The new Raspberry Pi touchscreen has an 800×480 resolution, 10-point capacitive touch support, 24-bit color and 70 degree viewing angle. The fact that it connects via DSI means the Pi’s HDMI socket remains free, meaning you could use it to power a twin-display setup should you ever have good reason to do so.
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Raspberry Pi has officially placed a touch display on sale for the tiny computer today. Initial setup is incredibly easy as the kit comes with all the cables, jumper wires and screws required to settle it to the Raspberry Pi, meaning you will be ready to use the touchscreen within minutes.
You can grab the new screen from now for just £48 from the Pi Swag store and other Pi retailers.
In a lengthy blog post announcing the display, Raspberry Pi founder Eben Upton said he began the process of seeking out a simple, embeddable display for the Raspberry Pi two years ago. A range of touchscreen educational software is also being developed for the Pi. The display requires its own power connection, and that is achieved using either a separate power supply, a USB link or by GPIO, and is then shared with the Pi over microUSB. DSI displays are purpose-built for specific devices, though, and aren’t something that would or should be used in a device that will be manufactured for years to come.
For a breakdown of what this touchscreen is capable of, and an overview of all of the different configurations you can use it in, I’d highly recommend checking out the video above.
Folks running the latest Raspbian operating system can tap into 10-finger touch and an on-screen keyboard, turning the credit card-sized Pi computer and new monitor into a portable machine.
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“The whole time we’ve been doing Raspberry Pi we’ve been saying, yeah the display accessory is coming, yeah the display accessory is coming – and the display accessory is finally coming”, said Upton.
