5inch HDMI LCD

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5inch HDMI LCD
Designed for Raspberry Pi
5inch-HDMI-LCD l.jpg

5 inch Resistive Touch Screen LCD, HDMI interface, Designed for Raspberry Pi
5inch HDMI LCD (with bicolor case)

5inch HDMI LCD + Bicolor case



Primary Attribute
Category: OLEDs / LCDs, LCD, Raspberry Pi LCD
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Brand: Waveshare
English: Waveshare website
Chinese: 官方中文站点
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Getting Started

Hardware Connection

  1. Plug the LCD to your Raspberry Pi:
    • There are 40 pins on Raspberry Pi Model A+/B+/2 B/3 B but only 26 pins on the LCD, so you should pay attention to connecting the pins to your Pi accordingly.
  2. Connect the HDMI Connector to both the HDMI interfaces on the LCD and the Pi.
    • You should connect the LCD to Raspberry Pi Model B or Raspberry Pi Zero with an HDMI cable rather than an HDMI Connector.
  3. Turn on the "backlight" switch on the back of the LCD.
Hardware connection
Plug the HDMI Connector

Note: This product can only work on a Raspberry Pi but not work on a PC. That is, if the HDMI of the LCD is connected to the HDMI on a PC, the LCD doesn't display anything.

You can enable the touch in two ways: Method 1. install driver to your Raspbian/Ubuntu Mate OS. Method 2. use the Ready-to-use image file of which LCD driver was pre-installed.

Method 1. Driver installation

Description: The driver can be downloaded from github


1) Download the Raspbian / Ubuntu Mate image from Raspberry Pi website and extract it on a PC.

2) Connect your micro SD card to the PC and write the image to the card using Win32DiskImager. How to write an image to a micro SD card for your Pi? See RPi Image Installation Guides for more details)

3) Copy the LCD driver to the micro SD card (or copy the driver to the system of Pi using a USB drive).

4) Append the following lines to the config.txt file which is located in the root of the card:

hdmi_cvt 800 480 60 6 0 0 0

【Note】If you use the LCD with Raspberry Pi 4B, you also need to remove/comment the line dtoverlay=vc4-fkms-V3D from config.txt file.

5) The LCD will display after booting up. Then open a terminal to install the touch driver which can be found in the /boot/ directory. Note: The Raspberry Pi must be connected to the network, or else the touch driver won't be successfully installed. The result is that a small area at the border cannot be touched. If you have installed the touch driver but without network connection, how to solve the problem? See: #Touch screen calibration part.

cd LCD-show/
chmod +x LCD5-show


Method 2. Using Ready-to-use image


Screen orientation settings


  • 0 degree rotation
cd LCD-show/
./LCD5-show 0
  • 90 degree rotation
cd LCD-show/
./LCD5-show 90
  • 180 degree rotation
cd LCD-show/
./LCD5-show 180
  • 270 degree rotation
cd LCD-show/
./LCD5-show 270
If Raspbian-lite is used, the commands should be
  • 0 degree rotation
cd LCD-show/
./LCD5-show lite 0
  • 90 degree rotation
cd LCD-show/
./LCD5-show lite 90
  • 180 degree rotation
cd LCD-show/
./LCD5-show lite 80
  • 270 degree rotation
cd LCD-show/
./LCD5-show lite 270

Touch screen calibration

If a latest Raspbian OS is in used, you should connect your Pi to the internet and install xserver-xorg-input-evdev.

sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-input-evdev
  • Just be sure that evdev.conf has a higher number than 40-libinput.conf. For example, rename 10-evdev.conf to 45-evdev.conf. this forces evdev to load after libinput.
sudo cp -rf /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/45-evdev.conf
sudo reboot
  • This LCD can be calibrated using a program called xinput_calibrator which can be downloaded from Xinput-calibrator_0.7.5-1_armhf.
  • Extract and copy the software Xinput-calibrator_0.7.5-1_armhf.deb to the Raspbian of your Pi.
  • Install it with the commands:
sudo dpkg -i -B xinput-calibrator_0.7.5-1_armhf.deb 
  • Click the "Menu" button on the task bar, choose "Preference" -> "Calibrate Touchscreen".

5inch HDMI LCD FAQ1.jpg


1, 17 3.3V Power positive (3.3V power input)
2, 4 5V Power positive (5V power input)
6, 9, 14, 20, 25 GND Ground
19 TP_SI SPI data input of Touch Panel
21 TP_SO SPI data output of Touch Panel
23 TP_SCK SPI clock of Touch Panel
26 TP_CS Touch Panel chip selection, low active




The driver can be downloaded from github




LCD Panel Dimension

3D drawing


Why does the touchscreen not work well?


Why does the image provided on wiki does not work on my Pi?
  • Make sure the hardware connection is correct and connects fine.
  • It is strongly recommended to use a stand-alone 5V/3A power adapter, because the USB port of PC might not have enough power to support the Pi and LCD.

Could I only connect the HDMI cable?
No, the HDMI interface is only used for display. You also need to inserted the GPIO for touching and power. BTW, you can also connect external power adapter to USB interface for power if LCD has external power interface.

What is working temperature of this LCD?
The working temperature is 0°C -- 70°C

What are the power requirements?
When working with 5V input, the current is about 235mA with back light on and 45mA with back light off.





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