Waveshare continue to up their game with their mini Raspberry Pi displays, with this new model offering a 640×480 resolution with capacitive 5-point touch, fancy IPS panel, and 170 viewing angles.

The display is controlled via DSI (the display port on your Raspberry Pi), which has the benefit of offering 60Hz refresh rate and doesn’t use any GPIO pins, leaving your header free for HATs and other hardware.

Whilst the default approach is to fix your Raspberry Pi to the rear of the display using the built-in posts and included fixings, you can assemble them separately with just the PCIe ribbon cable providing the connection.

The display comes with three DSI FPC cables to accommodate different DSI ports and port locations on the various Raspberry Pi models. Please note that backlight adjustment is not supported.

Raspberry Pi not included.

Features

• 3.5″ display for Raspberry Pi 5, 4 or 3
• 640 480 resolution
• Capacitive 5-point touch (I2C)
• IPS panel with toughened glass
• 170 viewing angles
• DSI display connection
• 60Hz refresh rate
• 180cd/m brightness
• 3.3V 150Ma power consumption
• GPIO header remains available
• Built-in Raspberry Pi mounting posts
• Supports separate display and Raspberry Pi assembly

Resources

• Product wiki

Package Contents

• 1x 3.5″ DSI Capacitive Touch Display for Raspberry Pi (640×480)
• 1x 120mm FPC DSI cable
• 1x 50mm FPC DSI cable (opposite sides)
• 1x 160mm FPC DSI cable (opposite sides)
• 1x Fixings pack

Raspberry Pi not included.