Touchscreen

ok folks, this is just a first test of this wiki:

there is presently no page called "touchscreen" i call it now on "ts"

where will it be?? at http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Touchscreen ?? RIGHT there!!

anyway:

i found one obviously working xo with ts at youtube: XO touch screen hacking...

though it should be easy to do:

first you need a source of hardware???

i was looking around what was a ebay and found quite a lot of sources for eeepc

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: 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 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 Viewing area: 152.4mm × 114.3mm

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

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 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: ts-sellers in china ...

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