ELECROW 5-Inch Resistive Touch Screen TFT LCD Display, 800x480 HD Resolution, Compatible with Raspberry Pi 5/4/3/2B/Zero, Banana Pi, Jetson Nano, Windows 11/10/8/7

This little screen is fantastic, and a pretty dang good deal, to boot! I wanted to make myself a little portable Pi-based machine to take with me on the go, and a 5-inch screen seemed just about the right size. There are plenty of choices here on Amazon, but I decided to give this one a shot since it could also be used as a regular HDMI monitor. As the instructions note, this will not work with your Pi right out of the box; it needs some drivers and configuration settings tweaked first, or it'll light up and look like it's broken at first. A helpful note card included with the display lists a couple websites - one is the company's wiki that lists step-by-step instructions on setting things up, and the second is a helpful youtube video that gives a full run-down as well. Following the instructions on the wiki was a snap - Just install the latest Raspbian, copy/paste some configuration settings, clone Elecrow's git repository, run the binary, and reboot. Voila, a bright, sharp, vibrant display, ready to go. I'm currently attempting to find a nice case to put it all in for safer transport, but even without that, I'd say this is a great choice if you just want a small touchscreen display for your Raspberry Pi.

When working with my Pi I found that I had a couple of choices -- plug a full blown monitor into it which didn't make it portable, or add code to it so I could remote into it from another computer. I wasn't ready for the latter, so I picked up this monitor. I found it easy to plug in, but relatively difficult to get to work with the Pi. Thankfully after combining instructions from multiple Amazon reviewers I was able to get it work. Here's what I did: In the file /boot/config.txt add the following text to the end of the file: #increase HDMI signal strength config_hdmi_boost=4 #remove black borders disable_overscan=1 #set specific CVT mode hdmi_cvt 800 480 60 6 0 0 0 #set CVT as default hdmi_group=2 hdmi_mode=87 dtoverlay=ads7846,cs=1,penirq=25,penirq_pull=2,speed=50000,keep_vref_on=0,swapxy=0,pmax=255,xohms=150,xmin=200,xmax=3900,ymin=200,ymax=3900 dtoverlay=w1-gpio-pullup,gpiopin=4,extpullup=1 Save the config file and then do this: sudo apt -get install xinput-calibrator This took me a lot of trial and error to get working. After starting from scratch a few times, i started backing up my SD card after every successful step so that rolling back something I screwed up wouldn't be so costly because I would have to undo everything. In the end, this works pretty good. The monitor works well as a monitor but the touch screen part of it is a little touch and go - I don't think it's quite as precise as I would like it. However, for the money it's a pretty solid value.

This screen is a great little device. It is bright and crisp. The touchscreen works well. Installing it took me quite a few tries though, so I thought I would post my findings to help someone else. I have have only tested this on a Raspberry Pi 3 running Debian Jessie, but it may work on other versions and flavors. Strong recommendation: Do not bother downloading the so-called "driver" noted in various places. The version for Debian Jessie is really just a script that copies configuration files (that seem to have some errors) into your /etc/ directories that brick your device. Happily, there is no need to do this, you can easily modify the files yourself. Prior to connecting the new display, do the following: The only software you need is for the touchscreen. You can get this with "sudo apt-get install xinput-calibrator" Then edit /boot/config.txt to add the following lines: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- hdmi_group=2 hdmi_mode=1 hdmi_mode=87 hdmi_cvt 800 400 60 6 0 0 0 dtparam=spi=on dtparam=i2c_arm=on dtoverlay=ads7846,cs=1,penirq=25,penirq_pull=2,speed=50000,keep_vref_on=0,swapxy=0,pmax=255,xohms=150,xmin=200,xmax=3900,ymin=200,ymax=3900 <======Note this is all on 1 line! dtoverlay=w1-gpio-pullup,gpiopin=4,extpullup=1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shutdown the pi, and connect the display. When you power it back up, you should have a perfect display. You can now calibrate the touchscreen by running Menu-->Preferences-->Calibrate Touchscreen. Click each of the four targets when requested and then you will get a text window which explains what you should put into a calibration file. For the Pi, the filename should be /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/99-calibration.conf. And presto, you are done. I bricked my Pi 4 times getting this figured out...it is silly how easy it is once you know what needs to be done. Good luck!

