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Cheap, Small LED or LCD Touch Sensitive Screens?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the off-the-shelf-or-DIY-project dept.

emf2268 asks: "I'm looking to either purchase or build (I'll do the circuitry myself if I have to) several dozen, small screens for an arcade game that uses a touch interface. Each screen, which should be around 6-10 inches, needn't be extremely advanced in the display department, since 16 colors will do just fine. An LED or LCD would do the job. But each screen also needs to be touch sensitive...it only needs to know if it's been touched, not where it was touched. How, can I build this as cheaply as possible?"

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  1. Do not thump the game of G'Quon! by AndroidCat · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Unless your game is Sim Paint-Drying, I think you'd be better to have an actual switch to press rather than have the player press the screen. Excited humans don't know their own strength, and I've seen industrial coin-op joystick that were yanked out by the roots.

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  2. As the adage goes by Dachannien · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Cheap, small, and good. Pick any two.

  3. Why several dozen? by cgenman · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Why several dozen for an arcade game? Will this be used as a prototype menu interface, or are kids going to be thumping on this thing with rubber mallets at the museum of science?

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