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<div>If 5.4" is just big enough.....</div>
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<div><a href="http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=301040341670&alt=web">http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=301040341670&alt=web</a></div>
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<div>£7.49 inc delivery! Here is a video of an earlier model I own...</div>
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<div>Joytech 5.6" TFT with aux AV in: <a href="http://youtu.be/D8HSE793vW0">http://youtu.be/D8HSE793vW0</a></div>
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<div>I think it has the same size screen(ish), I'm about to order one of the these for my own project, I'll bring it in for viewing if your interested.</div>
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<div>We could possibly 3d print a new casing which would incorporate the pi.</div>
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<div>From: Gerrit Niezen <gerrit.niezen@gmail.com></div>
<div>Date:16/08/2014 09:51 (GMT+00:00) </div>
<div>To: Justin Mitchell <justin@swansea.hackspace.org.uk></div>
<div>Cc: hackspace@swansea.hackspace.org.uk </div>
<div>Subject: Re: [Swansea Hackspace] TechHub Digital signage/Info Display System
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<div dir="ltr">IMHO Justin's solution is probably the easiest and cheapest way to go, depending on where you source your TVs/monitors from. ModMyPi has a VESA mount for £2.99 (case sold separately):
<div><a href="https://www.modmypi.com/modmypi-raspberry-pi-case-vesa-mount" target="_blank">https://www.modmypi.com/modmypi-raspberry-pi-case-vesa-mount</a></div>
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<div>However, I did come across this beautiful design on Hackaday this morning:</div>
<div><a href="http://hackaday.com/2014/08/15/pivena-the-open-source-raspberry-pi-case/" target="_blank">http://hackaday.com/2014/08/15/pivena-the-open-source-raspberry-pi-case/</a></div>
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<div>The design files are open source, so we can modify it as necessary. The corners are 3D-printed and the panels are laser-cut plywood. A good reason to get a laser cutter for the space, right? ;)</div>
<div>It looks like the 7" displays can be sourced of eBay for around £30-£40.</div>
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<div class="">On Fri, 2014-08-15 at 11:18 +0100, Paul Harwood wrote:<br>
> We are thinking of creating a digital display/signage system for TechHub which will consist of:<br>
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> - Cheap monitors dotted about the building, mounted on walls (lobby area to begin with)<br>
> - single board computers with wifi<br>
> - webservers running from some kind of central system that can be updated<br>
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If its for TV sized displays, then off the top of my head I would<br>
suggest an RPi (or similar cheap computer) in a VESA mount box connected<br>
to the HDMI and USB ports on the back of each screen.<br>
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On the RPi run a minimal install, with a full-screen web browser running<br>
in kiosk mode, pulling web pages from a unique directory on the central<br>
web server.<br>
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You can then write whatever complexity of setup you like on the central<br>
server. you can even start with just static html files dropped into<br>
each of the directories, and build up to whatever kind of complex<br>
management setup you care to spend the time and effort to develop.<br>
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Minimal effort to setup the individual screens, mostly just<br>
configuration and installing a few browser plugins.<br>
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It scales to any number of screens, as you give each a unique name and<br>
location to pull from.<br>
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The displays will show anything you can make a web browser display, in<br>
as fancy a manner as you care to design. Anything from static html<br>
pages with a javascript page reload, to complex animated html5, or<br>
videos.<br>
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