How to Set Up A Touch Screen Display For Raspberry Pi | Waveshare 5.5 Inch AMOLED Screen

Ever wanted a Pi Pocket Computer with a Vibrant Full HD Screen (1080x1920)? Or want a Premium Touch User Interface for your next ground-breaking project? Then this screen is exactly what you need. Watch till the end for a swell 3D printed case 😊
Full Article (with STL files) - https://core-electronics.com.au/tutorials/amoled-display-raspberry-pi.html

NOTE - When used in Landscape Mode with a Raspberry Pi in I would steer you clear of using it as a mini retro game player or HD video player as the screen tearing that only occurs in this orientation will be no fun.

UPDATE - I can confirm No Screen Tearing in any orientation when using Ubuntu Desktop 21.10 with a Raspberry Pi Single Board Computer.

Related Information

Raspberry Pi Rain Radar and Weather Display - https://core-electronics.com.au/projects/pi-weather-rain-display
MKChung22 Version 3D Printed Case - https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4654179
Use Your Phone to Control Your Raspberry Pi - https://core-electronics.com.au/tutorials/raspcontrol-raspberry-pi.html
Flashing a Micro-SD Card with Raspberry Pi OS - https://core-electronics.com.au/guides/raspberry-pi-imager/
Face Recognition with Raspberry Pi - https://core-electronics.com.au/tutorials/face-identify-raspberry-pi.html
Waveshare Wiki For this Screen (Their How to Use Guide Won't Work If You Follow It Exactly) - https://www.waveshare.com/wiki/5.5inch_HDMI_AMOLED

I have set this up with a Raspberry Pi 4 Model B but you can definitely use this screen with earlier version of Raspberry Pi Board going through the same process shown here. AMOLED screens have higher contrast, wider colour gamut, and wider viewing angles when compared with an LCD equivalent. This is why this 5.5inch 1920x1080 screen for Raspberry Pi provides such an elegant visual experience. Sporting a toughened glass capacitive touch panel (boasting a 6H hardness), 5 points of simultaneous inputs, a 3.5mm audio jack supporting the better HDMI audio output, and a micro-USB connection to power both the screen and Raspberry Pi simultaneously it all makes this screen a formidable front runner. Oh and did I mention it provides mounting points on the back for any previous generation of Raspberry Pi. So come learn how to set one up, tweak it so it performs the best, add rad screen savers, check out great use cases for it and download the free 3D printed case I made specially for it. Big shout out to MKChung22 as I based a lot of the case I made from his original design. Its time to take full advantage of this compact nugget of practical computing power in its most beautiful evolution yet.

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Waveshare 5.5 Inch AMOLED 1080x1920 (used here): https://core-electronics.com.au/catalog/product/view/sku/CE06730

Many Small Screens for Raspberry Pi: https://core-electronics.com.au/search/?q=raspberry+pi+display

Raspberry Pi 4 Model B (4GB) Ultimate Kit Bundle (AVALIABLE!) - https://core-electronics.com.au/raspberry-pi-4-4gb-ultimate-kit.html

Raspberry Pi Model B 2GB (used here): https://core-electronics.com.au/catalog/product/view/sku/CE06424

Raspberry Pi 4 Model B 8GB: https://core-electronics.com.au/catalog/product/view/sku/CE06974

Raspberry Pi 4 Power Supply: https://core-electronics.com.au/catalog/product/view/sku/CE06427

0:00 Intro
0:33 Overview Of Screen
1:13 Factors To Be Aware Of
1:40 What You Need
2:20 Assembly of Hardware
3:30 First Boot Up!
3:38 Configuring Screen Orientation
4:19 Adding Performance Tweaks
5:28 Configuring Touch Orientation
7:10 Success!
7:19 XScreenSaver (to install all available screensavers check written article)
8:16 Pretty Screen Savers
8:23 Great Use Cases (Weather Display)
8:55 My 3D Printed Case
9:34 Outro