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7" 800x600 display to small for dash? (RPI display)

Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2017 3:09 pm
by turbogrill
Hi,

Based on your experience would a 7" 800x600 display be to small/lowres to be used as a combined dash and laptimer?

I want to show the following:

- Big oil temp
- Big coolant temp
- Room for warning oil pressure light
- Lap time
- Small fuel level
- Small fuel pressure
- Small oil pressure

The oil pressure light can be ugly and overwrite everything, as long as it's visible.

Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2018 12:19 am
by brentp
The aspect ratio of the display should be 16:9 for ideal layout; it sounds like your display is a 4:3 based on a resolution. Do you have a link for the display?

Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2018 1:32 pm
by turbogrill
brentp wrote:The aspect ratio of the display should be 16:9 for ideal layout; it sounds like your display is a 4:3 based on a resolution. Do you have a link for the display?
Good point!

It was some ebay display. I think the standard RPI display will be better it's 800x480, https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/the-ea ... i-display/

Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2018 5:24 pm
by brentp
The official display does work well. I'd stick with that. :)