Header banner
Revain logoHome Page
Daionte Simpson photo
Australia, Canberra
1 Level
747 Review
45 Karma

Review on πŸ“Ί Waveshare Raspberry Pi LCD Display Module 5inch 800x480 TFT Resistive Touch Screen Panel HDMI Interface for Raspberry Pi 4 A/A+/B/B+/2 B - Enhanced Performance and Compatibility by Daionte Simpson

Revainrating 5 out of 5

great looking screen

I bought this screen to install a Raspberry Pi Retropie I'm working on. Keep in mind that while it uses HDMI instead of GPIO for display, it's by no means a plug-and-play screen and does require a bit of customization. However, I used the configuration method in user "thomas" comment and after a reboot it worked fine. It can draw power directly from the Pi using GPIO, but when the Pi starts drawing a lot of power (when the CPU/GPU is working hard for some reason) the screen can't draw enough power and turns white. and stop working so well. So if you're using graphics-intensive software, you'll need to connect the display to a separate power source via the microUSB on the side. Overall a great screen, great refresh rate, good size - perfect for any portable projects you have.

Pros
  • Absolutely amazing!
Cons
  • Not bad, but...