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Driving resistive touchpad on android

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Hi all
I want to drive a resistive touchpad on my orange pi PC that works under android os.
can anyone help me?

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It's much easier than you think. Most laptop touchpads run on a standard PS/2 interface, so all you need is to find out the pinout of the touchpad ribbon cable, solder some wires to a PS/2 to USB aftermarket converter or make one from an Arduino or Teensy board, and then simply hook it up to your OPi via USB and it should work as a standard HID touchpad without drivers or additional software. It'll cost you a few dollars, but it's the easiest way to do it for Android or any other OS.

Converter:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Monopric ... Black-/371206911330

Arduino-based converter code:
https://gist.github.com/DorianRudolph/ca283dfdfd185bc812b7

Another Trinket-based project (ATTiny85):
http://mario.mtechcreations.com/ ... b-hacked-converter/
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