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Working with Raspberry Pi

Hardware Connection

Using Raspberry Pi 5 as an example, prepare the display, Raspberry Pi board, power cable, HDMI cable, USB touch cable, and the corresponding adapters.

11EP-CAPLCD Raspberry Pi Connection Cables

  1. Connect cables ①, ②, and ③ to the display backplane as shown in the figure below.

    11EP-CAPLCD Connecting to the Display Backplane

  2. Connect the other end of cable ① to the LCD adapter (choose ④ or ⑤ based on your Raspberry Pi model), then insert the adapter into the Raspberry Pi's Micro HDMI port.

    11EP-CAPLCD Connecting to the Raspberry Pi HDMI Port

  3. Connect the other end of cable ② to a USB port on the Raspberry Pi, and connect the other end of cable ③ to the 5V and GND pins on the Raspberry Pi.

    11EP-CAPLCD Connecting to USB Port and Power Pins

Software Settings

  1. Connect the TF card to the PC, download and use Raspberry Pi Imager to flash the latest Raspberry Pi OS.

    Raspberry Pi Imager Flashing the System

  2. After flashing, open the config.txt file in the root directory of the TF card, add the following configuration at the end of the file, save, and safely eject the TF card.

    hdmi_force_hotplug=1
    hdmi_group=2
    hdmi_mode=87
    config_hdmi_boost=10
    hdmi_timings=1920 0 110 46 84 1200 0 5 5 78 0 0 0 60 0 164000000 0
  3. Insert the TF card into the Raspberry Pi and connect a 5V power supply to the display. After the system boots, display and touch functions will work normally. 11EP-CAPLCD Connected to Raspberry Pi