stuff out to the side of the panel and still plug things into the Pi.4. Move the DSI connector out as far as possible so it is feasible to use a micro-SD extender, or move it down by an inch and provide only the longer, more flexible cable.These small changes would make an enormous difference in usability.Also, out of two panels, one of them misbehaved badly on about every second or third power-up, as if the panel wasn't syncing properly. I returned it and got a replacement panel.

Screen is not touch responsive

I was very impressed with the comprehensiveness of this kit. It not only contained everything required for use with either a Raspberry Pi 4 or a Raspberry Pi 3, but also a choice of cables for either mounting the Pi on the back of the screen (short cables), or separately (longer cables), and a pair of very nice small screwdrivers (1 x 3mm pozi & 1 x 1.5mm flat). The assembly instructions are basic but adequate, and written in good quality English. The only thing that some may consider an omission from the kit is a 3A power supply, but if you are using a Pi 4, then you already have one (it will power both the Pi and the screen).The quality of the displayed picture is as good, or better, most similar sized tablets. The responsiveness of the touch screen is quite adequate, though not as responsive as modern phones/tablets.I notice that some have had problems with compatibility with the Bullseye version of the Pi OS (apparently a problem with Bullseye rather than the kit - as it also affected the official screen in the same way). However, this must now have been fixed, because it worked straight out of the box for me using a Raspberry Pi 4 with 4GB RAM and loaded with Bullseye. I have been using it all day long for two days now with no issues.I have my Pi 4 mounted in the standard fashion on the back of the screen with no fan, though I do have small heat sinks fitted, and it runs at a steady 40 degrees Celsius or less under normal light load and has not exceeded 50 degrees Celsius, even under a moderately heavy work load (running AI on a camera video stream). The screen is mounted on the top of a turtle style robot with no case.I have no hesitation in recommending this product.

Wanted a screen for my Pi Audio DAC and this one offered great value. It mounts the Pi to the back and has integrated plugs and ribbon cables so you don’t have large hdmi and usb cables hanging off the side. The power cable plugs into the side and powers the screen and Pi.It did not include mounting screws for a HAT so I had to get those. Also unfortunate was my RCA cables came out the bottom, which was a challenge for the legs as it would not stand up as the cables got in the way. The legs can’t mount on the top because the built in speakers get in the way. The screen is also not optimised for a bottom viewing angle, so turning it upside down and rotating the screen in config.txt really was not optimal as I’d be viewing from the top.So some large rubber stick on pads on the front of the legs tilts the screen back a bit. I would recommend rubber pads if you use the touchscreen as the screen slides easily on the legs.Brightness can’t be controlled by software, only via the dial on the side. Not a big deal; I dim the screen manually when not in use. Have to turn off my amp anyway. So all and all a great screen which was easily modified for my needs.