Table top Posh box for 7inch Portsdown?

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g8lce
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Table top Posh box for 7inch Portsdown?

Post by g8lce » Thu Aug 27, 2020 10:34 am

I have a Modero NXD-CV7 / NXT-CV7 Touch Panel sitting here and it has a 7inch touch screen. I also have a 7inch Portsdown with a broken edge to the screen although it still works.
I have taken the NXT CV7 to bits just a bit and it looks like it would be quite possible to mount the screen from the Portsdown into the NXT CV7 and the RPi into the base. That would make a rather nice desktop display with the usb bits elsewhere (in a box underneath?)
These devices are oldish now and appear on Ebay etc. but I also have AMX systems that I use for video switching etc. (AMX 3155 ) so have not jumped in yet.
AMX CV7.GIF
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Going price at £65 seems a lot for a case but there may be cheaper sources.

Martin G8LCE

PS I'll update if I decide to jump in with the mod.

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Re: Table top Posh box for 7inch Portsdown?

Post by g8lce » Mon Sep 07, 2020 7:18 pm

So I have taken the plunge and put the 7 inch touchscreen and Raspberry Pi into the AMX NXT CV7 case. The job was easier than I thought and the screen fitted well. The only problem was the short ribbon cable between screen and RPi, but I had a longer one on a RPi camera so used that. There is a speaker (in fact two ) left in the case and the RPi camera also fitted in.
The video of the step by step is here https://youtu.be/25-VZu8Nj1g
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Re: Table top Posh box for 7inch Portsdown?

Post by g8lce » Tue Sep 08, 2020 10:53 pm

When support for Adobe Flash expires soon there may well be lots of the AMX video type equipment coming onto the market so if you are after a case like this don't spend a fortune. I reckon £30 at most.
And if you have some old AMX video selection equipment that uses flash to set it up it may be worth checking you have a computer that will keep running flash after 2020 (may need to alter the clock? )

Martin G8LCE

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Re: Table top Posh box for 7inch Portsdown?

Post by g8lce » Fri Sep 11, 2020 9:37 am

For the photographs of this conversion see https://www.flickr.com/photos/supplyima ... 5924701931

Martin G8LCE

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