4inch HDMI Display-C

Product Pictures

Product Description

• 4.0-inch IPS full-angle display, support HDMI input, refresh rate up to 60FPS
• The physical resolution is 800x480
• Raspberry Pi monitor with touch control (need to install touch driver)
• It can be used as standard HDMI output device for computer display(no touch function)
• Compatible with and can be directly inserted into all versions of raspberry PI motherboards (raspberry PI 1 generation B and Zero need additional HDMI cable)
• Support HDMI audio output, backlight brightness adjustable

Product Parameters

SKU	MPI4008
Screen Size	4.0inch
LCD Type	TFT
Module Interface	HDMI
Resolution	800*480 (Pixel)
Backlight brightness	290 (cd/m²)
Active Area	51.84x86.40(mm)
Touch Screen Controller	XPT2046
LCD Driver IC	NT35510
Backlight	LED
power consumption	0.16A*5V
Working temperature（℃）	-30~80
Module PCB Size	98.60*58.05 (mm)
Package Size	143*134*51 (mm)
Rough Weight(Package containing) (g)	126 (g)

Hardware Description

PCBA Socket Fuction Description

① 3.5mm Headphone Jack: Output audio signal

② HDMI：Used to connect the main board and LCD display for HDMI transmission

③ Micro USB：Get 5V Power from USB, If ⑤-13*2 Pin Socket has been connected, that this USB interface can be No Connect.

④ Backlight adjustment button: Short press backlight change 10%, long press a few seconds to close backlight; short press to open backlight

⑤ 13*2 Pin Socket：Get +5V Power from raspberry Pi to LCD, at the same time transfer touch signal back to Raspberry Pi.

13*2 Pin Socket interface definition:

Pin	Name	Description
1、17	3.3V	Power supply  +3.3V
2、4	5V	Power supply  +5V
3、5、7、8、10、11、12、13、15、16、18、24	NC	NC
6、9、14、20、25	GND	GND
19	TP_SI	SPI data input of touch panel
21	TP_SO	SPI data output of touch panel
22	TP_IRQ	The touch panel is interrupted and the low level is detected when the touch panel is pressed down
23	TP_SCK	Touch the SPI clock signal of the panel
26	TP_CS	Touch panel select signal, low level select touch panel

Dimension drawing

How to ues

How to use Raspbian/Ubuntu Mate/Kali/Retropie system

Method 1

• Use the image of the driver preinstalled

1) Download the driver image file from the website: Image_Download
2) Format Micro SD card by SDFormatter
3) Burn the official image into Micro SD card by using Win32DiskImager.
4) Insert Micro SD card, connect LCD, start Raspberry Pi, and it will work normally.

Method 2

Step 1, install the latest official images of various systems (Q:Don‘t know how to install？)

(1)Download from the official website

• Raspbian
• Ubuntu
• Kali
• RetroPie

(2)Format Micro SD card by SDFormatter

(3)Burn the official image into Micro SD card by using Win32DiskImager

 Step 2,Connect to Raspberry Pi

As shown in the figure, connect the LCD module to the Raspberry Pi

Step 3, Install the LCD driver

A. Install drivers in the Raspbian system(Raspberry Pi requires Internet connection)

(1)Log on to the Raspberry Pi terminal(User: pi; Password: raspberry) (Q:SSH cannot connect？)

(2)Execute the following command (copy and paste it by right-clicking on the Putty window):

sudo rm -rf LCD-show
git clone https://github.com/goodtft/LCD-show.git
chmod -R 755 LCD-show
cd LCD-show/
sudo ./MPI4008-show

B. Install drivers in the Ubuntu / Kali / RetroPie system

(1)Download local drivers "LCD-show.tar.gz"

Raspberry Pi OS-Driver

Ubuntu-18.04-Drivers

Kali-2019.1-Drivers

RetroPie-Pi2-Pi3-Drivers

RetroPie-Pi1-ZERO-Drivers

(2)Copy "LCD-show.tar.gz" to the Raspberry Pi system

(3)Log on to the Raspberry Pi terminal, Execute the following command ( Username Password)

tar -xvzf LCD-show.tar.gz
chmod -R 755 LCD-show 
cd LCD-show/
sudo ./MPI4008-show

Step 4, Check whether the driver is installed successfully

After the installation of the LCD driver is completed, the system will restart automatically. If the LCD can be normally displayed and touched, the installation of the driver is successful

Note:

A. Ubuntu system default SSH is not enabled, the specific method of opening seeRaspberryPi Ubuntu-mate open ssh instructions

B. Ubuntu-18.04 system ssh connection may fail, the specific solution is shown in RaspberryPi Ubuntu-mate-18.04 ssh connection failure solution description

C. The retropie-rpi1_zero system cannot log in via SSH (no network port and wifi module). You need to copy the driver through the serial port. For details, see RaspberryPi Zero open serial instructions

D. Retropie system game installation and setup instructions see RaspberryPi Retropie using instructions

How to use as PC Monitor

• Connected the computer HDMI output to the LCD HDMI interface by HDMI cable.
• Power to Micro USB interface
• If you have multiple monitors, please pull the other displayer, and make this LCD as the only displayer for testing.
• As computer monitors, the touch function will not be available.

