[maemo-developers] Beagleboard touchscreens?

[From: Carlos.Guerreiro at nokia.com]

>From: maemo-developers-bounces at maemo.org 
>[mailto:maemo-developers-bounces at maemo.org] On Behalf Of ext 
>Murray Cumming
>Sent: 30 June, 2009 20:48
>To: maemo-developers at 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