Re: Beagleboard touchscreens?
David Greaves wrote: > Murray Cumming wrote: >> I'm going to buy some BeagleBoards for the Openismus office. >> http://beagleboard.org/ >> I'd like to try installing Maemo 5 on them, which I believe is possible, >> and which will be a learning experience. >> >> I hear that Mer can be used with a mouse instead of just a touchscreen, >> but I'd like to install Maemo as intended, so I think we'll need >> touchscreen displays. So does anyone know of any touchscreen hardware >> that will definitely work with beagleboard and Maemo? > > Hmmm > > For a few dollars more you could get a cheap SmartQ 5/7, install Mer on it, > disable Mer and run VNC or just remote X. > > presto... untethered display (or use a USB cable for that 20th century feel) > BTW, for those interested this shop/site is run by a member of our community : goshawk on irc; he's too busy with exams (and too polite) to promote it himself; however, I thought it on-topic here: http://eshopen.com/shop David -- "Don't worry, you'll be fine; I saw it work in a cartoon once..." ___ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers
RE: Beagleboard touchscreens?
On Wed, 2009-07-01 at 10:29 +0200, carlos.guerre...@nokia.com wrote: > This will most definitely work with the BeagleBoard: > http://elinux.org/Xenarc_USB_touchscreen_for_Beagleboard/OMAP3_EVM > > We've got one of those in the office working with a BeagleBoard. > It has DVI input (you'll need a HDMI-to-DVI converter) and a > separate USB connection for the touchscreen. > It's not cheap though. > A minor annoyance - particularly if you are in a hurry - is > that Xenarc will not take foreign (as in non-US) > credit cards so you need to wire them the money before they ship. > Nevertheless I found their customer service responsive and > professional (in dealing with the order). They shipped it > quickly and it came in good shape. Thanks. I think we'll get one. 400 USD plus shipping doesn't seem too awful. -- murr...@murrayc.com www.murrayc.com www.openismus.com ___ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers
Re: Beagleboard touchscreens?
Hi, oh very nice, but even more pricey than my solution. And of course less "hackish" :-) Till Am Mittwoch 01 Juli 2009 schrieb carlos.guerre...@nokia.com: > >From: maemo-developers-boun...@maemo.org > >[mailto:maemo-developers-boun...@maemo.org] On Behalf Of ext > >Murray Cumming > >Sent: 30 June, 2009 20:48 > >To: maemo-developers@maemo.org > >Subject: Beagleboard touchscreens? > > > >I'm going to buy some BeagleBoards for the Openismus office. > >http://beagleboard.org/ > >I'd like to try installing Maemo 5 on them, which I believe is > >possible, and which will be a learning experience. > > > >I hear that Mer can be used with a mouse instead of just a > >touchscreen, but I'd like to install Maemo as intended, so I > >think we'll need touchscreen displays. So does anyone know of > >any touchscreen hardware that will definitely work with > >beagleboard and Maemo? > > Hi Murray, > > This will most definitely work with the BeagleBoard: > http://elinux.org/Xenarc_USB_touchscreen_for_Beagleboard/OMAP3_EVM > > We've got one of those in the office working with a BeagleBoard. > It has DVI input (you'll need a HDMI-to-DVI converter) and a > separate USB connection for the touchscreen. > It's not cheap though. > A minor annoyance - particularly if you are in a hurry - is > that Xenarc will not take foreign (as in non-US) > credit cards so you need to wire them the money before they ship. > Nevertheless I found their customer service responsive and > professional (in dealing with the order). They shipped it > quickly and it came in good shape. > > Br, > Carlos > ___ > maemo-developers mailing list > maemo-developers@maemo.org > https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers > ___ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers
RE: Beagleboard touchscreens?
>From: maemo-developers-boun...@maemo.org >[mailto:maemo-developers-boun...@maemo.org] On Behalf Of ext >Murray Cumming >Sent: 30 June, 2009 20:48 >To: maemo-developers@maemo.org >Subject: Beagleboard touchscreens? > >I'm going to buy some BeagleBoards for the Openismus office. >http://beagleboard.org/ >I'd like to try installing Maemo 5 on them, which I believe is >possible, and which will be a learning experience. > >I hear that Mer can be used with a mouse instead of just a >touchscreen, but I'd like to install Maemo as intended, so I >think we'll need touchscreen displays. So does anyone know of >any touchscreen hardware that will definitely work with >beagleboard and Maemo? Hi Murray, This will most definitely work with the BeagleBoard: http://elinux.org/Xenarc_USB_touchscreen_for_Beagleboard/OMAP3_EVM We've got one of those in the office working with a BeagleBoard. It has DVI input (you'll need a HDMI-to-DVI converter) and a separate USB connection for the touchscreen. It's not cheap though. A minor annoyance - particularly if you are in a hurry - is that Xenarc will not take foreign (as in non-US) credit cards so you need to wire them the money before they ship. Nevertheless I found their customer service responsive and professional (in dealing with the order). They shipped it quickly and it came in good shape. Br, Carlos ___ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers
Re: Beagleboard touchscreens?
