The WaveShare 11.9" HDMI Touch Monitor Is Perfect For Cool DIY Projects! Pi4, WIndows

This new 11.9 Inch IPS HDMI touch monitor from WaveShare is perfect for DIY projects using the raspberry pi of eve a PC! Build a weather station, Build a Cyberdeck using a Pi4 or pi40, IOT control panel, PC stats monitor display using Aida64 sensor panel, In-car media system. 11.9inch Capacitive Touch Screen LCD, 320×1480, HDMI, IPS, Toughened Glass Cover, and it runs on 5 volts!
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[@Kiyoshi_9606]

Yes yes yes yes! I've always wanted to use strange aspect ratios ----- maybe you should buy three of these and hook it up to a PC and have some ridiculous ultra wide gaming

[@mortysmith2192]

Maybe if he could hook them up to hinges and make a folding screen or something 🤣👍

[@nialltracey2599]

I want to see a 180 degree Doom build running on this.

[@9714]

Can this be connected to a PC without using raspberry pi ?

[@Pete292323]

Streamers could use it, mounted vertically for chat.

[@sirbowserfelix9293]

I would Love to see this as a custom made media center for old cars, I think this aspect ratio might fit very well with some 70's to early 90's design, being modern and a bit retro, this could work very well. Another use I could think of is building a custom gage cluster or even a heads-up like display in some vehicles, this would be awesome. Definitely gonna look into those displays and try to think about a little car related project for it, or maybe something like a smart home 'brain' attached to the sofa or gaming desk, so messing with the house without leaving the sofa or pc would be very nice. (I know we can use the phone for it but the idea is to allow using it without the phone nearby).

[@themaddog9202]

took the ideas right out of my head

[@stbone6274]

I would really love to see this

[@SideQuestChannel]

I had the same idea, I actually planned it out to put as gauges for my 1988 Caprice running some Linux distribution and mated to high-end ECU to run, map, and monitor on the go. Of course, the car won't be running the original engine, it will get something much more recent.

[@themaddog9202]

@@SideQuestChannel I was going to do something similar to a 1970 voltswagen beetle as my first car, but the prices of a bug were too expensive for me

[@Tannerlegasse]

I'm currently in the process of building a digital dashboard for my '83 Volvo, it's running Tunerstudio so I can tune the engine from the driver's seat. I've done a v1 already, but v2 will incorporate a lot of lessons learned, and will be overall much nicer with a carbon fiber bezel.

[@Nobe_Oddy]

this would be GREAT as a secondary display on an arcade cabinet!!! I would think it easily fits up top, but it would be better right underneath the main screen.... ESPECIALLY because it's touch screen! It would require a bit a of code to get it to work with retro pie or some other pure emulation OS, but it's totally do-able!!! My friend is currently building an arcade cabinet but he's using a pi3B so idk if the hardware would line up like it does for the pi4B. BUT I told him about it and I think if I helped him out with it, this would be something we'd end up doing.... THANK YOU!!! (once again lol) for these GREAT IDEAS!!! You're the BEST!! :D

[@_Gundy_]

If it was a little bigger, it would make a great marquee for a multicade cabinet!

[@baadrabbitplays]

Yeah I was thinking it may be really cool to use this as a secondary monitor for character move lists in some of the fighting games I have for the arcade machine I’m building.

[@karlmee1234]

I was just going to comment the same thing haha

[@CrazyKingJammy]

oh that would totally make for a fun secondary screen for an arcade!

[@jonbrumbaugh332]

It's been done quite a bit. Very good for it

[@saltymarine]

You know this is the real deal when the narrator has a serious soldering iron burn on one hand !! Good job with this video !! Now, we all have a good display for our next project !!

[@NuttGreez]

Anybody into music production, this is epic for a diy digital touch mixing console for your DAWs. Or other productivity applications so long as you can detach your tool bar, you can have all those settings adjustable with a second hand while using the mouse to continue work. Not ideal for media but massive productivity potential!

[@blunderingfool]

7:02 "now let me repeat myself" Hehe, there's always one that slips through, huh?

[@VictorDiVello]

Came to the comments to see if anyone said anything. lol

[@junioralexanderfal]

I think this would be great for eg. home signage, home automation, weather display, audio media centre. Projects where you don't necessarily need much screen real estate. Great review as usual. keep up the great work.

[@grimslade0]

Wow.. I think you glitched out the Matrix with the sheer amount of "projects [you'd] like to do" there 👀 haha

[@24hrMusic]

This would be perfect for a Pinball DMD screen in a Virtual Pinball Cabinet. You could also use one as a virtual Pinball Topper.

