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ok folks, this is just a capture-page to initiate to put our 2-pences all together!!
== XO-4 Touch ==


The [[XO-4 Touch]] has a touchscreen built in.
i found nothing precise about XO1 and "touchscreen" (:= ts) -though it should be easy to do-


Got a problem? See [[XO Troubleshooting Touchscreen]] for help.
as you can see at youtube someone realized it already: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1OQYJfsRNA XO touch screen hacking]


== XO-1.75 Prototypes ==


Several [[XO-1.75]] prototypes were fitted with touchscreens for development. These are now unsupported.


== XO-1 ==
well first we need a source of hardware!!


The XO-1 was not made with a touchscreen. Some community members [[Touchscreen/XO-1|tried to add one]], but the parts are unlikely to be available now. --[[User:Quozl|Quozl]] 05:43, 28 October 2013 (UTC)

(suppose there is a demand for -as everyone who ever used a touchscreen wont want to miss it (- admittantly,though the durability is yet in question for mass-production: scratches...) BUT it is rather intuitive to touch what you see... instead of the touchpad below...)


i was looking around what is available at ebay and found quite alot of sources for eeepc (-BUT NOTHING IN THE SPECIFIC SIZE OF/FOR XO1)

i ordered one (costed less than 60 euros (august 2009) for my eeepc 900 , got it (included ts, controller-board and software for USB-driver (Windows/LINUX/...) and will add according to this video at youtube: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt5ppKn05jg How to: Adding touch panel to Asus Eee PC 901] (900 is nearly the same as 901)

coming along with it was a controller-board that has to be plugged in at a present USB-port at the eeepc (or the xo1 in the future...)
on this controller-board there is a hub, too that has 4 USB-ports:

a FIRST will be used if you decide to plug it into (better lets say: thread into) an already used USB-port as you have to deliver it to the now used port to get the camera working... a SECOND the for the ts (as at the eeepc there is the option to use the camera-USB-port)

ok, (at the eeepc) i intend for myself to go and use the NOT YET used PCI-e (it got another FREE USB-port -as far as i know by now...)

also hope that makes it faster AND does NOT use an already used USB-port -so i plug in the ts and have got 3 free ones left...): in one of these three left i intend to plug a [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Bluetooth Bluetooth]-dongle at the same procedure (just to have one under the hood without having to open the lid again or need for one plugged in at the ONLY TWO AVAILABLE external USB-ports (and: to make it possible to switch on and off by hardware!! i think of using a REAL switch that needs threading through the case) to have control about power consumption...


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BUT
where to find / buy such for xo/olpc ?? see: http://laptop.org/en/laptop/hardware/specs.shtml


xo / olpc got a 7.5" Dual-mode TFT display

panel size is: 170 mm x 140 mm <- to be precise: THIS DATA i did N O T VERIFY, i just read it from elsewhere here around from one who obviously had OPENED and measured... SO imho NEEDS TO BE CONFIRMED!! first...

Viewing area: 152.4mm × 114.3mm

if you had found HARDWARE sources let me know!! thomas@biopilze.de

* [http://home.eeti.com.tw/web20/eg/4w.htm Specs. suitable for a Touchpad for eeePC 900 (8.9")] (mine)
* [http://home.eeti.com.tw/web20/eg/drivers.htm Drivers]...


oh well "software" (esp. for "sugar") is a different issue: ok for myself, i think of using ubuntu, first: there should be drivers: BUT: suppose the above mentioned controller-board (hardware) and the softwarecoming with it should do for xo1 , too: as just the size of the ts is different: instead of 8.9" (for eeepc900/901) we need a 7.5" (for xo1), the rest should do...




ps

here are further possible sources: [http://www.alibaba.com/suppliers/Touch%2BScreen%2BPC-suppliers.html ts-sellers in china] ... (-but, no, i did NOT yet try one of these here , but i got the adress of the PRODUCER of those for eeepc 900 (is 8.9") and at the very moment DID ask THERE, first... -so i hope for the best - but: if you are eager to ask arond, PLEASE do so and go ahead... (for me, i had asked at ebay those selling 7", 8.5", 8.9" (JUST THOSE WHO OFFERED the last days but MAYBE things change and there is one or more...)))

summary: where to get and how to add touchscreen to xo1

Latest revision as of 16:10, 28 October 2013

XO-4 Touch

The XO-4 Touch has a touchscreen built in.

Got a problem? See XO Troubleshooting Touchscreen for help.

XO-1.75 Prototypes

Several XO-1.75 prototypes were fitted with touchscreens for development. These are now unsupported.

XO-1

The XO-1 was not made with a touchscreen. Some community members tried to add one, but the parts are unlikely to be available now. --Quozl 05:43, 28 October 2013 (UTC)