How to use a 5 inch touch display with a pen on a Raspberry Pi – PETER GAMMA (Director & Physiologist), MEDITATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE SWITZERLAND (MRIS)

Last Updated on April 25, 2023 by pg@petergamma.org

If we are looking for a PinePhone alternative, which can be used for mobile Linux computing, the information we show here could help you. A Raspberry Pi with a 5 inch display might be easier to handle with for non-coders than the PinePhone.
The screen size of this display is close to the size of the PinePhone screen, and this video shows how to use it with a Raspberry Pi 3.
The screen in the video is 800×480, we can find eventually a newer screen with higher resolution, the video has recorded three years ago.
The PinePhone screen size is 5.95″ LCD 1440×720
the electronic GURU , creator of the video shows us which keyboard according to his view is the best for Rasberry Pi. He also shows us how to use the the touch display with a pen.

For comparison, here is a video with a similar demo for a LattePanda V1 running windows 10 with a 7 inch touch display:

How to use a 7 inch touch display with a pen on a LattePanda V1

This display was sent by Bangood to electronic GURU for review purpose
He said it looks not so good on video, but in reality it is better
There are newer 5 inch displays available, some of the with HDMI and touch control goes over usb
These newer screens are eventually better and can also be used with the Raspberry Pi zero 2 w.

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