Re: Photos of Touchscreen

[Dave McLaughlin <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Rob,

The RS232 interface to the touch controller will be fine to extend to a
max of about 10m (standard RS232 limits) but should be OK to about 50m
as it is only running at 9600bps but I don't think you need it that
long. You will need to mount both the touch controller and the backlight
inverter with the LCD though. This means another cable for the backlight
inverter because you can not extend the high voltage cables on these.

I have not received my unit yet, but the LCD appears from Marks pictures
to be fixed at the four corners as per the datasheet for the LCD. These
LCD's have mounting holes in each corner. The tape around the touch
screen should be removable.

On the drop down screen that I use, I am busy looking at adding a fold
up keyboard too, as I have a spare set of friction hinges. I need it to
hide up out of the way completely to be able to gain WAF...!!

Dave...

Robert Welsh wrote:

> > Mount the big box inside one of the wall units and have the
> > screen fold down underneath al la Dave McLaughlin's ?
> > http://www.embeddedcomputer.co.uk/Projects/MP3_Player/mp3_player.html
>
> Is the screen detachable? I had thought that Marge had previously
> indicated it wasn't.
> If indeed it is - and you can get a long enough LVDS cable (and comms
> cable for the 'touch' portion?) - then that certainly opens up
options.
>
> The size was the main reason I didn't buy one - and had gone back,
once
> again, to thinking about wall-mounting a Fuji instead. However, in
> saying that, this wouldn't be the first time the ingenuity and
"smarts"
> of this group have dumb-founded me.
>
> Dave's setup is particularly slick, btw !!
>
> Rob