Add a 4.3 inch Waveshare DSI Display, Touch, 800x480

What we need

• Raspberry Pi 3/4
• 8 GB Micro SD card
• Waveshare 4.3 inch DSI Display
• Soundcard of your choice
• Power supply

Steps

Step 1 - Connect the display to your Raspberry Pi

• Connect the display with the supplied flat-cable to your RPi.
• For easy use, you can fix the RPi on the backside of the Display.

• Connect your soundcard.

Step 2 - Prepare SD card

• Put a fresh pCP 9 image on to the SD card—see Burn piCorePlayer onto a SD card.

• While the SD card is still in the laptop/pc, edit the following two files:

• Enter wifi access data in wpa_supplicant.conf.sample and “save as” wpa_supplicant.conf.

# This are the details about your Wireless network. Configure as needed.
# Most will just need to change the ssid and psk.

network={
        ssid="your ssid"
        psk="your password"
        key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
        auth_alg=OPEN

• Add the following lines to config.txt, at the end of the file.

gpu_mem=128
disable_splash=1
avoid_warnings=2
dtoverlay=vc4-kms-v3d
dtoverlay=vc4-kms-dsi-7inch

• If existing, comment out the gpu_mem=16 and lcd_rotate=2 default settings by putting an # at the beginning of the line.
• Save your changes.

Step 3 - Boot Raspberry Pi

• Put the SD card in your RPi and boot.
• Find the IP address of the RPi, and enter it in a browser—see Determine your piCorePlayer IP address.
• Once the RPi has booted up, this should bring up the pCP web interface.
• Setup your Audio output device [Squeezelite Settings] (this step includes a reboot, do not accept - we’ll have a reboot in next step)
• Install Jivelite from the [Tweaks page] (this step includes an automatic backup, so accept the reboot prompt.)
• After the reboot the display and touch should work.
• Configure Jivelite.
  • Choose your language and in the next menu select GridSkin 800x480 or Jogglerskin. Both work fine with that resolution.
  • Configure the additional settings (time, background and so on).
  • Do not forget to save your changes in Jivelite Settings (Settings > piCorePlayer > Save Settings to SD-Card)

More information

• 4.3 inch Waveshare DSI Display Capacitive Touch
• Download piCorePlayer
• Burn piCorePlayer onto a SD card
• Determine your piCorePlayer IP address
• Access piCorePlayer via ssh
• Edit config.txt