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A TFT panel connected to a Raspberry Pi without the use of an HDMI decoder? What is this sorcery??? It's the DPI

Kippah from Adafruit! This HAT-like* board snaps onto a Raspberry Pi B+, A+, Pi 2, Pi 3 or Zero and with a little software

configuration, allows you to have what

normally

would go out the HDMI port come up on a nice little flat screen.

* Its

not technically a HAT due to the lack of an on-board EEPROM, but its the same shape as a Pi HAT and its a covering of

sorts, so we call it a kippah

Compared to our lovely HDMI backpacks, you don't have the extra cost or expense of an HDMI encoder/decoder. And

you get a nice ultra-fast 18-bit color display with optional touch support. We tested it and it works great with our 5" and

7" displays at 800x480. This display is 'native' so it gets all the graphics accelleration capabilities, instant refresh, etc.

you would get from an HDMI display

The Kippah will also generate the backlight drive voltage (up to ~24V) from the 5V USB power on the Raspberry Pi