[@4h0w1e6]

I like it! If you could add haptics, you could pretty much make it a handheld pinball game.

[@yorgle]

It would also work well as a display for a dynamic marquee for a MAME cabinet too.

[@zombee38]

Yes, also for displaying the scores of pinball games

[@jonathan__g]

That was my first thought too when I saw this. I was thinking of using one myself for a future cabinet I want to make.

[@yorgle]

@@zombee38 Yes! As a DMD! even for PinMame... 👍

[@VanBurenPhilips]

Mount this above your monitor and use it in driving games as a rear-view mirror. Any racing game that doesn't support it should go to prison.

[@DjadamGee]

Hook up some cameras and boom, an awesome rear view mirror

[@tanmaypanadi1414]

what would a touch functionality be used for in that case?

[@ernestgalvan9037]

@@tanmaypanadi1414 … uses for the ‘touch function’ Zoom Pan left/right Switch camera Start/stop recording Save recording I’m sure the InternetVerse can think of many more uses. 😎

[@thundeguyk]

This might just be what I was looking for! Thank you mate!

[@ColdPhuzion]

Mount it in the back window of your vehicle to be a digital bumper sticker. Setup a remote to switch between "Back Off" and "I

[@scottcampbell96]

Yes, an electronic bumper sticker would be pretty cool.

[@ateam6543]

Or replace your back license plate with it and then be able to turn the license plate off when you go through red lights that have cams lmao

[@josteinkallevik]

Nice :) I vote for a weather station tutorial. collecting rss feeds and fun stuff would also be nice :) And one other idea is to try to setup a game kiosk for the mister , just an external monitor with nice pictures menus for the mister game library and boot the games from the touch screen.

[@kinghoju]

Would love to see you do a nice looking weather station! Maybe with some other useful info on the HUD (current time, date etc.)

[@mikepackham6544]

I would like to see that - maybe with Dakboard

[@miigs9499]

Would be super cool to see this with Home Assistant, could be a good all around home control panel

[@rich-nahra]

Yep. That’s what I’m thinking

[@sneakyrabid8828]

You've covered two of my main use case: Cyberdeck (for pentesting with RPI Zero 2) and a PC Health monitor. Also, it wil definitely pump up those DIY "magic mirrors" projects.

[@nissutobor9078]

speaking of pumping, these would be great for stock tickers.

[@jamesmacleod8388]

My first thought was a sub monitor under my main screen for touch quick launching programs or little notes, sort of like a customisable streamdeck or what the zephyrus Duo laptop has going on

[@sneakyrabid8828]

@@jamesmacleod8388 Probably there is other ways, but the one that came to mind is installing android on RPI4, then both Pitikapp android client app and server on PC. You'll have both; PC health monitor and some custom shorcuts to launch from the deck. Now, it's matter of configure Android to work with such arbitrary display resolution... after that, I think it might work.

[@zappa555]

definately magicmirror2. of course a preloved monitor in any size will be cheaper.. i tested a 24" 1080p wi Raspberry Pi which works great.. but if you want something small this is one way to to.. and dont forget.. touch with a magicmirror or anything signage is fantastic!! you prob dont get that with most old pc montitors.. i would like to test this with a RPi Zero 2 W for a really thin MM2.

[@AllenTheWanderer]

I think something like a game selector, or just to show which game is being played on an arcade machine would be awesome.

[@ETAPRIME]

That would be awesome for sure!

[@ChubiChan]

It would be super cool to see this integrated into a desktop/arcade emulation cabinet! A sort of "Always on" menu so someone could walk up, scroll various GUI menus of systems and games to play, and then playing the game on a 2nd attached screen, above it. Or, this could be a transforming Marquee that sits at the top of a emulation cabinet, that displays a Marquee of what game is being played, or shows the Score as a display mirroring function, at the top, so people wandering by in an arcade or at a party can see at a glance what someone's score or level progression is

[@theFrizzleFry]

Marquee was my first thought. I have seen full size Cabinets, that has LCD marquees, but from my understanding those are very expensive.

[@nialltracey2599]

I was really surprised there was no mention of a Barcade marquee, given the usual focus of the channel...!

