Getting touchy-feely with a Raspberry Pi Touch Display 2

HANDS ON A $40, 5-inch touchscreen has landed for the Raspberry Pi, offering a smaller sibling for the existing 7-inch model.

The display is a multi-touch capacitive panel, which supports five-finger input. The active area is 2.4 x 4.3 inches (62 x 110 mm) with a resolution of 720 x 1280 pixels, and the viewing angle is 80 degrees (slightly down from the 7-inch version, which has an 85-degree viewing angle). The unit itself measures 3.6 x 5.6 inches (91 x 143 mm).

The 7-inch incarnation has an active area of 3.4 x 6.1 inches (87 x 156 mm), and measures 4.7 x 7.4 inches (120 x 189 mm) in total. Both units have a backlight brightness of 500 cd/m² and a typical touch response time of 35 ms.

We were given a sample to play ...