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Warren GayAdvanced Raspberry Pihttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3948-3_24

24. LCD HDMI Display

Warren Gay1 
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St. Catharine’s, Ontario, Canada
 

Some Pi projects are best served with a simple LCD display. The associated touch control frees you from a keyboard and mouse. This chapter will examine one example of a 5-inch 800x480 pixel LCD touchscreen and describe how to set it up.

The Display Unit

The featured display unit was advertised as “5 Inch 800 x 480 HD TFT LCD Touch Screen For Raspberry PI 2 Model B /​ B+ /​ A+ /​ B” and sold for approximately $42 USD. It features a 4-wire resistive XPT2046 touch controller. Figure 24-1 illustrates what comes in the kit.
Figure 24-1

The 5 Inch HDMI Display kit with stylus, DVD, and LCD unit ...

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