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This 7inch IPS display is a perfect option for a portable Raspberry Pi setup with HDMI input, USB power, capacitive touch and 1024x600 resolution.
Read moreHi, I am interested in the wave share 7” LCD IPS touch screen for a home built flight simulator.
Does the touchscreen functionality work with windows 10 directly, without the need for the RaspberryPi? That is with the HDMI and usb only? OR IS THE raspberryPi required to make the touchscreen work?
Any help/guidance is greatly appreciated.
Hey Lachlan,
Welcome to the forums!
That screen is compatible with windows 10 and I am sure would be a great addition to your simulator.
It will just plug in via HDMI and USB to the computer. Your computer should recognise it as a touch screen device shortly after and it should need no further set up.
Cheers,
Blayden
I want to buy one of these, but will it have five-point touch with raspberry pi OS?
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In particular on raspberry pi OS bookworm?
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Hi Nate,
Welcome to the forum. Most of the touchscreens from Waveshare aren’t currently support with touch screen and I don’t think this one is an exception. Hopefully soon we’ll have some config updates to get these working.
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Ok thanks. Do you mean that the screen will display, but the touchscreen input won’t work? If I use it on the older raspberry pi OS, would that work? If you don’t know that’s ok.
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Hi Nate,
The screen will definitely display (it uses HDMI), yeah legacy OS’s should work with the Pi 4, we havent tested this display with the new Pi 5.
Liam
Touchscreen too? Thanks
For similar displays and their features, see the Waveshare Displays category
I’m looking for a 7" touch screen for RasPi with Volumio. Comparing this 7" LCD IPS 1024x600 (CE06731) with 7inch DSI Capacitive Touch Display (WS-19885) (not listed in the Waveshare Displays category)
Model: CE06731 vs WS-19885
Resolution: 1024 x 600 vs 800×480
interface: generic HDMI + USB vs DSI Interface (RasPi specific)
appearance: exposed component vs RasPi mount on back
Price: $77.95 vs $86.25
CE06731 is cheaper with better resolution and uses generic HDMI + USB interface … but will need a custom case be made.
WS-19885 looks much neater and more compact … but requires a driver which may lag behind OS releases.
Is there something else significant that I am missing that makes WS-19885 better ??
Hi @Donald23173, Nice to see you back again!!!
The WS-19885 looks to be a drop in replacement for the official Pi 7" display.
It does also come with the front panel which does cost extra. Take the cased version of the CE06731 for example.
It’s a hard call to make between the two for sure. I’m not sure if the cleaner look of the WS-19885 is worth giving up the extra resolution.
I’d recommended comparing the two by PPI rather than resolution. Here’s a good calculator for it
You’re looking at 170PPI compared to 133PPI.
You can compare that to displays you know such as your phone or computer and see if the resolution will bother you.
For me 100PPI at arms length away is the minimum I can comfortably use without the individual pixels distracting me.
Hope this helps you decide.
Aaron, thanks for pointing out the CE06732. Being a pensioner I had initially avoided the more expensive options, but on reflection I probably would have spent well over $32 in time and materials (and still failed) to make a custom case.
Order placed 
and looking forward to letting my partner listen to her Opera and Italian music while she is cooking.
Next step is find (or build) a really simple user interface with half-dozen buttons which allow her to choose from pre-defined playlists and internet radio stations.
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Glad to hear it @Donald23173
Hi, is the Waveshare 7inch LCD IPS 1024×600 touchscreen, and if it is, does the Raspberry Pi 5 support the touchscreen?
Thanks
There are (at least) 2 versions of “Waveshare 7inch LCD IPS 1024×600”
- SKU: CE06731 is a bare screen useful if you plan to build your own case anyway
- SKU: WS-13857 is the same screen but in a case and ready to use.
If you look at the waveshare website note that they don’t have model numbers which makes it rather confusing.
Both models connect by standard HDMI and USB. The USB cable connects the touchscreen and also supplies power for the screen.
On my RasPi 4B running Rasberry Pi OS with desktop, No extra driver was required for the touchscreen, and I added the following to /boot/firmware/config.txt. I believe the max-usb_current instructs the RasPi to supply enough power over USB for the screen.
I am very happy with this purchase. Only issue is that I programmed so many buttons on the touchscreen that I have to be careful what I’m pressing 
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Hi Andrew,
Welcome to the forum! I’m unsure if the drivers were ever updated on this display to support the Pi 5. Odds are it does work. Raspberry Pi make a 7" touchscreen display that is guaranteed to work on the Pi 5. It’s what we used for our Dashboard Bundle.
Should this display work with the uno Q? I have purchased the display to use with my uno Q, along with the official Arduino hdmi hub, but when connecting the display to the hub, the hub to the Q, and a usb power source to the hub, nothing appears on the display. The backlight of display is on. I have tried connecting the display to my laptop and it works fine. I have also connected the Q to a normal hdmi monitor and it works fine. Seems like the uno Q and the waveshare display are not compatible.
Hey there, @Eugene214759, and welcome to the forum, glad to have you here.
I have found that a lot of the more modern SBCs can have trouble outputting to lower resolution HDMI displays, although I have not heard of any specific configuration issue with the Arduino Q and this screen.
I would be curious to see if your laptop can display video to the Waveshare screen via the Hub. If possible, and I fully acknowledge that not every device can output video via USB-C, could you test if another device can output to the screen via the hub? It’s possible that the Q and the Waveshare monitor cannot a video mode/EDID. I’ve seen bridging hardware cause those issues before so its worth comparing the hub’s performance with the Q vs another device and the Waveshare screen.
Hi Jane, thanks for assisting. Yes the waveshare screen works fine when connected to my laptop via the hub (see photo). Regarding video/EDID between uno Q and waveshare, I did some debugging with the help of AI and its seems everything looks fine in terms of the uno Q obtaining and recognising the EDID and setting the display mode etc.
