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DSI stands for Display Serial Interface, and is a display protocol aimed at mobile devices.

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DSI video connector

On the left of the Raspberry logo, there is a DSI connector. I am not familiar with this standard. What sort of displays can I connect to using this connector? And can I buy these displays off the shelf? Also are there any consumer device that we…
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Raspberry Pi 3 Smartphone LCD

Recently I was trying to connect RPI3 to a smartphone LCD which supporting MIPI DSI interface. I choose Huawei Y320 LCD (800x480) because of its documents availability and of course the price, This is the related LCD connector schematics: 2…
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Using the DSI connector on RasPi Zero W

I'm search for compatible 4-6" touchscreens with the Raspberry Pi (Zero W, but I think it's the same for all of them) with capacitive digitizer. My questions are: Does DSI support the touch digitizer or I'll have to buy/connect it externally? What…
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how to mount LCD/TFT screen on raspberry pi

Possible Duplicate Raspberry pi has an on-board DSI connector, If I buy an LCD or TFT or touch screen which has the DSI connector, could I mount it on the RPI? Does it require any additional firmware or library for display or will the kernel handle…
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Raspberry Pi DPI only works over short distances. Why?

I would like to use the Raspberry Pi 3B+ to operate the rectangular HyperPixel 4.0 touchscreen from Pimoroni. However, I don’t want to plug the touchscreen directly onto the Raspberry Pi, but instead use a 3.5 meter long cable to connect the…
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HDMI vs DSI, pros and cons?

I am curious what the main differences are between using the HDMI output or the DSI connector to hook up a screen? I understand that HDMI carries audio while the DSI ribbon connection will not, and that the HDMI can scale to much larger screens,…
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Is it possible to extend the DSI connector?

I want to install my Raspberry Pi in my car. I also want to have a screen visible for the driver while the RPi is somewhere else. So i want to extend it up to 50cm, is that possible?
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Are there already "official" DSI screens available?

Just looked at the wikiand read about the DSI connector but there are only phone screens listed and not any screen made for using with the pi. Is there already a screen out there which uses the DSI connector without anything else (not like the…
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Can we now use the DSI cnnector?

Now that the GPU source has been made open source, will we be able to use the DSI connector to power display panels?
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Will either of these displays work on the Raspberry Pi DSI connector?

I came across two different DSI LCD touchscreens (1, 2), but I'm not clear if they will work on the Raspberry Pi, but more importantly, I'm not clear on what specs i should be looking at the check if they are compatible or not. From what I can…
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What's the proper method for connecting a parallel LCD display to an RPi 3?

I'm attempting to interface this display to a Raspberry Pi 3. The data sheet outlines a relatively simple parallel interface in which you can write to the display. For those familiar with the Raspberry Pi 3, what would be the best method for…
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Does the "Raspberry Pi Touch Display" work with regular kernel?

Firstly, please excuse if this question seems bit noobish, I just started thinking about getting Raspberry PI, I don't have any experience neither with it nor with ARM platform (well, my phone, but that's something different). I was looking over at…
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XBMC on HDMI while Xorg on Official DSI Raspberry display

I have an RPi running Xorg Desktop environment on the official DSI display. Is it possible to have XBMC/Kodi or other software working on the HDMI output simultaneously?
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Can not use GPIO pins when Official Raspberry Pi screen is connected

I have a Raspberry Pi2 B+ model, with noobs distro installed. I had some programs using wiringPi library and an ultrasound component working (tested them using a separate monitor via HDMI). However, after connecting the official Raspberry Pi touch…
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X server will not start if a USB device (any kind) is connected

After updating to the latest pi os (bullseye lite 22-09-2022) and testing it on several pi 4Bs, I'm having an issue where the x server crashes if anything is plugged into one of the USB ports. Nothing is otherwise connected to the pi except for a…
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