How to rotate the display direction

This method only applies to the Raspberry Pi series of display screens, other display screens do not apply.

• Method 1，If the driver is not installed, execute the following command (Raspberry Pi needs to connected to the Internet):

sudo rm -rf LCD-show
git clone https://github.com/goodtft/LCD-show.git
chmod -R 755 LCD-show
cd LCD-show/
sudo ./XXX-show 90

After execution, the driver will be installed. The system will automatically restart, and the display screen will rotate 90 degrees to display and touch normally.
（ ' XXX-show ' can be changed to the corresponding driver, and ' 90 ' can be changed to 0, 90, 180 and 270, respectively representing rotation angles of 0 degrees, 90 degrees, 180 degrees, 270 degrees）

• Method 2，If the driver is already installed, execute the following command:

cd LCD-show/
sudo ./rotate.sh 90

After execution, the system will automatically restart, and the display screen will rotate 90 degrees to display and touch normally.
（ ' 90 ' can be changed to 0, 90, 180 and 270, respectively representing rotation angles of 0 degrees, 90 degrees, 180 degrees, 270 degrees）
If the rotate.sh prompt cannot be found, use Method 1 to install the latest drivers

Download Resources

Documents

1. MPI4008-4inch-HDMI-Display-C-User-Manual-V1.0.pdf
2. MPI4008-4inch-HDMI-Display-C-Size.pdf
3. How_to_install_the_LCD_driver_V1.2
4. How_to_install_matchbox-keyboard
5. How_to_calibrate_the_resistance_touch_screen-V1.2
6. How_to_use_Raspberry_Pi(Download,Format,Burn,SSH,PuTTy)-V1.0.pdf
7. How_to_change_display_direction-GPIO-Resistive_Touch-V1.2
8. RaspberryPi Ubuntu-mate open ssh instructions
9. RaspberryPi Ubuntu-mate-18.04 ssh connection failure solution description
10. RaspberryPi Zero open serial instructions
11. RaspberryPi Retropie using instructions

Driver Download

1. Raspberry Pi OS-Driver
2. Ubuntu-Driver
3. Kali-2019.1-Driver
4. RetroPie-Pi1-ZERO-Driver
5. RetroPie-Pi2-Pi3-Driver

Image Download

If you have difficulty installing the driver, or if you still can't use the display properly after installing the driver,

Please Try our Configned images for tested.

Just need download and write the image into the Micro SD card. DO NOT need any driver installation steps.

Image Name	Version	Support	Password	Download
Raspberry Pi OS	2024-11-19	PI5/PI4/PI3B+/PI3/PI2/ PI1/ZERO/ZERO W	user:pi password:raspberry	BaiduYun:	MPI4008-4inch-2024-11-19-raspios-bookworm-armhf(Pi4-Pi5) Fetch Code：8elb
				Mega:	MPI4008-4inch-2025-05-13-raspios-bookworm-arm64(p4p5).7z
Ubuntu MATE	22.04	PI4，PI3B+,PI3B	user:pi password:raspberry	BaiduYun:	MPI4008-4inch-ubuntu-mate-22.04-desktop-armhf+raspi.7z Fetch Code：f7pm
				Mega:	MPI4008-4inch-ubuntu-mate-22.04-desktop-armhf+raspi.7z
Kali Linux RaspberryPi 2, 3 and 4	2024.3	PI4B,PI3B+,PI3,PI2	user:kali password:kali	BaiduYun:	MPI4008-4inch-kali-linux-2024.3 Fetch Code：3ril
				Mega:	MPI4008-4inch-kali-linux-2021.3
RetroPie	4.4	Pi1,Pi-ZERO	user:pi password:raspberry	BaiduYun:	MPI4008-4inch-HDMI-C-retropie-4.4-rpi1-zero.7z Fetch Code：fgfw
				Mega:	MPI4008-4inch-HDMI-C-retropie-4.4-rpi1-zero.7z
RetroPie	4.4	Pi3B+,Pi3,Pi2	user:pi password:raspberry	BaiduYun:	MPI4008-4inch-HDMI-C-retropie-4.4-rpi2-rpi3.7z Fetch Code：jrkv
				Mega:	MPI4008-4inch-HDMI-C-retropie-4.4-rpi2-rpi3.7z
OctoPi	1.0.0	Pi4,Pi3B+,Pi3,Pi2	user:pi password:raspberry	BaiduYun:	4inch-MPI4008-2022-08-03_2022-04-04-octopi-bullseye-armhf-lite-1.0.0 Fetch Code：me3s
				Mega:	4inch-MPI4008-octopi-buster-armhf-lite-0.18.0

Common Software

1. Panasonic SDFormatter
2. Win32DiskImager
3. PuTTY