Calling Raik

Hi,

With reference to http://home.arcor.de/raik_fischer/snv15890_gr.htm – what sort of display is that, and how is it interfaced to the Beagle?

Oh, and is that Meccano I see holding it together? ;)

Oh, my fastes build ever ;-) I became the part on wednesday and on saturday was the GAG meeting with Jim Nagel as a guest ;-) The holding parts I have stolen from my children ;-)
It is a chipsee display and the frame is fron a electronic-Photo-display. At this time it works in my A4xM (later on this page).
This display http://home.arcor.de/raik_fischer/Vers_Tests.htm (at the end of the page) for my “Beaglebook” is better.
Sorry; I’m not at home. Send me a mail raik underline fischer at arcor dot de and I can send you the datasheets and what ever if I back. Both display has a adapterboard and this is placed on the LCD header of the beagle. RISC OS works fine. Chipsee is 800×480 and the other 1024 × 600.

I’m also interested in a small Display for
the Beagle-xm.
Please can you post the Info here too?

thank you

I will try to give the information. This is not easy for me. In German on www.arcsite.de it is easier. But I’m glad that people are interested in my tinkering;-)
I have two LCDs in use. The Chipsee and the chalk . I have further PDF-Information. Mail me, I will send but sorry, it takes a little time. To use the LCD you need the right MDF. I will send also. Thomas Touchscreendriver is not working yet.

I have two LCDs in use. The Chipsee and the chalk .

Chipsee seems to be here now: http://www.chipsee.com/best-product/beagleboard-xm-exp-v2.html ( /best-product instead of /product/board/arm ). Hehe, it was at your link yesterday, I looked it up on my phone!

I had a brief panic moment when I saw the price (￥1,280.00), but then I remembered it would be Chinese Yuan (about €155) and not Japanese Yen (about €12!). Oh well. ;-)

To be honest, I think the Chalk is a better deal – http://www.chalk-elec.com/?page_id=1280#!/~/product/category=3094846&id=7703686 – at $134 (about €100) so long as you don’t get stung badly for postage. It is simpler than the Chipsee (no buttons, sensors, etc) but you get a bigger higher resolution display. I like, I think I’ll try to put some cash aside for that.

Is it easy to fit? Just plug in the bits and give an MDF to RISC OS? I’m not bothered about touch for now, it’d be nice to play with but the RISC OS API doesn’t really ‘do’ touch devices. ;-)

The only thing I don’t understand is why the 7" and 10" are the same price.

FWIW, there’s the Pi version: http://www.chalk-elec.com/?page_id=1280#!/~/product/category=3094861&id=14647624

With the chipsee display there is a other problem. No dealer in europe. I buy this from chinese delivered by TNT. Cutthroats. To € 35 duty another 35 € is payable.
The other display I buy at watterott .

Is it easy to fit? Just plug in the bits and give an MDF to RISC OS? I’m not bothered about touch for now, it’d be nice to play with but the RISC OS API doesn’t really ‘do’ touch devices. ;-)

Both are easy to use. Chipsee has a adapter board with the xM size and use the LCD-port and the other. It is plug ans pray ;-) It has a very small range of working parameters. It is only working in the desktop if the MDF is activ.

The Chalk has a small adapter board only for the LCD-port and use USB for the touchscreen.
It can also display other resolutions.

I have MDF for both. I can send. No problem.

Touchscreen: Sure? Look . Chalk has a HID-Device. Thomas has begun to adapt its drivers for HID devices but at the moment he does not have time for it.