The Raspberry Pi has just stepped up their game with a new
addition to their peripherals for the US$35 Raspberry Pi 2 Model B
This latest peripheral is a US$60
Raspberry Pi 7” Touchscreen interface from Element14, company behind the
Raspberry Pi Model B as reported in the article “Raspberry
Pi gets an official 7-inch touchscreen”, published September 8, 2015 by
Rich Trenholm, CNET News.
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| From September 3, 2015 |
This peripheral is for the Raspberry Pi 2 Model B that was
launched earlier in the year on Monday February 2nd 2015 as reported in my blog article
entitled “US$35
Raspberry Pi 2 Model B to run Windows 10 - Why Windows Developer Program for
IoT is Microsoft 's IoT Push”.
The 7” touchscreen can work with the older Raspberry Pi
Model A and B models as described in the article “Two
years in the making, an official touchscreen for the tiny board has gone on
sale”, published September 8, 2015 by Steve Ranger, ZDNet.
These older models were launched almost two (2) years ago
back in 2011 and was upgraded in 2012 as explained in my blog article
entitled “The
Evolution of the Raspberry Pi Computer into a Mainstream Wearable Computer -
How to teach Computer Programming using Flying Sword of Dragon Gate”, but
the mounting fixtures are really made for Raspberry Pi 2 Model B.
It measures 194 mm by 110 mm by 20mm and has a resolution of
only 800x480 pixels. It’s made with a Perspex frame that comes in the following
colours:
1. Red
2. Blue
3. Green
4. Black
5. Purple
6. Orange
It however, supports 10 figure gesture touch commands and
has an onscreen keyboard. So this isn’t a toy Tablet but more of a basic
display for touch screen control typical of what you’d find in a factory
setting e.g. to monitor a biscuit bagging line a Food Processing Plant!
Interestingly, you can connect both the 7” touchscreen and a
HDMI Display simultaneously and use the Touchscreen as a kind of controller for
the Raspberry Pi 2 Model B to control the display on the HDMI HDTV set.
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| From September 3, 2015 |
Quite conveniently, the 7” touchscreen connects screen
connects via the GPIO or DSI display connector through an adapter board that
handles signalling and is also powered by a single USB power source as
explained in “Raspberry
Pi gets £48 touchscreen”, published 08 SEPTEMBER 15 by James Temperton, Wired.
Combined, this makes the Raspberry Pi's latest additional
peripheral a great addition to the budding App and device developer for IoT
(Internet of Things) applications!
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