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This there a way to turn a tablet into a raspberry pi screen?

leoalex50
leoalex50 over 8 years ago

Hello,

im trying to get a raspberry Pi screen for free by using some old cheap tablets for it but idk if it's possible to do so. I have placed photos of the tablets in the attachments that i'm using for this, one is a next book while the other is I'm guessing a coby2 or something. So can anyone help me on this please

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  • dougw
    dougw over 8 years ago +3 suggested
    If your tablet has USB OTG you can hook up video with a USB video capture module: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWmnkASMobE
  • william_hoffer
    william_hoffer over 8 years ago +1 suggested
    this would be a a yes and no awnser. sorry, the connector will fit but the pi would not out put to it or even yo be able to run the touch screen. Your best best it to head over to New Egg and pick this…
  • WarrenW
    WarrenW over 8 years ago in reply to leoalex50 +1 suggested
    Have you thought about just sending the data to the tablets by screen casting? There should be a way to achieve this under Linux. I am not a Linux person but have dabbled a bit. Run a screen cast server…
  • dougw
    0 dougw over 8 years ago

    If your tablet has USB OTG you can hook up video with a USB video capture module:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWmnkASMobE

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    0 william_hoffer over 8 years ago

    this would be a a yes and no awnser. sorry, the connector will fit but the pi would not out put to it or even yo be able to run the touch screen. Your best best it to head over to New Egg and pick this combo up. https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIADJN5PA7764&ignorebbr=1&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleMKP-PC&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleMKP-PC-_-pla-_-Gadgets-_-9SIADJN5PA7764&gclid=CjwKEAjw6e_IBRDvorfv2Ku79jMSJAAuiv9YN_XKQLvu_gQ3KR1bg1GSllxtNMEZ87c5Z1b7imNjYBoC--3w_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

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    0 leoalex50 over 8 years ago in reply to dougw

    Sadly they don't but the nextbook has a output for mini hdmi

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    0 leoalex50 over 8 years ago in reply to william_hoffer

    I might have to if I can't find a way to get the screens working through the gpio pins

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    0 WarrenW over 8 years ago in reply to leoalex50

    Have you thought about just sending the data to the tablets by screen casting? There should be a way to achieve this under Linux. I am not a Linux person but have dabbled a bit.

    Run a screen cast server on the tablet and the client on the Pi.

    Might work at a push.

     

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    0 william_hoffer over 8 years ago in reply to WarrenW

    this would not work since you would need a screen with a working system board so the sytem could receive the cast signal and then out put it to the svreem, But the Pi will not out put to the screen plus this would require a second pi to cast (if it can I have never checked to see if it can).

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  • WarrenW
    0 WarrenW over 8 years ago in reply to william_hoffer

    Ahh so the tablets you have do not work? That makes sense then. Are you trying to interface JUST THE DISPLAY to the Pi?

    If this is the case you will need a lot of info on the Display used on each tablet and possibly have to write your own driver for it.

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  • rolandblais
    0 rolandblais over 8 years ago

    If you can determine what type of chip drives the display, you might be able to use something like this:for LTN154BT02 B154PW04 1440x900 Controller Board(HDMI+VGA+DVI+Audio+Earphone) (example for LTN154BT02 chip). HDMI out on the Pi to HDMI in on the controller board.

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