Use your iPad as your Raspberry Pi Monitor - a PiPAD!

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[@MyWTFName]

Thank you!! I used my Apple bluetooth keyboard and mouse to connect to the RPi and have a sweet setup now with the iPad monitor through the capture card.

[@LearningandTechnology]

Awesome! Have fun!

[@Onimusouka]

Oh wow. Good stuff. Decent way to repurpose some of my ipads.

[@lptechCT]

I am so used to set up my raspberry pi as headless, but I will give a try to the software, thanks for sharing this tool with us ....

[@tommyg4334]

RetroPie is great. I have it set up on my Arcade1Up cabinet. Have you checked out WebRcade? Plays all the old school systems and arcade games right through your browser. No lag and everything works amazing.

[@themullenmarketwoodworking]

Exactly what I’m looking for! I’m going to use a pi5 and my iPad Pro M2! Thank you so much!

[@AndrewHelgeCox]

You can get a HDMI driver board for an ipad display. That would let you resuscitate a broken iPad as an hdmi monitor that would also have lower latency and higher image quality than this setup. I have one but not plugged it in to my pi.

[@LearningandTechnology]

This solution is more for a working iPad - so that I get to use both an iPad AND a raspberry Pi - a PiPad :)

[@AndrewHelgeCox]

@@LearningandTechnology Well keep the idea in mind incase one of your iPads makes the magic smoke but leaves the screen okay :).

[@LearningandTechnology]

@@AndrewHelgeCox Absolutely! It's a fantastic use case!

[@gamecubeforlife5285]

@@AndrewHelgeCox I have a iPad Air 2 that I can’t update iOS. Would this solution work with that?

[@MelechFreedman]

interesting idea! where would i get the board from?

[@StorminBriski]

I am planning on using this method to use the Raspberry Pi as a RetroPi

[@NetworkEddieW]

That is super cool !!

[@shawnlowe1392]

Heck yes im going to use my ipad as a screen! Thanks for the video

[@user-et4oe7pv9z]

Does the feed from the Raspberry Pi power the iPad? If not, is there a lightning adapter available that will do so?

[@McRoverWuWa]

Do I have to charge iPad or will it be charging throughout the process

[@juanfelipeamayaramirez3455]

Love this combo, but.... how about the latency and FPS? are they good? or are you noticing any lag or frame drops?

[@LearningandTechnology]

I haven’t noticed any issues - I’ve used the same setup with my Switch and played games - which worked really well.

[@diggee172]

I use an older model iPad that has the lightning interface not usb c. Is there a way do this with my iPad? I would love to use my iPad as my pi 400 monitor. Thanks

[@LearningandTechnology]

In the App Store there is a list of iPad models that are compatible with CAMO Studio. There are USB-C to Lightening adapters, but first check the store to make sure your model is one the list.

[@HighTechGeeks]

Is there a full screen mode no black bar top bottom

[@Blummerss]

Capture card isn’t appearing for me, I’m unsure what I did wrong

[@tinofromberlin8249]

Same for me.

[@LearningandTechnology]

Are you using one of the ones in the link? It has to be an INPUT HDMI card - not the OUTPUT ones.

[@alibabatwist]

Hi, thank you for your nice description, but my ipad2 is not compatible with camo studio, is there another software to substitute for it?

[@LearningandTechnology]

I haven’t had the chance to find one that works on older iPads. (At least not a free one such as CAMO)

[@stinger4712]

Anything for the old ipad?

[@LearningandTechnology]

Nothing that I’ve found so far - I am looking

[@javaaulait]

Does it work with PI3 with iPad Pro 6th Gen? I am using PI3 with RetroPi and would like to use iPad as external screen for portability. Cheers,

[@LearningandTechnology]

As long as to can install the Remote Desktop software on each (which should be possible)

[@LondonICCJacques]

Does the touchscreen work?

[@LearningandTechnology]

No - it’s just a monitor. That would be cool, but it doesn’t Edit- the touchscreen brings you back to iPad functions - so it does allow you to switch back to iPad programs.

[@DM43685]

So all we need is a USB-C cable to Mini HDMI ....and that should connect?

[@LearningandTechnology]

It’s an HDMI capture cable - they are quite inexpensive. I think I put a link in the description. Then, you need CAMO studio software (free) And, of course, an iPad that can run the software 😀

[@DM43685]

@@LearningandTechnology Thanks, I’ll look into that, I’ve just purchased the new raspberry pi 5, it has dual HDMI I was hoping that this new version might be able to spring straight out into the iPad as it’s running on 17 now…. I think I’ll do a bit more exploring, but thank you for your reply.

[@Dude-yo5ec]

So we can’t use the touchscreen with this type of connection?

[@LearningandTechnology]

No - it’s video

[@peterbeater012]

Lol, it only has 2 rating on the App store.

[@LearningandTechnology]

So… that’s not true. Are you looking at the right software?

[@zorro3680]

call it a ipe lol

[@SchoolforHackers]

iPi?