I have a 10" touchscreen I got from short-circuit.com. They sell car pc parts which I assume come from the same Chinese factories as everyone else's. I was able to calibrate it in 10.04 after a few hours if googling and it works ok, but 800x600 resolution borders on unusable in Axis and does not work in touchy, at least it didn't work for me. As a primary UI it might work with additional GUI tweaking, it's more real estate than many VMC screens have, but I certainly wouldn't want much smaller.
For the tablet, if prices fall to around $200, it could make a great pendant solution. Sent from my iPhone On Apr 4, 2011, at 8:26 AM, Stuart Stevenson <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Apr 3, 2011 at 1:48 AM, Dave <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I don't want to run EMC2 on the tablet, but it sure would be nice if >> there was some way to use these tablets as a client connected to a PC >> running EMC2. >> >> Just comparing apples to apples (sort of) they are now selling 10" >> Android tablets for $200 yet the cheapest dumb 10" touchscreen at >> MP3car.com is 229.00 and that is a USB connected screen which I am not >> sure would even work with >> Linux. A real screen with a 16:9 ratio area and a real VGA input >> starts at $249 and goes up from there. >> > I have been working with touch screens. I have found the Elo USB touch > screens will work with no configuration or calibration. In fact, I have been > able to use them immediately after boot to install Ubuntu on a pc. I don't > know about the MP3car.com units but I would not be afraid of them if their > website shows Linux drivers. > > >> >> I suspect that tablets will continue to fall in price but I am not so >> sure about small monitors. >> >> Are there better places to buy small touch screen monitors? >> > I buy ebay touch screens. > > Stuart > > -- > dos centavos > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Create and publish websites with WebMatrix > Use the most popular FREE web apps or write code yourself; > WebMatrix provides all the features you need to develop and > publish your website. http://p.sf.net/sfu/ms-webmatrix-sf > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Create and publish websites with WebMatrix Use the most popular FREE web apps or write code yourself; WebMatrix provides all the features you need to develop and publish your website. http://p.sf.net/sfu/ms-webmatrix-sf _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
