Read the statement by Michael Teeuw here.
EoF's Touch Screen Magic Mirror (Testing Phase)
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Very nice work!
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link to the resistive touch screen?
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@cyberphox http://www.aliexpress.com/item/21-5Inch-Resistive-Touch-Screen-Panel-490x285mm-4Wire-USB-kit-for-21-5-monitor/32429848194.html
But I have a major problem now… The ribbon that connects to the display has a tear in it. I assume it got twisted the wrong way. This really puts a major halt to my project unless I can somehow repair it.
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ouch…doesn’t look good…I have a 2 way mirror…but may look into this touchscreen option with mirror film
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@cyberphox Yeah this is a major snag for me. I’ve read up on some conductive ink pins that might do the trick repairing this. If it turns out that it doesn’t though… looks like I’ll be ordering a new panel :/
However, when the touch screen was working, it was working pretty good! Even better than on the demo video in my original post (which was on a windows machine).
There is some tricky calibration stuff you have to do to get it to play nice with the pi though.
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You’re better off replacing the ribbon cable, if you can find a replacement. You’ll likely have to desolder it on the other end, then resolder the new one on.
Or, alternatively, take the ribbon cable off and solder your own wires and connector on.
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@KirAsh4 Hi! I was actually able to get this working again (with some help). I tried a bunch of different things to avoid soldering because of the plastic on the ribbon, but I got to a point to where I said “whelp, it’s already broken so might as well just go for it” and believe it or not, it works now! I had to remove some of the plastic to expose the copper wire on both sides of the split, but then after that the solder completed the circuit and it’s working fine again.
I also went ahead and electric taped the hell out of the connector where the split was before so that this doesn’t happen again. Some heat shrink wrap was also applied for an extra layer of security :p
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Basically the pulled a MacGyver then … :)
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@KirAsh4 Haha basically. It works in my case though, as long as the connection stays secure, since this will be inside my enclosure anyways (once I get around to making one ;)).
