Multiple 7"+ LCD Displays

Using Arduino Project Guidance
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Hey Guys/Gals,

I have a bad habit of letting my imagination run wild, and coming up with crazy insane ideas that sound like fun to attempt. Much like Elon Musk, but I don't have his wallet (yet :stuck_out_tongue: ). I need some guidance with a project. I'm going to explain a little about why I'm doing this, and what the project is, so bear with me.

The Reason for this Project
I have my own home lab, I have dozens of servers, Virtual Machines, switches, routers, etc. My home is filled with electronics, I have a 45U Server rack at a friends house running my Plex Server, and running my storage (500TB of space in 2 Systems, another 500TB on the way). I was wanting a way to have a highly customized keyboard that would allow me to have hotkeys with scripts, and commands I use on a constant basis. The way I'm doing it now is using an Logitech Orion Spark, however the software is buggy on Mac OSX, and no support for Linux. Not to mention, the KVMs i've tried, don't support the other keys, so I wanted a way to be able to do everything I needed. Thus this project.

I'm fairly new to Arduino's in generally, but I'm no stranger to small electronics, and some of the do's and don'ts. I know ESD is a huge problem, so no socks on carpet. :stuck_out_tongue: So on to the Project.

The Project!

I wanted to combine multiple 7" LCD Screens in a Modular format so I can add screens if I need to expand. Someone told me I wouldnt be able to use Tablet Screens because they require their own GPU to power them. I was also informed that I'd need an external power source because a USB A, or 2x USB A slots wouldn't be enough juice to power it. I wanted to use USB-C adapters for the interconnections, and the connection to the primary computer. I know it has the bandwidth to handle large amounts of information and the power it outputs is a good amount. I'm using a 3D priner to build the base it'll sit on. I'll post some Photoshop pictures/designs that I'm thinking of, to give you a better understanding of what Im after.

So what I'm wanting guidance on is; is this project do-able? and will it cost me absurds amount of cash to get what I want?

I found a few other articles, but this talks about multiple 16x4 LCD Screens. Not 7" or 10" screens.
http://forum.arduino.cc/index.php/topic,5014.0.html

I plan on doing all the GUI/Programming behind it.

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So what I'm wanting guidance on is; is this project do-able?

No, not with an Arduino.
You might get get a bit further with the Raspberry Pi, but even then multiple 7" screens is a bit of an ask.

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Grumpy_Mike:
No, not with an Arduino.
You might get get a bit further with the Raspberry Pi, but even then multiple 7" screens is a bit of an ask.

Nooooo! That's not what I wanted to hear. Dang it. I'll have to re-think this then. I do have a few more projects I'll need to plan out.