[maemo-developers] Beagleboard touchscreens?

[From: Till Harbaum / Lists]

Hi,

oh very nice, but even more pricey than my solution. And of
course less "hackish" :-)

Till

Am Mittwoch 01 Juli 2009 schrieb 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
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