Raspberry Pi Launches Touch Display 2

Raspberry Pi today announced an updated version of its 7-inch Touch Display with a higher resolution but the same low cost as the original.

“The Raspberry Pi Touch Display remains one of our most popular accessories, finding a home in countless maker projects and embedded products,” Raspberry Pi’s Eben Upton writes. “Today, we’re excited to announce Raspberry Pi Touch Display 2, at the same low price of $60, offering both a higher 720×1280-pixel resolution and a slimmer form factor.”

The original Raspberry Pi Touch Display launched in 2015 as a 7-inch LCD panel with an 800 x 480 resolution and multipoint capacitive touch capabilities. The new version is similar, but better, with the higher resolution, five-finger multitouch, and a less bulky form factor. It’s compatible with all Raspberry Pi computers from Raspberry Pi 1B+ onwards, except for the Raspberry Pi Zero series that lacks the required DSI port. And it attaches to Raspberry Pi–or, arguably, the reverse–with just four screws, and includes the required power and data cables.

Raspberry Pi Touch Display 2 is fully compatible with Raspberry Pi OS, like it’s predecessor, which provides the necessary drivers and an on-screen keyboard. And it supports screen rotation and works in landscape or portrait mode.

“Consistent with our commitment to long product availability lifetimes, the original Touch Display will remain in production for the foreseeable future, though it is no longer recommended for new designs,” Upton notes. “Touch Display 2 will remain in production until 2030 at the earliest, allowing our embedded and industrial customers to build it into their products and installations with confidence.”

You can learn more about Touch Display 2 from the Raspberry Pi website.