[@michaelboyce3227]

Omg thank you for, as you say, 'biting the bullet'and picking this up!! I've been eyeing these displays for quite some time, but their cost per in² value is crazy. But man would it fit my project perfectly! Similar to what you were thinking of using it for, I've been building a custom 'dash' for my sim racing rig. Already built custom button boxes for each side of the wheel and have a pair of 'led&key' boards torn apart and rewired with the 7 segment displays and high density ws2811 rgb strips in the middle. I've always thought these displays would be absolutely *_perfect_* for in the middle since using a normal ratio display would stick-up too high. So I've been considering going the (digitally controlled) analog route and buying some gauges but after seeing your review I think I may, as well, bite the bullet because the gauges would end up costing around ½-⅔ the display for some pretty cheap looking gauges, whereas with the display I could make them digitally and even change them on-the-fly, or put it behind a piece of dash so they look individual, literally endless possibilities. AND look fantastic doing it! I just wish I could find a cheaper one, I'd even settle for slightly smaller and without touch since I wouldn't use it since it's likely I'd bump into it in occasion. If anyone happens to read all this and knows of one I'd forever be in your debt!

[@DanielReigart]

I could see using this in a car stereo. I'm thinking to get a cheap single-din stereo, and install that on the bottom half, then install this panel on the top half. Use a pi for Android auto, and run the audio through the stereo. It'd be a fun little project!

[@donaldcarolus3594]

You’re the friggin man. Thanks for all your content.

[@greenprotag]

Somehow I missed this one. NICE! I got a cheap aliexpress 1920x480 panel a year or so ago and did a rainmeter sensor panel build paired with wallpaper engine for animated background. These little displays are GREAT for sensor panels.

[@harryprescott8877]

I could see this being a nice marquee display for a mini arcade style machine. Bonus if shortcuts to commonly used features (exit, save states, rewind, run ahead, etc.) could be displayed by touching the marquee image.

[@Adam1llion]

Yes make a full video on using these screen as a PC tool!!! So freaking cool!

[@MrSlowestD16]

Yea that's a pretty cool project sorta display. Lots of tinkering projects you can do with that. Good for quick info like a stock ticker, weather, sub count, etc. Neat!

[@TheInfamousLegend27]

this to me seems like a really good primary/secondary display for a cyberdeck project it just looks really cool

[@CarlosPardo]

A standalone weather station would be amazing with this screenratio quand quality. Thanks for sharing

[@levethix]

Looks great for a little weather station project!

[@robert_5974]

A custom gauge panel in the car would be my primary use but top of an arcade machine would work too. Lots of ideas can come to mind

[@arcanescroll]

Looks like the same screen used for an android rear view mirror I bought recently for my car. Good to know they can be bought separately.

[@davidd3065]

Waveshare has a pile of odd shaped displays that I have to believe were developed for someone else as a info display of some sort, I don't know of they developed them or what, but at least they have made it some the displays can be used with PCs or Pi's fairly easier which is great because, yeah sometimes you just want a tiny display for temp or harddrive usage or just an IP number.

[@sohampramanik5790]

Watching another piece of tech that's not available in my area. Maybe I just love watching ETA prime

[@MrColdcloud]

Would love to see weather station with custom case. Also would be cool to see a wall mounting solution for smart home controller.

[@geterdunn2733]

Thanks for sharing this video, very helpful.

[@dalgibbard]

Would be great to have something like this just above my keyboard with a tab-switching view for a PC. If it could show 'live tiles' like windows does when you hover over an icon at the bottom, and support swipe-scrolling between open apps, that would be super-cool :)

[@michaelboyce3227]

So basically an Asus ZenBook Duo/ROG Zephyrus Duo 💻? 🤔😉

[@dalgibbard]

@@michaelboyce3227 I've never used one, but maybe. Looking at the marketing material I see it being used for application shortcuts, and for controls within creative apps, but not for application switching?

[@ArtemisKitty]

Haha, I've been waiting for these to finally show up on the Pi community too. It's perfect for a PC case side window without blocking the interior view, or a killer dashboard control panel + GPS screen.

[@DarkusObscurius]

This looks amazing for DIY markee arcade machine or virtual pinball scoreboard. Gladly they have the touchless version.

[@karlstringer2338]

I like the idea of using this as a marque on a mini gaming cabinet. It could be overkill on a build but I think the end result could look pretty cool

[@GnatTheGnome]

I've had these on my watch list for a while as possible control screens for my 3d printers.

[@TheArtofRepair]

YAY! Now i can make a nice digital dash for my old camper van XD

[@R3nHo3k]

That is perfect for the sim rig! Right above/behind the wheel

[@AndyMelton]

I think projects like this are awesome. So many possibilities! The problem I have is there's always a lack of a case. Most of these displays and/or boards are meant for manufacturers to design their own custom case. I am not a case designer!

