Persevering with a breakneck launch tempo, Raspberry Pi has unveiled its newest {hardware} product: a second-generation touchscreen show, sensibly dubbed the Raspberry Pi Contact Show 2 — that includes a portrait format that matches properly to homebrew pill designs.
“Raspberry Pi Contact Show 2 is a 7″ portrait touchscreen show for Raspberry Pi, for interactive initiatives like tablets, leisure techniques, and knowledge dashboards,” the corporate says of its newest launch. “It’s powered from a Raspberry Pi; no separate energy provide is required.”
Raspberry Pi has introduced its newest {hardware} launch: the portrait-format Raspberry Pi Contact Show 2. (📷: Raspberry Pi)
The 7″ show has a 720×1280 native decision with a 24-bit full-color panel and a claimed 85-degree viewing angle, pushed from a Raspberry Pi’s MIPI Show Serial Interface (DSI) connector. Energy is drawn from the Raspberry Pi’s general-purpose enter/output (GPIO) header by means of a provided two-pin cable — which does imply the board cannot be used alongside {Hardware} Connected on High (HAT) boards that do not expose the facility pins, just like the Raspberry Pi M.2 HAT+, until you add longer pins.
The show’s touchscreen layer is true capacitive delivering five-point contact, and ties in properly to the onscreen keyboard added within the newest launch of Raspberry Pi OS. It is also managed over the identical MIPI DSI cable, included within the bundle, because the video sign — that means there is not any have to tie up a USB port.
The show works within the newest Raspberry Pi OS launch without having to put in any drivers — full with on-screen keyboard. (📷: Raspberry Pi)
Raspberry Pi says the board is suitable with “all Raspberry Pi computer systems from Raspberry Pi 1 Mannequin B+ onwards” — with one main exception: it may’t be used with the Raspberry Pi Zero household, as they lack a MIPI DSI output. The pack consists of the show, energy cable, full-size and miniature MIPI DSI flat versatile circuits (FFCs), and eight mounting screws; it doesn’t, nonetheless, embrace a stand for upright desktop use.
The Raspberry Pi Contact Show 2 is now accessible to order from Raspberry Pi’s official resellers, priced at $60.