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# Waveshare 7inch Capacitive Touch Display (1280×800, Toughened Glass, HDMI/Type-C Interface)

**Type:** Product page · **SKU:** WS-28606 · **Brand:** [Waveshare](https://core-electronics.com.au/brands/waveshare-in-australia)
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A 1280×800 IPS panel with 10-point touch and built-in speakers — plug into a Pi, mini PC or phone over one Type-C cable.

## Pricing

- **Price:** $149.94 (inc GST) — $136.31 AUD, exc GST

## Availability & dispatch

- Available with a lead time — expect dispatch between Sep 04 and Sep 11.

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## Description

Wide-gamut 1280×800 across seven inches of optically bonded IPS, with 10-point capacitive touch behind 6H toughened glass. Standard HDMI in, full-featured Type-C in, and a pair of Hi-Fi speakers inside an aluminium alloy shell.

Small touchscreens usually force a compromise: DSI/SPI panels tie you to a Raspberry Pi and use the 40-pin header, while generic HDMI monitors drop touch altogether. This panel accepts standard HDMI or full-featured Type-C, so it drives a Pi 5, a Jetson Orin, a mini PC, a Windows laptop or a phone — driver-free, with the GPIO left free.

Wiring is a two-cable job at most, and often one:

- HDMI for display, USB Type-C for touch
- Or a single full-featured Type-C cable carrying video, audio and touch together
- Raspberry Pi OS needs one `config.txt` entry to configure the 1280×800 mode
- Windows 11/10/8.1/8/7 identifies both display and 10-point touch on plug-in
- Brightness runs over DDC/CI — Twinkle Tray on Windows, ddcutil on Linux

### Features

- Renders noticeably richer colour than typical maker panels, with a 68% NTSC gamut rather than the usual sRGB-approximate LED backlight.
- Optical bonding removes the air gap between glass and panel, so there is no parallax between your fingertip and the pixel, and no dust ingress behind the glass.
- Survives workshop life on 6H toughened glass — scratch resistance well beyond a bare plastic touch layer.
- Holds colour when viewed off-axis across a 178° IPS viewing cone, so a panel-mounted HMI stays readable from either side.
- Drops the cable count to one on full-featured Type-C hosts, carrying display, audio and touch on a single connection.
- Adjust brightness and contrast from software over DDC/CI, without reaching behind the enclosure for the OSD buttons.
- Ferrite dual-track speakers give usable audio without a separate amplifier, with a 3.5mm jack when you want headphones.
- Runs on 3W from a 5V Type-C supply — modest enough for a Pi-class power budget, provided the source delivers at least 600mA.
- Mounts on standard 50 × 50mm VESA hardware, or stands on the supplied triangular bracket for benchtop use.
- Multi-language OSD covers power, brightness and contrast control.

### Specifications

| Property | Specification |
|---|---|
| Model | 7EP-CAPLCD Monitor |
| Panel size | 7.0 inch IPS |
| Resolution | 1280 × 800 pixels |
| Pixel pitch | 0.11775 (H) × 0.11775 (V) mm |
| Display area | 152.00 (H) × 93.50 (V) mm |
| Overall dimensions | 172.00 (H) × 106.00 (V) × 10.00 (D) mm |
| Viewing angle | 178° |
| Colour gamut | 68% NTSC |
| Max. brightness | 350 cd/m² |
| Contrast ratio | 800:1 |
| Refresh rate | 60 Hz |
| Touch | Capacitive, 10-point, toughened glass (6H), optical bonding |
| Touch port | USB Type-C |
| Display interface | Standard HDMI / full-featured Type-C |
| Audio | Hi-Fi dual-track speakers, 3.5mm jack, 4-pin speaker header |
| Backlight adjustment | OSD menu and DDC/CI |
| Power input | 5V Type-C (4.75–5.25V), ≥600mA |
| Power consumption | 3W |
| Operating temperature | 0 to 60°C |
| Storage temperature | -10 to 70°C |
| Enclosure | Aluminium alloy |
| Mounting | 50 × 50mm VESA, triangular stand included |
| Certification | HDMI certified |

### Resources

- [7EP-CAPLCD Monitor Waveshare Wiki](https://www.waveshare.com/wiki/7EP-CAPLCD_Monitor)
- [Twinkle Tray](https://twinkletray.com/)
- ddcutil

### What's Included

- 1x 7EP-CAPLCD Monitor
- 1x HDMI flat cable (~1m)
- 1x HDMI to Micro HDMI adapter (~1m)
- 1x USB-A to USB-C cable (~1m)
- 1x USB-C to USB-C cable
- 1x Triangular stand

## Images

- [Product image 1](https://core-electronics.com.au/media/catalog/product/W/S/WS-28606_ecommerce_1786932921062.jpg)