{"id":138006,"date":"2015-09-09T08:59:06","date_gmt":"2015-09-09T06:59:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=138006"},"modified":"2015-09-09T09:03:36","modified_gmt":"2015-09-09T07:03:36","slug":"raspberry-pi-touch-display-launched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/138006-raspberry-pi-touch-display-launched.html","title":{"rendered":"Raspberry Pi touch display launched"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The official Raspberry Pi touch display has gone on sale for $60 (\u00b1R800).<\/p>\n<p>The touch display has a 10-point capacitive touchscreen with a resolution of 800\u00d7480 pixels.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwo years ago, I began the process of looking for a simple, embeddable display for the Raspberry Pi,\u201d said the screen project&#8217;s Gordon Henderson.<\/p>\n<p>He believed the project would take six months to complete, but there were a number of issues which held it back.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve finally got there. We chose an industrial-quality display from our friends at Inelco Hunter based in the UK, who were able to create something very special.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Raspberry Pi touch display is shown below.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_138016\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Raspberry-Pi-touch-display1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-138016\" class=\"size-full wp-image-138016\" src=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Raspberry-Pi-touch-display1.jpg\" alt=\"Raspberry Pi touch display\" width=\"630\" height=\"459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Raspberry-Pi-touch-display1.jpg 630w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Raspberry-Pi-touch-display1-120x86.jpg 120w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Raspberry-Pi-touch-display1-549x400.jpg 549w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-138016\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Raspberry Pi touch display<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_138012\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Raspberry-Pi-touch-display-back.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-138012\" class=\"size-full wp-image-138012\" src=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Raspberry-Pi-touch-display-back.jpg\" alt=\"Raspberry Pi touch display back\" width=\"630\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Raspberry-Pi-touch-display-back.jpg 630w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Raspberry-Pi-touch-display-back-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Raspberry-Pi-touch-display-back-250x166.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-138012\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Raspberry Pi touch display back<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_138018\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Raspberry-Pi-touch-display-USB-power.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-138018\" class=\"size-full wp-image-138018\" src=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Raspberry-Pi-touch-display-USB-power.jpg\" alt=\"Raspberry Pi touch display USB power\" width=\"630\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Raspberry-Pi-touch-display-USB-power.jpg 630w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Raspberry-Pi-touch-display-USB-power-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Raspberry-Pi-touch-display-USB-power-250x166.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-138018\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Raspberry Pi touch display USB power<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_138020\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Power.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-138020\" class=\"size-full wp-image-138020\" src=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Power.jpg\" alt=\"Power\" width=\"630\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Power.jpg 630w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Power-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Power-250x166.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-138020\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Power<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_138024\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Raspberry-Pi.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-138024\" class=\"size-full wp-image-138024\" src=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Raspberry-Pi.jpg\" alt=\"Raspberry Pi\" width=\"630\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Raspberry-Pi.jpg 630w, 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Pi touch display &#8211; a 10-point capacitive touchscreen with an 800\u00d7480 resolution &#8211; is now 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