Re getting the Olimex screen working... it looks like its just a vanilla LVDS panel.. so you just need one of the many LVDS->HDMI driver boards from ebay and the like.. basically look around and you'll find a few people on sites selling "LVDS->HDMI controller boards" or "converters"... basically you need the board that takes HDMI in from your system, converts it to the 'native' format of LVDS and drives the coloumns etc.
To interact with the 'touch' side - you again need a tiny dongle that converts it to a USB HID device... Rough estimates would see you have both boards for <$40... so yes, you should be able to use the Olimex panel with your current setup + the converter boards for display (LVDS) and touch (which becomes a USB HID mouse)... Bringing it all in still cost effectively.. On 13 January 2013 02:05, Anders Wallin <anders.e.e.wal...@gmail.com> wrote: > After seeing the success of a few other people in getting lcnc running on > an > > Arm / Beaglebone, I thought I would take a shot at doing the same on the > > Olinuxino, with the intent of driving a 3D printer. I found the > Olinuxino > > attractive because it has 512MB RAM and a 1Ghz processor and 3 I2C > > interfaces, as well as a companion 7" LCD or LCD touch display. It does > not > > have an immediate interface to get to a Mesa type FPGA device, but I was > > hoping with a 1Ghz processor I would at least be able to directly drive 3 > > stepper motors. > > > > Nice! This is the first project I've seen with an affordable and apparently > good-looking & functional touch screen solution. > > For various embedded projects I've been looking for a board that runs > linuxcnc/HAL, with either on-board IO/Microcontroller/FPGA or the > possibility to use a MESA card. A touch-screen would be used for UI. > > Raspberry Pi. > + small, cheap > - the processor is slow - barely able to boot a standard debian desktop. > - There are some touchscreen hacks but nothing universally used & good. > - two SPI channels, one of which (maybe) goes to touch-screen use. > > ITX-sized x86 > + stock standard x68 > - 7" HDMI touch-screens exist (e.g. lilliput UK), but expensive (200 > eur/gbp/usd). > - expensive (board 100eur, processor 100eur, etc.) > + PCI or PCI-E for MESA card > > For now I am slowly working on the x86 solution, mostly because it is tried > & tested, but these substantially cheaper ARM alternatives seem to be > progressing... > > Does anyone know what electronics would go between the HDMI-connector of an > x86-board, and the 55eur Olinuxino 7" touch-screen? Is it something one > could DIY for less than 150eur which is roughly the price-difference to a > 7" Lilliput HDMI-interfaced (USB for touch) screen ? > > Definitely keep us posted on the progress, and latency-numbers if/when you > get a xenomai kernel going. > > Anders > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Master Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL, ASP.NET, C# 2012, HTML5, CSS, > MVC, Windows 8 Apps, JavaScript and much more. Keep your skills current > with LearnDevNow - 3,200 step-by-step video tutorials by Microsoft > MVPs and experts. SALE $99.99 this month only -- learn more at: > http://p.sf.net/sfu/learnmore_122912 > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Master Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL, ASP.NET, C# 2012, HTML5, CSS, MVC, Windows 8 Apps, JavaScript and much more. Keep your skills current with LearnDevNow - 3,200 step-by-step video tutorials by Microsoft MVPs and experts. ON SALE this month only -- learn more at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/learnmore_123012 _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
