Has anybody got experience/recommendations for using any of the 4" or
3.5" TFT touch screens on an RPI and operating it outdoors?

I ask because I'm wondering about replacing the Medion S3747 PNA, which
has a 3.5" screen with a similar sized package based on an RPi fitted
with one of the TFT touch screen HAT units as the navigation display in
my glider.

The RPi would run the Linux version of LK8000 and replace the Medion,
which runs a WinCE version of LK8000, as the moving map navigation system
in my glider. Since the glider has an untinted bubble canopy the
performance of the screen in bright sunlight is important: the Medion hs
very good in this respect because it has a trans-reflective screen which
is readable, even with direct sum from over my shoulder on its screen.

I have a space problem on my instrument panel: a 3.5" display is OK and
so is a 4" display provided its bezel adds less than 3mm to the width and
height of the display - some of the newer displays look as if they can be
housed in a custom enclosure that meets this requirement. Thickness
doesn't look to be an issue because a Pi B wearing the TFT display hat
isn't much thicker than the Medion.

LK8000: is an open source community developed glider navigation system.
http://www.lk8000.it/

It has been compiled to run on a RaspberryPi - I'd probably put it on an
RPi 2B because that should be fast enough and having an ethernet
connection is nice for uploading plottable NOTAMS, restricted airspace
maps etc.


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