[@Brocksqd]

I can see this as an alternate stream deck, hot key window below monitor like apples touch bar they had on laptops, or as a terminal window activated by hotkey; this is a fun screen

[@kitsunedude]

I could totally see using this for multiple occasions. Sensors triggering changes the text to say "I see you" for Halloween and more

[@seanmcdonald656]

Love to see a full video. I would love to see an in-depth video on it

[@jepcozenith40]

I bet this would make a great little project panel.

[@Neslekkim]

cyberdeck setup, reminds me about the old trs-80 model 100, cool computer from 83

[@snakeye2669]

ETA Prime, more Aida64 idea with it would be great. I have one and looking to configure it to get my PC stat. Great vid by the way.

[@thegamerboy1000]

that weather station panel would pretty cool to see!

[@christopheraaron8299]

That would make a nice smart display/smart home control panel.

[@scotty3114]

Yes, I would like to see a weather station setup!

[@rmcdudmk212]

See several people using similar monitors as replacements for the rearview mirror in older cars that have installed backup cameras.

[@stefanfun3]

I would love to see a video on how to make custom aida64 templates! Awesome content btw, thanks!

[@johnjames7241]

Hello ETAPrime longtime follower, great video. I was wondering do you have plans to benchmark the Lenovo p12 pro tablet? I'm interested to see what it can do with emulation compared to the p11. Keep up the good work 🙂

[@Crushanator1]

This looks like it'd make a very cool cyberdeck style clamshell, maybe with the raspberry pi that's built into its own keyboard? Or for like a media center computer to put where a vcr would normally be.

[@_MGPz]

Yeah!!! it would be great if you could make that video about how to customize the look of the sensor panel that you show.

[@jasonhill9088]

SWEET! So many ideas come to mind. I do wonder, in the desktop info display setup. Could you stick it to the glass, & or get some special touch transfer glass. So you could check it without talking the panel off?

[@Kumodot]

Nice touch putting it along with the Nuphy Air75. My exact same keyboard. :)

[@theoriginalrecycler]

Nice, combined with Elgato app or touch portal, great little Addon

[@artie9561]

Definitely Yes for project vids! Would this be good in a car or is an OLED better?

[@KeithOlson]

Personally, I would love to have one of those mounted above my keyboard, set up with chat/game keyboard layout/extra controls/etc.

[@Henchman1977]

I haven't even watched the video yet BUT I NEED ONE OF THESE IN MY LIFE!

[@kadaverf]

I recently set up an old laptop with ubuntu desktop to use it as a home media and home automation server, and I think this would be awesome to connect this to the hidden laptop. This way I can have a control panel for the heating and lighting and it even makes it easier when I have to drop files on it. Thank you very much :)

[@matzmx]

I can see this being useful for displaying social feeds and comment sections in portrait view.

[@HostileHST]

Could work as a 2-4 channel security camera monitor. Mount it above ur main monitor and always have eyes on things around ur place.

[@n0tlance314]

This would make a great datalogger or instrument panel in a car, I may buy one and a raspberry pi for my 99 tacoma in the future

[@markbernhardt6281]

Great for your waveform monitor with video editing

[@ImCastorTroy45]

This would be great for a lcd marquee mod on a countercade or something.

[@shock4808]

A marquee was the first thing I thought of. This would be pretty good for a bartop, but it'd be great if Waveshare made a larger model for full sized cabinets as well.

[@MarvinParnell]

This would be awesome for making custom dashes for information and gages in older vehicles. Hmm, I have a 1993 Jeep Wrangler YJ, Wonder if I could code something up for a new dash style? Pretty cool. I might have to give this one a look.

[@hardsleaz3954]

perfect DIY car dash for old cars

[@exp1orer]

I would love to get your take on this as a pinball DMD. I keep watching your emulation vids for small PCs and keep hoping you will talk about pinball emulation performance like Pinball Emporium. Thanks for the info!

[@josephgrondin9081]

This will definitely mount nicely to my gpu support bracket. Would love to see a vid for pc status setup

[@eurofritz4617]

Would love to see this in a race sim setup, gauges, button "box", combo of the two, above the monitor as a rear view mirror etc

[@NewAgeDIY]

I have a project already for this display. I’m working on a custom dash / console display in one of my GMC Trucks. I will Design and print out a case for this unit. The fact that it’s a long and narrow touch screen makes it a perfect modern display. I’m slowly modifying all the regular cabins power switch’s to be controlled by a touch screen using solid-state relays operated by the raspberry pi. I planed to use a standard 8X5 raspberry pi screen. But this unit will look much better. When finished I should be able to activate all my power windows, doors-locks and turn on overhead lights etc. I see that they also offer 2 more narrow screens 7.9 and a 8.8.

