Raspberry Pi 3.5 LCD User Manual

RPi LCD User Manual Waveshare

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RPi LCD User Manual

Features

 Designed for Raspberry Pi Model B/B+, an ideal alternative solution for HDMI

monitor

 Convenient Men-Machine interface for Raspberry Pi, combined with the portable

power, DIY anywhere anytime

 Supports Raspbian system, enables your system to:

 Play videos (supports multi formats, MP4 and so on)
 Take photos by touching (up to 17 camera modes)
 Support software keyboard (system interaction without keyboard/mouse)

Contents

RPi LCD User Manual ................................................................................................................ 1

Features ........................................................................................................................... 1

1. Programming the image file ....................................................................................... 2

2. LCD display switch to HDMI display ....................................................................... 3

3. HDMI display switch to LCD display ....................................................................... 3

4. Touch screen calibration ......................................................................................... 3

5. How to work with a camera ..................................................................................... 4

6. Appendix .................................................................................................................. 5

6.1 Default entering the console after power up ........................................... 5

6.2 Modifying the LCD screen resolution....................................................... 5

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1. Programming the image file

1) RPi LCD needs to use a SPI interface, but in the original image file of
Raspberry Pi, the displayer is driven via a HDMI port. So the original image
is not applicable for RPi LCD, and you should use the system image file
provided by Waveshare.

2) The image file provided by Waveshare is located at the directory of IMAGE
in the CD provided with the product (for more information about how to
programming the image file, please refer to the document Writing IMG files
to SD Card). When finished the programming, please power on the module,
and wait more than 30 secs. Then, you will see the boot screen of
Raspbian shown in the LCD and enter the desktop of the system.

Descriptions: Under LCD display mode, the screen touch function is
available. For data inputting, you can click the start menu in the
bottom-left of the screen, and select Accessories->Keyboard, to
enable the Virtual Keyboard for command inputting, as Figure 1
shows.

Figure 1: Enabling the virtual keyboard