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Old 10-09-2009, 12:04 PM   #1
ultem_ulfing
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Connect former PDA touch-screen per USB


Greetings beforehand. Hope I'm posting this in the right category.

I'm having a spare touch-screen from a PDA (640×480px,2.8",45x59mm) and think of connecting it to my Ubuntu machine somehow. Preferably per USB.

The back of the screen
Its connector-cable in detail

ultem@ultem-laptop:~$ cat /proc/version
Linux version 2.6.28-15-generic (buildd@rothera) (gcc version 4.3.3 (Ubuntu 4.3.3-5ubuntu4) ) #52-Ubuntu SMP Wed Sep 9 10:49:34 UTC 2009


Could you point out a suitable solution (e.g. USB-controller) for this?
Thanks!
-ultem

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Old 10-09-2009, 07:25 PM   #2
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Without knowing anything about the display or even the make/model of PDA I might assume that the video controller is part of the display. Without knowing anything about the signal characteristics etc at that connector it is impossible to say how easy or difficult it would be to connect it to a regular computer. I would say it would be difficult. There are USB to VGA or DVI adapters but would not expect the signals at that point to be either.
 
Old 10-10-2009, 06:01 AM   #3
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I thought, in my very limited understanding, that these screens were standardised. For I have seen USB-controllers with the same 4-wire-connectors that seems to handle the touch-sensitive part [1]. If that is not the case and one had to speculate on the screen's specs, I will simply trash it and save the pains.

Thanks for the info nevertheless!

[1] tvielectronics.com/Products/TouchScreen_Controller.html
 
  


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