Can Raspberry Pi 2 control and project image on mini translucent projecter screen?

I'm wondering if Raspberry Pi 2 or other model support and able to connect to mini translucent projector maybe size of diagonally 10 inches.

0 clem57 over 10 years ago

If the HDMI or DVI interface a good chance it will work. For the DVI, you will need a good converter from HDMI to DVI. If it is a VGA, the converter will be possible depending on the pins used. No sound will pass, but that should not be an issue. Please specify which brand and model you are looking at so I can do proper checking.
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0 Former Member over 10 years ago in reply to clem57

Actually, I'm looking for ways to allow RPi2 to connect to any mini translucent screen (not exactly a projector but has the same function). Ability to display images or messages on the mini translucent screen.
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0 clem57 over 10 years ago in reply to Former Member

The Raspberry Pi has an LCD interface too. You may want to look at that as well. So that gives you 2 choices and three if you consider the oldish RCA composite as well. I think in general you have picked a good processor for the job. Would enjoy more discussion as you proceed down the road of building this..
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0 Former Member over 10 years ago

Actually, I'm looking into more of a transparent film pasted on plexiglass or normal glass. All it has to do is to project images on the that thin film.
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0 Problemchild over 10 years ago

The answer's yes but what projector you'll need depends on the resolution etc you need.
One of those micro projectors 30-170£ figure would probably be sufficient.
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0 Problemchild over 10 years ago in reply to Problemchild

BTW try one of those semi opaque acrylic sheets as the screen it would work quite well and easy to cut and shape if required!
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0 Former Member over 10 years ago in reply to Problemchild

Hi John,

Where could I find one of those acrylic sheet. How could it be connected or setup into Raspberry Pi 2 ?
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0 Former Member over 10 years ago in reply to Problemchild

Hi John,

One more thing I forgot to mention, If I could find one with ribbon bus connecter on the acrylic sheet to the Raspberry Pi 2, I guess that could work on display
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0 jlcarender over 10 years ago in reply to Former Member

Hi Sham,
The acrylic sheet John is referring to is just a sheet of acrylic it has no electronics in it. He is saying to use it as a screen for a separate video projector connected to the raspberry pi through hdmi or composite video.
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0 rew over 10 years ago in reply to jlcarender

Here is a surprisingly cheap projector: mini led projector 400lumen 320x240 met vga usb sd hdmi - USD $ 39.99

For the acrylic sheets you're looking at some place like: Acrylic Sheets - Plastic Sheets - The Home Depot
However, to project images on this, you need the variant that has only one side "satin"-ed. Neither my regular acrylic sheet supplier, nor anybody else I could google in 5 minutes specified this. (my regular supplier hints at "both sides"). I don't think that that would work well. So you have to ask them if they have the one side satin-ed version, or buy the clear version and sand it yourself.
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