Transform your Raspberry Pi into a Linux tablet with a touch screen for just over 50 euros

Raspberry Pi is no longer a small motherboard for projects in technology classrooms. The device can be used as a home server, controlling an LED light, or designing a home automation system, even ambitious projects like running Doom. Now they have managed to transform the Pi into a Linux tablet with a touch screen.

The company intends to take advantage of the rise of this mini PC and has launched new products in recent weeks with the new Pi AI Camera or M.2 SSD cards with Raspberry Pi OS preinstalled. The Pi Touch Display 2 is your new bet with a 7-inch touch screen with a resolution of 720 x 1,280 pixels in RGB with anti-glare surface.

Raspberry Pi It has not presented major changes for the Touch Displays since they came onto the market in 2015 with a resolution of 480 x 840 pixels. Almost a decade later, the company has improved the multi-touch panel with the ability to perform gestures with up to five fingers on Touch Display 2.

Raspberry Pi Touch Display 2 uses Debian Linux

The Pi Touch Display 2 works with Raspberry Pi OS based on Debian Linux distribution. The company behind this device did not want to cut back on connectivity and has opted for its own operating system.

The touch screen of the Pi Touch Display 2 integrates the necessary ports to connect the tablet to a Raspberry Pi more easily. The second generation It is compatible with all the brand’s motherboards, except for the Raspeberry Pi Zeroa model that came on the market in 2015 and does not have the necessary DSI port.

The tablet with Linux Integrates the support on the back to attach any Raspberry Pi. It is not the most manageable device from an ergonomic point of view, but it is certainly one of the most functional thanks to the keyboard integrated into the screen. The Pi Touch Display 2 sold in the official store for a price of 60 dollars, just over 50 euros in exchange.

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Tags: Raspberry Pi, Linux, tablets