10-inch Contact Show 2 sees Raspberry Pi go large display screen ⋆ Electronics Weekly
Raspberry Pi has expanded its vary of multi-touch capacitive contact panes with a 10-inch Contact Show 2.
You connect a Raspberry Pi to the rear of the show, by way of 4 M2.5 screws, and it’s powered from the Pi’s GPIO, so a separate energy provide isn’t wanted.
Be aware, nevertheless, the 10-inch Raspberry Pi Contact Show 2 is barely suitable with the Raspberry Pi 5 or Raspberry Pi Compute Modules (by way of a Raspberry Pi Compute Module IO Board or one other suitable service board).
Gordon Hollingworth, the Raspberry Pi CTO, writes:
“Bodily measurement isn’t the one improve. Our new 10″ show contains a larger 1200×1920–pixel decision, a extra beneficiant 85-degree viewing angle, and a touchscreen controller with help for ten-finger contact, up from five-finger contact within the 5″ and seven″ variants.
10-inch Contact Show 2
The portrait panel, like the present Contact Show 2 shows, goals at interactive tasks comparable to info dashboards and leisure methods. And as talked about, the in-plane switching thin-film transistor (IPS TFT) liquid-crystal show will help ten-finger contact.
Measuring 161.8 mm × 247.3 mm, with an lively space of 135.4 mm × 216.6 mm, it helps a viewing angle of 85 levels. And the show format is 24-bit RGB (1200 × 1920 pixels) with native portrait mode.
Solely two connections are required to attach the show to a Raspberry Pi board: an influence cable for the GPIO header and a ribbon cable for the DSI port. And the 10-inch variant comes with an influence cable, a mini-mini ribbon cable, and eight M2.5 mounting screws.
Traits
Show traits of the system are as follows.
- Contact response time: Max 35 ms
- Floor therapy: Anti-glare
- Color configuration: RGB-stripe
- Backlight brightness: 400 cd/m2
- Working temperature: −20°C to +70°C
Show set
The newest 10-inch model completes the set with 5-inch and 7-inch predecessors.
The second era of Raspberry Pi’s 7-inch contact show – the Contact Show 2 – was first launched in November 2024. After which, in August final 12 months, there was a smaller 5-inch Contact Show 2.
It’s obtainable from accredited resellers comparable to Pimoroni, Fast Electronics and The Pi Hut, with pricing round $80.
By way of its manufacturing lifetime, the Raspberry Pi Contact Show 2 will stay in manufacturing till no less than January 2030, guarantees Raspberry Pi.
You possibly can learn extra on the Raspberry Pi web site, with full particulars on this Product Transient.