Getting the Steam Deck LCD working on a Raspberry Pi

# Getting the Steam Deck LCD working on a Raspberry Pi Source: [https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2026/steam-deck-lcd-pi-hat/](https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2026/steam-deck-lcd-pi-hat/) The[BOE TV070WXM\-TV0 LCD](https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256806531632512.html?gatewayAdapt=glo2usa4itemAdapt)used in the original Steam Deck can be had for around $30\. It's a serviceable 7" touchscreen with 400 nits of brightness and a resolution of 1280x800 \(for a sharp 216 ppi\)\. The specs are a lot nicer than the[Pi 7" Touch Display](https://www.raspberrypi.com/products/raspberry-pi-touch-display/), which costs twice as much, with giant bezels and half the resolution\! Until today, the Steam Deck LCD didn't work with a Raspberry Pi\. But the folks at[Scandent](https://www.scandent.com/)were trying to standardize on a mass\-market touchscreen for one of their own devices, and built a[Linux kernel driver](https://github.com/ScandentLLC/tv070wxm-hat/blob/master/linux-rpi-6.12.y-panel-boe-tv070wxm.patch)for it which they intend to upstream\. Not only that, they've open sourced a[Pi HAT design](https://github.com/ScandentLLC/tv070wxm-hat/)which adapts the Raspberry Pi 5 or CM4's MIPI connection[1](https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2026/steam-deck-lcd-pi-hat/#fn:1)to the special 39\-pin connector on the Steam Deck LCD\. The repository linked above has detailed build instructions, and the KiCAD project if you'd like to build a HAT of your own\. Scandent was kind enough to send me not one but*two*prototype HATs \(the first one was damaged in shipping\), and I put together this setup for testing: Scandent isn't planning on productizing the HAT, they just wanted a decent touchscreen they could use that will be in good supply for at least a few years\. Making it more accessible to hobbyists or others building Pi\-based touchscreen projects should strengthen the market for this LCD, too\. From what I understand, LCD panels like these are often built for a specific purpose, and if a product line that uses it stops being manufactured, the specific LCD gets discontinued at some point, meaning downstream users have to work on supporting*another*one\. Just like switching from one SoC to another creates annoying rework, trying to sync up hardware signaling and a working kernel driver with multiple touchscreens is a pain\. I tested the Steam Deck LCD on a Raspberry Pi 5, and found it to work quite well\. In person, I didn't see any real flickering or waviness, and brightness was good, even under my studio lights\. The touch targets are a little bit iffy at the Pi's default resolution scaling, but if you bump that up or build your own HMI/UI, you can make this thing quite usable\. Maybe someone out there will build out the rest of the hardware and a 3D print for a RetroPie\-based open source Steam Deck?