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Case for 7" touch monitor LS-7T by bjoerngiesler
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German internet shop Pollin sells a 7" monitor, the LS-7 (or LS-7T as touch version) for very cheap.
http://www.pollin.de/shop/dt/NzUwOTc4OTk-/Bauelemente_Bauteile/Aktive_Bauelemente/Displays/7_17_78_cm_Display_Set_LS_7_HDMI_DVI_VGA_CVBS.html
http://www.pollin.de/shop/dt/NTMwOTc4OTk-/Bauelemente_Bauteile/Aktive_Bauelemente/Displays/7_17_78_cm_Display_Set_mit_Touchscreen_LS_7T_HDMI_DVI_VGA_CVBS.html
At the time of writing, it costs 40 Euros for the non-touch version and 50 Euros for the one with touch. Display resolution is 1024x600, but it will scale down everything up to 1080p. It has HDMI, DVI and VGA connectors so it is a very good fit for the Raspberry Pi, ODROID U2/3 or other small computers. I am going to use it with an ODROID that controls my ShapeOko router. First tests indicate that the inductive touch function works quite well for button-based interfaces, and even using an on-screen keyboard is OK.
The only downside of this screen is that it comes without an enclosure, just the bare electronics. I still really liked the display so I modeled an enclosure in Sketchup. It's a bit fiddly to mount the components but once you have everything in it fits quite well. I had no room to put the composite (CVBS) socket. That is the only connector except power that is not mounted on the main board but comes as a dongle. It needs to be snipped off. But composite video is going the way of the Dodo anyway, right? :-)
The way the display and board are constructed, if you mount them back-to-back like in this case then the DVI/HDMI/VGA sockets come out on top, which makes the display a bit awkward to hold in your hands. So if you want them to be on bottom you need to rotate the screen image by 180 degrees (for example using the XRandR extension in Linux, or AltGr-DownArrow in Windows).
http://www.pollin.de/shop/dt/NzUwOTc4OTk-/Bauelemente_Bauteile/Aktive_Bauelemente/Displays/7_17_78_cm_Display_Set_LS_7_HDMI_DVI_VGA_CVBS.html
http://www.pollin.de/shop/dt/NTMwOTc4OTk-/Bauelemente_Bauteile/Aktive_Bauelemente/Displays/7_17_78_cm_Display_Set_mit_Touchscreen_LS_7T_HDMI_DVI_VGA_CVBS.html
At the time of writing, it costs 40 Euros for the non-touch version and 50 Euros for the one with touch. Display resolution is 1024x600, but it will scale down everything up to 1080p. It has HDMI, DVI and VGA connectors so it is a very good fit for the Raspberry Pi, ODROID U2/3 or other small computers. I am going to use it with an ODROID that controls my ShapeOko router. First tests indicate that the inductive touch function works quite well for button-based interfaces, and even using an on-screen keyboard is OK.
The only downside of this screen is that it comes without an enclosure, just the bare electronics. I still really liked the display so I modeled an enclosure in Sketchup. It's a bit fiddly to mount the components but once you have everything in it fits quite well. I had no room to put the composite (CVBS) socket. That is the only connector except power that is not mounted on the main board but comes as a dongle. It needs to be snipped off. But composite video is going the way of the Dodo anyway, right? :-)
The way the display and board are constructed, if you mount them back-to-back like in this case then the DVI/HDMI/VGA sockets come out on top, which makes the display a bit awkward to hold in your hands. So if you want them to be on bottom you need to rotate the screen image by 180 degrees (for example using the XRandR extension in Linux, or AltGr-DownArrow in Windows).