Haptics Enthusiast Hacks a Touchscreen Into an HP Mini 1000
Haptics Enthusiast Hacks a Touchscreen Into an HP Mini 1000
Posted 08/21/2009 at 11:37am
| by Andy Salisbury
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While the concept of a touchscreen netbook mod isn’t entirely new, it didn’t stop somebody from adding one to an HP Mini 1000. A modder named only as timm.mccoy (but vocally self-referred to as Brian Tim in his video) of the MyHPMini forums added a 10.2-inch resistive touchscreen to his machine, turning it into a pint-sized tablet.
As with most touchscreen mods, the touchscreen panel itself has been put between the LCD and the display bezel, and outputs to a USB connection. That connection is then plugged into an internal USB port (usually the one occupied by the machine’s webcam), and boom – a touchscreen netbook is born.
If you’re interested in seeing more, be sure to check out a video of the machine here.
Image Credit: timm.mccoy
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timm.mccoy
August 23, 2009 at 10:18am
Hey, I'm Brian Timm (i really should write that somewhere)
I'm the guy working on the HP mini tablet mod.
just wanted to say it's awesome to be on Maximum PC!
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