On Tue, 2009-06-30 at 19:47 +0200, ext Murray Cumming wrote: > I'm going to buy some BeagleBoards for the Openismus office. > http://beagleboard.org/ > I'd like to try installing Maemo 5 on them, which I believe is possible, > and which will be a learning experience. Yes to both. You most likely know that Juha Kallioinen did work on getting the alpha SDK running on the BeagleBoard (http://maemo-beagle.garage.maemo.org/). Unfortunately Juha has been busy with other stuff and hasn't had time to continue working with the Beagle. > I hear that Mer can be used with a mouse instead of just a touchscreen, > but I'd like to install Maemo as intended, so I think we'll need > touchscreen displays. So does anyone know of any touchscreen hardware > that will definitely work with beagleboard and Maemo? You don't necessarily need a touchscreen, the work Juha did here used a normal usb mouse and standard monitor with a DVI plug. The setup Till has is much cooler and more compact though :-) Tero ___ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers
Re: Beagleboard touchscreens?
Murray Cumming wrote: > I'm going to buy some BeagleBoards for the Openismus office. > http://beagleboard.org/ > I'd like to try installing Maemo 5 on them, which I believe is possible, > and which will be a learning experience. > > I hear that Mer can be used with a mouse instead of just a touchscreen, > but I'd like to install Maemo as intended, so I think we'll need > touchscreen displays. So does anyone know of any touchscreen hardware > that will definitely work with beagleboard and Maemo? Hmmm For a few dollars more you could get a cheap SmartQ 5/7, install Mer on it, disable Mer and run VNC or just remote X. presto... untethered display (or use a USB cable for that 20th century feel) David -- "Don't worry, you'll be fine; I saw it work in a cartoon once..." ___ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers
Re: Beagleboard touchscreens?
Hi, Am Dienstag 30 Juni 2009 schrieb Kees Jongenburger: > Hi I don't know about a usable touchscreen but Ehh, you saw mine :-) Till ___ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers
Re: Beagleboard touchscreens?
Hi, yes, i have built some of these, although the displays themselves are pretty expensive as they are robust industry quality ones. It's a 7 inch 800x480 display which i equipped with the necessary hdmi input and some touchscreen i got from ebay (those EUR 30 things sold to upgrade your eee-pc). So yes, these definitely work, but they are everything but cheap and the current EUR/$ exchange rate will also do its thing. You can find one in this picture from the danish weekend: http://www.flickr.com/photos/quimgil/3579487812/ and of course here (still without touchscreen, i need to update that page): http://www.harbaum.org/till/dvi2par/index.shtml Till Am Dienstag 30 Juni 2009 schrieb Murray Cumming: > I'm going to buy some BeagleBoards for the Openismus office. > http://beagleboard.org/ > I'd like to try installing Maemo 5 on them, which I believe is possible, > and which will be a learning experience. > > I hear that Mer can be used with a mouse instead of just a touchscreen, > but I'd like to install Maemo as intended, so I think we'll need > touchscreen displays. So does anyone know of any touchscreen hardware > that will definitely work with beagleboard and Maemo? > > ___ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers
Re: Beagleboard touchscreens?
Hi Murray > > I hear that Mer can be used with a mouse instead of just a touchscreen, > but I'd like to install Maemo as intended, so I think we'll need > touchscreen displays. So does anyone know of any touchscreen hardware > that will definitely work with beagleboard and Maemo? Hi I don't know about a usable touchscreen but Maemo is also somewhat "usable" without a touchscreen. it is possible to show the cursor see[1]. of course it doesn't feel right as the maemo UI is best used on a touchscreen. I guess it really depends on what your interests are. a wiimote also sounds like a good HID device to interact with maemo What I tried during the Danish week-end was to use a camera attached to the beagle to view a laser pointer on an image displayed with a beamer and it almost worked... :( [1] http://maemo-beagle.garage.maemo.org/alpha.html greetings ___ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers
