Turn A Raspberry Pi Into A Tablet For $60

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You can now buy a 7” touchscreen monitor for the Raspberry Pi for only $60.

The 7” Touchscreen Monitor for Raspberry Pi gives users the ability to create all-in-one, integrated projects such as tablets, infotainment systems and embedded projects. The 800 x 480 display connects via an adapter board which handles power and signal conversion. Only two connections to the Pi are required; power from the Pi’s GPIO port and a ribbon cable that connects to the DSI port present on all Raspberry Pi’s. Touchscreen drivers with support for 10-finger touch and an on-screen keyboard will be integrated into the latest Raspbian OS for full functionality without a physical keyboard or mouse.
 
As a hobbyist toy or embedded prototype, that's great. But for $85 you can get something far more useful as a tablet (Android 5.0, quad core processor, higher resolution screen, etc) from Best Buy.
 
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Been looking for a touchscreen for my home theater and future home automation hub. Looks intriguing.
 
rezerekted said:
Amazon has a new tablet coming out for $50.00.
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And it probably will not be open source friendly. I think by and large people are missing the point of this...you certainly would not use this application as a tablet, per say. I see the screen being more of an interface for whatever you are using the PI for, for exmaple, floppy drive music, perhaps for your DIY 3d drinter, or HVAC controls-something where the "software" is done and now an UI is needed.
 
Steve said:
You can now buy a 7” touchscreen monitor for the Raspberry Pi for only $60.

The 7” Touchscreen Monitor for Raspberry Pi gives users the ability to create all-in-one, integrated projects such as tablets, infotainment systems and embedded projects. The 800 x 480 display connects via an adapter board which handles power and signal conversion. Only two connections to the Pi are required; power from the Pi’s GPIO port and a ribbon cable that connects to the DSI port present on all Raspberry Pi’s. Touchscreen drivers with support for 10-finger touch and an on-screen keyboard will be integrated into the latest Raspbian OS for full functionality without a physical keyboard or mouse.
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If only it was a 720p screen.
 
Could be neat for home automation or something, setup a fancy futuristic looking GUI on the front panel of the relay enclosure.
 
pxc said:
As a hobbyist toy or embedded prototype, that's great. But for $85 you can get something far more useful as a tablet (Android 5.0, quad core processor, higher resolution screen, etc) from Best Buy.
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Agree; but saw this advertised at MCM and was really considering the possibilities.
I'm restoring an antique motor home and one thing is putting in a panel of switches, gauges etc to monitor things. A cool touch panel that indicated what was on or off and showed information would actually be CHEAPER to implement than a board full of mechanical switches and gauges.
 
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