Raspberry help. How to touchscreen devices and which ones to pick

[JamesDugan29]

So I have been researching the raspberry and I am interested in making some cool starting with a smart touchscreen mirror. Any help on how to do so. Also what screens can you use? As far as I understand you can hook the raspberry up to any old screen but can you make it touchscreen? And where can I buy parts to help build things like this? Any info is appreciated

 

[B. Diddy]

Moved from General Help to the Raspberry Pi forum, for more specific traffic.

 

[Jerry Hildenbrand]

I used one of these https://www.amazon.com/Acer-T272HUL...ag=hawk-future-20&ascsubtag=UUacUvbUpU5609805 covered with relfective two-way mirror film from a local car customization company when i built one for my Mom.

 

[JamesDugan29]

That's a little expensive for me right now lol do you think you could send me how you did it and pictures?

 

[Jerry Hildenbrand]

Any touch screen monitor will work, the hard part is finding one that is easy to take out of the case and remount into something more suitable.

I don't have any pictures, but you really don;t need them.

I installed Debian to the Pi, updated to the latest touch drivers and system files. Connected the monitor through the HDMI port and wrote a simple PyGTK program that runs full screen and borderless. I looked at the source code for Sunflower file manager to see how they did a few things in the GUI.

Then I just hung it on the wall with a cheap wifi dongle for the network.

 

[dryja123]

You can use the Pi touch screen mounted in the Pi Smarticase found on Amazon.

Raspberry Pi 7" Touchscreen Display https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0153R2A9...ag=hawk-future-20&ascsubtag=UUacUvbUpU5656814

Case for the Official Raspberry Pi 7" Touchscreen Display - Adjustable angle https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01HV97F6...ag=hawk-future-20&ascsubtag=UUacUvbUpU5656814