From: Henry C. <ani...@gm...> - 2007-06-25 01:28:35
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Hello there all, I'm thinking about attempting to build a media player/PDA using a Gumstix machine, the idea being that if I build a touch screen (and maybe even a few accelerometers) into it, there's huge potential for playing with many different interface ideas. However, I'm more of a software person than a hardware person (though no stranger to a soldering iron ;) ), so I have a few questions: It would appear that Gumstix connects to a touch screen through a four-wire interface. Is this four-wire connector a standard for all LCD touch screens? Could I, for example, cannibalise a screen out of an old Palm V and use that, or is there a specific range of screens that can be used? Is there any model or models favoured by users of this list? Is it possible to hook a Gumstix up to an IDE or SATA drive? I seem to remember reading somewhere that Compact Flash is pinout-compatible with IDE. Does this mean that I could hook an IDE drive directly to a cfstix adaptor with some fancy wiring, or am I missing something? Many thanks, and apologies for naivit=E9, Henry |
From: Jeff S. <jef...@gm...> - 2007-06-25 17:51:35
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I'm still a noob with LCD screens But I think that there are too many competing connections for LCD screens. You would need docs on any screen you buy/salvage. As for disks: on the vertex you can plug in a usb disk meaning you can buy a usb case for an ide disk. On 6/24/07, Henry Cooke <ani...@gm...> wrote: > Hello there all, > I'm thinking about attempting to build a media player/PDA using a > Gumstix machine, the idea being that if I build a touch screen (and > maybe even a few accelerometers) into it, there's huge potential for > playing with many different interface ideas. > > However, I'm more of a software person than a hardware person (though > no stranger to a soldering iron ;) ), so I have a few questions: > > It would appear that Gumstix connects to a touch screen through a > four-wire interface. Is this four-wire connector a standard for all > LCD touch screens? Could I, for example, cannibalise a screen out of > an old Palm V and use that, or is there a specific range of screens > that can be used? Is there any model or models favoured by users of > this list? > > Is it possible to hook a Gumstix up to an IDE or SATA drive? I seem to > remember reading somewhere that Compact Flash is pinout-compatible > with IDE. Does this mean that I could hook an IDE drive directly to a > cfstix adaptor with some fancy wiring, or am I missing something? > > Many thanks, and apologies for naivit=E9, > Henry > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take > control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > _______________________________________________ > gumstix-users mailing list > gum...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users > |
From: Henry C. <ani...@gm...> - 2007-06-26 14:53:35
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Thanks Jeff - my feeling is that USB > IDE is a bit inelegant though? Has anyone managed to interface Gumstix directly to IDE? h. On 25/06/07, Jeff Sadowski <jef...@gm...> wrote: > I'm still a noob with LCD screens But I think that there are too many > competing connections for LCD screens. You would need docs on any > screen you buy/salvage. > > As for disks: on the vertex you can plug in a usb disk meaning you can > buy a usb case for an ide disk. > > > On 6/24/07, Henry Cooke <ani...@gm...> wrote: > > Hello there all, > > I'm thinking about attempting to build a media player/PDA using a > > Gumstix machine, the idea being that if I build a touch screen (and > > maybe even a few accelerometers) into it, there's huge potential for > > playing with many different interface ideas. > > > > However, I'm more of a software person than a hardware person (though > > no stranger to a soldering iron ;) ), so I have a few questions: > > > > It would appear that Gumstix connects to a touch screen through a > > four-wire interface. Is this four-wire connector a standard for all > > LCD touch screens? Could I, for example, cannibalise a screen out of > > an old Palm V and use that, or is there a specific range of screens > > that can be used? Is there any model or models favoured by users of > > this list? > > > > Is it possible to hook a Gumstix up to an IDE or SATA drive? I seem to > > remember reading somewhere that Compact Flash is pinout-compatible > > with IDE. Does this mean that I could hook an IDE drive directly to a > > cfstix adaptor with some fancy wiring, or am I missing something? > > > > Many thanks, and apologies for naivit=E9, > > Henry > > > > -----------------------------------------------------------------------= -- > > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > > Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take > > control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > > http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > > _______________________________________________ > > gumstix-users mailing list > > gum...@li... > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take > control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > _______________________________________________ > gumstix-users mailing list > gum...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users > |