[@bm63]

Definitely ideal for an arcade cabinet or maybe a touch to run loading panel for programs would be cool if that can’t be done

[@1delta10tango9]

I could see this being a great display for a carputer!

[@lawrenceherron6460]

The first gauges you showed on your pic were awesome. I would love to see a video about setting something like that up. I tried mod bros but it doesn’t look anywhere ne’er that sleek

[@itaco8066]

Awesome looking 👌🏽

[@JoshuaGrover83]

I would love to see if you could setup a stream deck type of system. To make it really customizable and such... Not sure how it would work but that was my very first thought with that type of touchscreen display

[@DoomRater]

I 100% want this to be a display unit for my Windows computer, something I can touch to make it do stuff or change settings really fast.

[@nandigamvolodyachowdary6b16]

I like your videos eta prime

[@ughtentide]

I'd like to see it could work as a macro touchpad for windows, especially for Photoshop or Clip Studio, or Ableton perhaps? Neat little panel!

[@jackdanulsprime2077]

This would be perfect for a virtual pinball cabinet. It would make a great DMD or Topper screen.

[@EuMestre]

These are perfect has a touch keyboard panel, for short cut keys, like video editing with virtual dials

[@russtysandwiches208]

ooooo id love to see the weather station idea but with an ntp clock. Or as a monitoring station for other severs using snmp

[@SlowPCGaming1]

Controller for media playback - music, movies, etc. Controller for choosing what games you want to play from a home brew Multicade machine. Could make a cool rear view Smart Mirror for your car. Could be used with smart home security system to access different feeds, sensors, remote latches/locks, etc. Glare seems to be the biggest drawback to the panel. You could embed it in a desk to help launch Macros to all sorts of X10 components in your home or other types of computer controlled things. It could be used as a conversation piece to play odd resolution videos or even as part of a digital wall sconce.

[@Skrewstoned]

perfect for rear view mirror backup camera for vehicles that do not have a screen in the dash.

[@adimw]

This could make an awesome rear-view-mirror for a dedicated racing rig.

[@gumymoty]

Cool good for GPS navigation system and car multimedia mods

[@jordanbertran5793]

Awesome. You should set it up for an ultra wide edition of Pong.

[@IRWPD]

That is cool. Wonder what kind of other projects can be done with this.

[@xaytana]

This would be nice as a companion monitor for things that you don't necessarily need vertical realestate for, such as diagnostics. Could also be great as a functional panel, like a touch-based macro pad, similar to a Stream Deck or a better version of what Apple once tried to do with their Touch Bar. It's a bit small for it, but this reminds me of that 7:32 companion monitor that we saw back in November-ish that was supposed to release in Feburary, I don't remember the name of it but Elsonic made it. They should definitely offer an updated variant that allows usage of a CM4 module, all it realistically needs is a main board change. With proper implementation of a type C port, you could have a single wire running to the unit, just have a PD hub on-board to power the panel and the CM4, then pass all the USB and alt-mode connectivity over the same wire; such as if you need a network connection, additional USB for peripherals, HDMI for a full sized display during debugging, etc. This is really what CM4-style boards are meant for, it'd streamline the rear of the panel, and with proper periphery work it'd make the panel a single wire device. They could also sell an additional board to adapt the CM4 connections to your standard HDMI + USB setup for non-CM4 use; it'd be cool if this board, with a pigtail for the main input, could also condense power, HDMI, and USB into a single cable solution for whatever it's plugging into. Hopefully this kind of design mentality shows up in the next version, we need more products supporting the CM4 platform, and we need more SBC companies adopting the compute module platform; compute module needs to be the way forward, it's more streamlined with wider use cases. When talking about throwing this into a project car, make sure it's actually rated for such application. You don't want the issue Tesla had when they cheaped out on their panels.

[@jmcminn1076]

I got the 7.9” version of this, and designed and 3d printed an extended marquee housing for a vilros counter arcade cabinet I have, and set it up as a digital marquee. Works great, the only real issue is that this panel is so much better than the 10” TN main panel that came in the vilros cabinet, so it almost pops too much. (Laughs).

[@scottcampbell96]

Would be cool to see an audio control panel built with one of these. Or maybe a dashboard display in a car.

[@aricb3735]

This would make a cool dashboard with calendar and tasks.

[@DrBeefy]

A little weather / family Calendar would be great.

[@Musicman27XX]

I have always wanted to build a portable Winamp music player with one of those screens and a Raspberry Pi!

[@christopherlastname7638]

That would be a good display for car or boat bike!