[Tutor] Touch Screen

[Alexander]

On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 1:43 PM, Walter Prins <wprins at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On 2 January 2012 18:07, Alan Gauld <alan.gauld at btinternet.com> wrote:
> > There may be a few cash registers rthat implemenmt their own embedded
> > hardware monitor but the cost of developing such a thing is so high
> > (especially compared to Linux!) that most devices like that use a
> regular OS
> > and just disguise it with a single app as the "desktop".
>
> Just to add to what Alan's said, and with apologies if appropriate as
> its arguably only tangentially relevant to your question, but you may
> be interested to keep an eye on the "Raspberry Pi", a 25$ computer
> (yes, $25) that's due for release in Jan 2012.  It will primarily use
> Python as programming language although others will be supported. (Not
> entirely suprising given that the OS is GNU/Linux.)  For more see
> here:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raspberry_Pi
>
> http://articles.businessinsider.com/2011-12-28/tech/30564049_1_computer-broadcom-foundation
> http://www.raspberrypi.org/faqs
>
> It seems that for anyone who wants to build his own device on the
> cheap from commodity hardware, something like this with a suitably
> configured Linux distro and custom Python code makes such a project a
> relative doddl.  One can easily imagine building this size of device
> into a cash register sized shell, perhaps with a suitably sized
> touchscreen and drawer hardware interface, to build your own cash
> register.  (Re touchscreen's I'm thinking of something from ELO
> perhaps, see: http://www.elotouch.com/Products/Touchscreens/default.asp
> -- I have a friend who is working on a kiosk using a normal ITX PC
> mobo and that uses an ELO screen with a GNU/Linux software stack
> behind it, so that's definitely possible...)
>
> Cheers,
>
> Walter
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Thanks for the replies gentlemen.
Walter, thank you for the Raspberry Pi introduction, it may very well help
me with my hobbies. I'll be certain to check it out as I develop my python
and development skills.
Thanks,
-- 
Alexander
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