New Raspberry Pi 7' Touch Screen LCD - Assembly

Loads of folks seem to be having an issue with getting the official Raspberry PI 7" LCD up and running so I got one and have put together this detailed video (Well 2 videos really) showing how its done

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I accidently had the ground cable from the LCD on pin 8 and not 6 on the PI Header. Please make sure you use PIN 6 for the ground.
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First video deals with the assembly only with closeup pictures to help you understand where the cables go and how they fit into the connectors
The second is a short test of the display using Raspbian 1.5.0 and we add a Virtual Keyboard.

Some people have tried to put them in wrong, previous instructions I have seen do not always make it clear so mistakes are made. I am hoping that my video will help to clarify everything

You can get these displays from numerious places including at the following links

and many others

NOTE: there was a mistake in my wiring to the PI, I accidently connected the ground (Black) wire to pin 8 of the PI instead of PIN 6. It should go to PIN 6.
This did no harm in this case as I had not enabled the serial functionality but it should be noted that if I had, It would have resulted in a short on a PI output pin. this may have caused damage. I should have said the third pin down not 3 pins down from the first. Sorry for an y confusion

[pamelaschembri]

This was so helpful. I am in a group who does coding, and they didn't connect anything properly. This video and the next in the series set me straight. Thanks so much.

[GrandPop]

Thank You! This is the best, most complete, and most informative instructional video for setting up the 7" touchscreen. I followed the step by step instructions to hookup my Raspberry Pi 3 and it worked almost immediately. Thank You

[sklise]

perfect perfect perfect!! I was in the wrong pins and didn't notice the pull tabs on the cable. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!

[XXEquiz]

Almost watched the full video until I see you are using a 50 pin connector. I have an LCD with 40 pin for the display and it has a digitizer with 30 pins. The part numbers are Wtl068601g02-18m wtf0686lg40as1-v5 for the display and WJDR6870-V3 FPC.
I want to use this 6.5 display with a raspberry pi but I cant seem to find the right connector or conversion board. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

[ismzaxxon]

Pi3 must have a different pin config. I am glad i checked on the pi site. 1 is 5v, the next is also 5v, the third along is ground. i did have my pi3 wired as per i checked before i powered it up.

[seanjackson]

much better tute than the others as the inclose camera work is much clearer. The other vids put the ribbons on the boards in a flash and i'm WTF?? good stuff

[rbaleksandar]

Ordered this on Sunday along with the v2 of the camera module (with 8MP) and waiting to get it tomorrow or on Wednesday. ^_^ Thank you for this tutorial. Very neatly explained, love the zoom in whenever you are connecting stuff and most of all I really appreciate it that your hands are not in front of the camera. Surprisingly enough many tutorials are actually bad just because of the fact that the person who's doing them is covering the view with his/her hands which renders the VISUAL part of the video completely useless. :D

[KatyMcVay]

this helped me fix my black screen problem! thanks!

[Matthamatic]

Is the ground not connected to GPIO14 in the example shown? That looks like pin 8 to me.

[jbrinTexas]

Peter, I want to install the pi3 and screen in my 55 Chevy Sedan Delivery console with the 7" touchscreen. I'm a pi newb and 60 years old so a detail video or answer would be appreciated. I would like to incorporate a backup camera but most I've found on Amazon have a yellow red rca connector. How would I get it into connected? I also want gps with a mapping option for the trips I take. Can you help me out?

[different]

Hi, so if I refer to your video, you can't plug a (for example : ) RFID card to the GPIO just because you already plugged a few pins for the screen on it i'm screwed in my project so ? I just want the screen and an rfid card... there is one GPIO 40pins... so it's dead ?

[chrinamint]

“If you liked this video give it a thumbs up but if you didn’t well then don’t” Haha!

[BenRush]

Concise. Well presented. Subscribed. Great job.

[SpiritualPrayerandMantra]

Thank you for this. Is there anyway to edit the actual video regarding the pin 8/pin6 correction to avoid others making that error please? I only inadvertently read your after-note. Fortunately I did though! phew!
Really love your clarity and close ups. x

[jasielgarcia]

If we still put all the colored cables and we do not use some of them, will it affect pi or just sit there and do nothing, cause im thinking of putting all, cause why not ??

[tad]

Will I need a fan or heat sink if I am going to put it into a case? I'm using this raspberry pi for a firewall setup for my senior project

[RichardBronosky]

5:46 "Hopefully I can keep it focused."
/me is not optimistic.
5:49 Holy Carp! The video is actually in focus for the first time!

[TravelsOfMKITRAN]

Loved your video, I have an issue. I purchased a Raspberry Pi 4 Model B along with this exact touchscreen which seems to be slightly updated as the display board says 1.1 instead of your 1.0 but the connections are the same. I need some help because I cant seem to narrow down this issue. I downloaded and copied over the latest version of NOOBS to my FAT32 formatted microSD card. Made all the proper connections from the display to the board exactly like your video but when i plugged it into power, the raspberry pi turned on but the screen did not turn on at all. I read that you dont have to use the jumper cables as it can recieve power from the Pi itself so i just connected the Pi to USB-C. Further research said apparently that I needed to flash the .img file of the latest raspbian as NOOBS doesnt have the drivers if you just drag the files and try to run it on the screen at first boot. However when i downloaded raspbian and flashed it once again to my microSD card I still get a black screen, no backlight or anything. Any help would be appreciated, thank you!

[Omar-kwui]

Thanks a lot Peter. I had a question regarding if it is possible to run this whole thing via battery power? Do you think it would be feasible to power the screen, the pi and an arduino using a battery?

[stevoblaile]

Can I use an old lady touch screen from an old car stereo with backup camera? Like scavenger style? Even if I could get display only it would be neat