How to setup your own Raspberry Pi Tablet (Part 1)

While not as slim as a regular tablet, with the RPI Touchscreen and a RPI 4 (you can use others), you can get close to that for less than $100 US. This is part 1 of what will be a multi part series as I show you how to use this hardware combination for a variety of purposes.

Raspberry Pi Touchscreen documentation
https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/hardware/display/

Steps to install virtual keyboard
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install matchbox-keyboard

Keyboard shows up under menu system under accessories

More info on virtual keyboard
https://thepihut.com/blogs/raspberry-pi-tutorials/matchbox-keyboard-raspberry-pi-touchscreen-keyboard

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*** Show Notes, Links and Resources ****
Here are the items mentioned in this video –

Raspberry SC15184 Pi 4 Model B 2019 Quad Core 64 Bit WiFi Bluetooth (2GB)
https://amzn.to/2N3wiJk

Raspberry Pi Official 7 Inch Touch Screen for Raspberry Pi 4
https://amzn.to/2YDitqv

VonLinder RPi Case for 7″ Official Raspberry Pi Touchscreen
https://amzn.to/3d037l2

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