I've been looking around for a small HDMI LCD screen to use as a seconday screen with Windows and it took a few months of research on and off before deciding on the Elecrow 5" HDMI monitor. For the most part, it took me a while because a lot of reviews here and on other sites were primarily about use and config with Raspberry Pi. Thanks to reviewer Alan who gave a good review with plenty of photos that convinced me to go for it. Not sure if it's just how Amazon stores user review videos but the video review was a bit pixelated so it was hard to appreciate the clarity of the screen but it seemed to be what I was looking for. Having used it for a few months now I still can't believe how clear and sharp the screen is! There are sadly no controls for brightness, colour, saturation or contrast but everything displayed looks very nice and accurate. Usually when you see the resolution 800x480 you think how bad that looks when your PC doesn't have the right drivers installed and it looks blocky. I know it's all relative and about DPI but once I had it all connected and tested it was sharp and clear, almost HD. I wish I had bought one sooner as it is exactly what I was looking for having tried a Lilliput monitor. As I'm using this with Windows, I've not needed to look through the included driver utility disc and not tried the resistive touchscreen so I can't comment on those. Windows just detects it as a second display and lets me extend my desktop. No drivers needed. The box contains the LCD screen, a HDMI bridge connector that neatly connects the HDMI socket on the top of the screen to the HDMI socket on the Raspberry Pi when mounted together. Standoffs for mounting are also supplied plus a plastic stylus. Here are some of the good points that I like: + It shows the video feed straightaway without any fancy splash screens or slow initialisation pauses. This was one of the annoyances with Lilliput monitor was a slow bright blue screen on power on before it would think about showing the feed. I know it's only a few seconds but I specifically wanted instant feed on power on for future uses. + Runs off a single micro USB (socket also at the top next to HDMI socket) connected to PC USB so no additional external power adapters or sockets needed. It powers down whenever my PC is scheduled to power down so no lingering standby. Some motherboard USB ports do still continue to supply power for charging devices so your experience may differ. + I was hoping for an on/off switch but no it only has a backlight switch which I wasn't sure about to begin with but I've since found it very useful and better. I was thinking about buying a micro USB cable designed for Raspberry Pi with an inline power switch built in but for now the brightness switch is fine. As a blessing in disguise, it prevents Windows/DirectShow from blinking all screens when it realises a monitor has been disconnected, that blink would often cause the video on my TV app to freeze. Turning off backlight doesn't cause DirectShow to have a fit. + Small and light enough that I have it attached to a gooseneck arm so can position it how I need. I was going to buy one of those mobile phone gooseneck arms but I kept reading reviews of some not even being able to cope with weight of a smartphone without drooping so I've used a photographic gooseneck clamp which is a bit overkill but no droop! - The only negative I can think of is the availability or lack of screen cases with cutouts to suit the position of the HDMI and USB sockets on this. The Elecrow has its HDMI and USB socket at the top edge of screen and nearly all cases I have looked at are designed for screens with HDMI and USB on the right edge. I've had to import one from China that had the cutouts for this screen. Took about 2 weeks to arrive. Wish I'd have ordered two cases at the same time to avoid the wait as I'm impressed with the clarity of Elecrow I hope to buy another one in near future. ! Just one more thing Columbo! I had originally wanted to buy Revision B of this screen with capacitive touch screen because it has OSD menu buttons. I can't find any manuals but I'm hoping that OSD buttons allows settings for brightness as that was my other preferred criteria. Having said that, I think it would be even more impossible to find suitable case due to the positions of sockets and extra menu buttons on Revision B screen. Maybe Elecrow could provide some insight on available cases? To solve the lack of brightness control I have just used a pieces of tinted acetate so that lessens the brightness if I'm using at night.

Nice product, wish there is hdmi angled connector.

works great, I can’t wait to add it to my raspberry universe of options. i’m currently using it for my server to access the user interface instead of a massive screen.

Ein sehr guter Bildschirm über den Preis läst sich streiten aber noch okay. Ich habe ihn für Klipper gebraucht da ich nicht immer den PC anschalten will um die Temperatur zu überwachen und sonst was ich steuern will. Die Installation ging sehr schnell und der KlipperScreen war auch schnell installiert. Das Touchscreen ist sehr gut auch ohne Stift, der mit beigelegt war. Das Display reagiert sehr gut und ohne Verzögerung, also ein gute Investition. Die Größe ist auch sehr gut, voll ausreichend. Ich kann das Display wärmstens empfehlen.

Très content de recevoir le produit et m en servir au moment de L alume il me manque deux cm d écran et le tactile ne fonctionne pas je suis dégoûté.