WTB (or find) 5.5" - 6" Resistive Touchscreen

jleemero · Post by **jleemero** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 10:23 pm

I don't know why, but I just can't seem to find one of these things!

I need a 4-wire resistive touchscreen, plain old kind you find in a Nintendo DS or in most touchscreen phones.

AND, it needs to be anywhere from 5.5 to 6 inches diagonal!
(140 to 153 mm)

Does anyone either have one (?!) or know where I could get one?

Edit:

Yaaaay.
A buddy of mine emailed me, found one on Mouser for $18, exactly what I need, and a price I'll gladly pay!
Woo!

palmertech · Post by **palmertech** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 11:28 pm

How about 7"? You can always just have the extra hanging over the sides.

Or is that not an option? Mind telling us what it is for?

jleemero · Post by **jleemero** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 11:29 pm

palmertech wrote:How about 7"? You can always just have the extra hanging over the sides.

Or is that not an option? Mind telling us what it is for?

A 7" would work.
I wouldn't like it, but it'd work

It'd fit well enough.

And for now palmer, it's a secret.
For now.

vskid · Post by **vskid** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 11:32 pm

jleemero wrote:A 7" would work.
I wouldn't like it, but it'd work

Then here ya go.

palmertech · Post by **palmertech** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 11:40 pm

I am gonna guess.

I bet you are gonna overlay this over an LCD, and either attempt to use it as a DS screen, or make it into a controller where you press where you want to aim in FPS games.

AMIRITE?

Oh, and here is a good candidate: http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.16124

Can you possibly get away with 3"? DS ones are only like $4, and the DSi should have replacements soon, it is 3.5".

EDIT: Darn, that is what you get when you leave a post for 7 minutes to find a link after getting distracted by cheap dealextreme stuff.

Also, you just changed you avatar. Funny, sorta, but I have a better pikachu pic, I will PM you when I find it.

EDIT AGAIN: New avatar? Man, you go through these fast!

EDIT AGAIN AGAIN: AH, rotating avatar.

jleemero · Post by **jleemero** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 11:40 pm

vskid wrote:
jleemero wrote:A 7" would work.
I wouldn't like it, but it'd work
Then here ya go.

Yeah, seen it.
Thing is, that comes with all the USB electronic non-sense that I don't need, hence the high-cost.

A 7" touchscreen alone should be less than $10.
I don't wanna pay for a USB setup I'm not going to use.

vskid · Post by **vskid** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 11:53 pm

Find someone that ended up frying the electronics for theirs, and sell them your electronics (or someone that's bought 2 kits because they killed the electronics of one)? Save them for another project?
I can't see why you don't need the USB parts, you must be using it to replace an analog stick, but the screen size seems weird....

jleemero · Post by **jleemero** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 12:17 am

LOL not for an analog stick.
In fact, I don't think that'd even work.

palmertech · Post by **palmertech** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 12:19 am

jleemero wrote:LOL not for an analog stick.
In fact, I don't think that'd even work.

It will.

jleemero · Post by **jleemero** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 7:08 am

palmertech wrote:
jleemero wrote:LOL not for an analog stick.
In fact, I don't think that'd even work.
It will.

... Really?
Heh.

Also, I found a place that makes 5.7" ones...
And they're $54 a piece...

Edit:

Yaaaay.
A buddy of mine emailed me, found one on Mouser for $18, exactly what I need, and a price I'll gladly pay!
Woo!