A popular way to actually make the connections to the raspberry pi is to use a pi cobbler plus or a pi t cobbler breakout for older 26 pin versions.
Raspberry pi gpio ribbon cable orientation.
The raspberry pi has a small connector for a 15 pin ribbon cable which supports the display serial interface dsi standard which allows for high speed communication between lcd screens.
Proper pin 1 orientation note.
A powerful feature of the raspberry pi is the row of gpio general purpose input output pins along the top edge of the board.
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Insert the idc cable to the pi so that the cable extends away from the pi.
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That new raspberry pi model b computer you just got has a row of 2x20 pin headers soldered on those are the gpio general purpose input output pins and for those of us who like to hack electronics they are where the real fun is.
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If you are using an enclosure like the pi 4 heat sink case you may want to consider using an extension header to properly connect the pi wedge s idc cable to the raspberry pi s gpio pins.
A 40 pin gpio header is found on all current raspberry pi boards unpopulated on pi zero and pi zero w.
Prior to the pi 1 model b 2014 boards comprised a shorter 26 pin header.
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By programming the pi you can twiddle those pins high or low send and receive i2c an.
Documentation usage gpio gpio.
B rpi to cobbler ribbon cable orientation.
At the moment the best display to use with this connector is the official raspberry pi 7 touchscreen which supports 10 point capacitive touch.
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