One week with the Pyra


Thats just a standard 2,5 drive with an integrated SATA to USB3 adapter, which they are probably selling in a cased version as portable drives. There is nothing special here, except that they also ship a USB cable where the power lines are additionally connected to another USB plug, and a power supply they are sure of it can power both, the hdd and the Pi.
But the Pi only supports USB 2...?
 
Okay, most probably, this can be fixed without getting a new touchscreen!

Right now, the touchscreen is applied to the display using doublesided tape (so that we could replace it ourselves in case the touchscreen cracks).
This means there's a bit of air inbetween - which leads to a refraction that cause these issues.

We will now get a few samples where the touchscreen is bonded directly onto the display.
You will never be able to remove it (which you usually don't need to do anyway, as no dust can go between the touch and the LCD if it's bonded), and there's no air between so there shouldn't be any refraction.

I'll keep you updated :)
 
Okay, most probably, this can be fixed without getting a new touchscreen!

Right now, the touchscreen is applied to the display using doublesided tape (so that we could replace it ourselves in case the touchscreen cracks).
This means there's a bit of air inbetween - which leads to a refraction that cause these issues.

We will now get a few samples where the touchscreen is bonded directly onto the display.
You will never be able to remove it (which you usually don't need to do anyway, as no dust can go between the touch and the LCD if it's bonded), and there's no air between so there shouldn't be any refraction.

I'll keep you updated :)

Sounds great ED, hopefully that fixes the current issue.

Chris
 
Does this affect pressure sensitivity?

No, the touchscreen itself doesn't change, it's still a foil on top of a glass.
The only difference is that the glass will now sit directly on the LCD, without any air inbetween.
 
No, the touchscreen itself doesn't change, it's still a foil on top of a glass.
The only difference is that the glass will now sit directly on the LCD, without any air inbetween.

The final glass layer - is there anything fancy to the compound formulation named after jungle primates or similar?
 
You will never be able to remove it (which you usually don't need to do anyway, as no dust can go between the touch and the LCD if it's bonded)

No, the touchscreen itself doesn't change, it's still a foil on top of a glass.
The only difference is that the glass will now sit directly on the LCD, without any air inbetween.

So does that mean the touchscreen layer can still be replaced in case it's damaged? Those soft plastics tend to get some scratches by the stylus over a couple of years, my old DS lite looks horrible nowadays...
 
I never had scratches on the screen in both of my Pandoras... and I used the stylus a lot... I can't imagine how that stylus could be able to do persistent signs on the screen...
 
Then let's burn all the trees, problem solved ;)
That only messes things up for things living on the planet since there is still air, it is just polluted and has a different composition. Instead, we need to find a way to blow away the atmosphere, like on Mars. Maybe we can get help from the sun.


The final glass layer - is there anything fancy to the compound formulation named after jungle primates or similar?
Orangutan glass?
 
So does that mean the touchscreen layer can still be replaced in case it's damaged? Those soft plastics tend to get some scratches by the stylus over a couple of years, my old DS lite looks horrible nowadays...
You've been very unlucky then, because I've used my styluses on all my Nintendo machines daily for years (my fave games have pretty much all required stylus input, eg Picross3D etc.) and I've never scratched a single screen with the official stylus. Perhaps your styluses were not official ones or you're really very heavy handed!
 
Im wondering if the screen can be mounted in a bit of dampening to make cracking it a less tangible turn of events once dropped?

Also im hyped about no touchscreen. I'll take colour accuracy, of any amount over the ability to monkey-arm my devices anyday.

How to upset my sensibilities on a deep level: touch any of my screens trying to show me something.
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