iGesture vcs. Touchstream Mini

[TP Diffenbach]

what are the differences between an iGesture and a Touchstream Mini?

Specifically, what are the dimensions of each, and can an iGesture be programmed, via the MyGesture editor, to have keys?

And for each, how many sensors does it have?

[TorbenGB]

[TP Diffenbach]

[TorbenGB]

[Rqyteqto]

I see the cases for the TS are similar, just rotated 180 degrees so the ribbon cable slots face each other, which puts the little notch for the USB cable at the bottom on the left case vs the too on the right case. That just makes it so they only needed a single case mold and would only have to stock a single type of case parts. Which makes a lot of sense.

However, that doesn't guaranty the circuit boards inside are the same. They could be, just rotated 180 also so the ribbon cable connectors face each other. but there's nothing saying the control circuits are integral to the sensor board, other than the thinness of the cases would suggest they likely would be. Then again, the right one does have the USB connector whereas the left one doesn't.

Only way to know to know for sure would be to open a Ts up and I'm not about to go there. Mine work and as long as they do, I'm not messing with them.

Sure would be nice to know though. Love to see some photos of the insides of any FW products.

The interesting part is it appears the coord system for each are mirrors of each other, so either the sensors are independent of orientation and can be programmed to accept any rotation of the coord system, or they are indeed physically different sensor boards.

I think I remember someone saying there are actually two boards, the sensor board (which may be thin enough and sensitive enough it can read from either side - which would make mirroring them possible) and a circuit board for the electronics which could be left in the same orientation or maybe even two different types of boards.

Anybody have a dead board they'd be willing to donate for the cause. I'd even be willing to pony up some cash, say up to $100, for such. I don't know who'd be best to do the autopsy but certainly not me. I'd just be the bank for such a venture. If anybody out there does have a dead board, that's a better deal than just tossing it.

[TP Diffenbach]

I opened up the left side of my TS. No control circuitry, per se. There's a hole for the USB cable (on the top edge, a little left of center), but nothing for it to connect to.

On the bottom of the surface your fingers touch is an array of chips, eight from top to bottom and probably six from left to right.

The board is actually a sandwich of two boards; the top is the sensor surface, the bottom is about one-third as wide, and accommodates the ribbon cable attachment. How the two boards connect is not apparent, as it can't be seen without detaching one form another, which I haven't and won't do.

My hope was that mass production would have meant that the firmware and the USB mounting circuitry was duplicated on the left board; it's apparently not.

Pictures forthcoming, and even sooner if people donate to the cost of my getting a new TS.

[Max]

[Rqyteqto]