Official 7.0 - project-owner/PeppyPlayers.doc GitHub Wiki

Overview

The display is available from Amazon and other stores.

official-7.0

Disk Image Content

This disk image is based on the Headless Disk Image and has the following additional software and configuration:

  • Screen was rotated (lcd_rotate=2 in /boot/config.txt).
  • Rainbow splash disabled (disable_splash=1 in /boot/config.txt)
  • Peppy Player was configured to work with GUI displayed in LCD, Peppy Player splash screen was configured.

Installation and Configuration

Connect display to the DSI connector - blue side down at display side.

Connect display to the GPIO connector:

  • 5V (Red) to the pin #4
  • GND (Black) to the pin #6
  • SDA (Green) to the pin #3
  • SCL (Yellow) to the pin #5

Here are the steps which were used to create the Disk Image for the Raspberry Official 7.0" touchscreen.

Install the Headless Disk Image

  • Download the Headless Disk Image
  • Write downloaded disk image to 8GB MicroSD card.
  • Insert a MicroSD card to a Raspberry Pi, power on, login using putty.

Configure Peppy Player for display

Edit the player configuration file

nano Peppy/config.txt

Set parameters:

width = 800
height = 480
hdmi = True
multi.touch = True
touchscreen = False
headless = False
use.display.backlight = True

Copy changed file to the defaults:

cp Peppy/config.txt Peppy/defaults/

Edit VU Meter screensaver configuration:

nano Peppy/screensaver/peppymeter/config.txt

Set property:

meter.size = large

Edit Spectrum Analyzer screensaver configuration:

nano Peppy/screensaver/spectrum/config.txt

Set property:

screen.size = large

Configure the touchscreen

Edit the system configuration file:

sudo nano /boot/config.txt

Set the parameters:

lcd_rotate=2
disable_splash=1

Install the Splash Screen 

sudo apt-get install fbi
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/project-owner/Peppy.doc/master/files/splash.service

Edit the service file:

nano splash.service

change the line to:

ExecStart=/usr/bin/fbi -d /dev/fb0 --noverbose -a /home/pi/Peppy/splash/splash-800.png

Start service:

sudo mv splash.service /etc/systemd/system
sudo systemctl enable splash
sudo systemctl start splash

Configure peppyalsa plugin

Switch to edited file and test audio:

cp .asoundrc-equal-peppyalsa .asoundrc
speaker-test -t wav

Remove console messages during booting

Edit the configuration file:

sudo nano /boot/cmdline.txt

Add parameter

fbcon=map:2

Reboot / Test / Cleanup

sudo reboot

Test player functionality.
Cleanup:

rm .wget-hsts .bash_history
sudo poweroff
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