Raspberry Pi 7" Touch Screen LCD

Desired: A Raspberry Pi set-up that will fit in my purse.

Parts

Raspberry Pi 3 & Power supply
Raspberry Pi 7" Touch Screen LCD
Raspberry pi 7-inch lcd touch screen case, white or black

New Raspberry Pi 7" Touch Screen LCD - Assembly

Good video because it shows how to stablize the screen ribbon and close up of the pins to share power.


A Raspberry Pi Trouble Shooting page is provided, but generally check all connections if not working.

Touch Screen Case set-up

Raspberry pi 7-inch lcd touch screen case, white
Initially the image in this case is upside down (due to RPi firmware update).
To change add: lcd_rotate=2 to /boot/config.txt using and your favorite editor 
or

sudo /bin/su -c "echo 'lcd_rotate=2' >> /boot/config.txt"

Note: Some suggest using display_rotate, but the following  from Element14 forum explains why lcd_rotate is better:
"Don't use the documented display_rotate, it performs a performance expensive rotation of the screen and does not rotate the touch input."

Keyboard

To add Virtual Keyboard: sudo apt-get install matchbox-keyboard
Or add a normal USB or Wireless Keyboard 

Mouse

Use the touch and tap accepted by the touchscreen
Or normal USB mouse or touchpad on a wireless keyboard

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