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Jumbotron DS! [2 Tablet PC Screens + 1 DS = PURE AWESOMENESS!!!]

home.comcast.net — As quoted from the creator: "Here's a little project I've been working on. It's a Nintendo DS hooked up to 2 Tablet PC screens, using an FPGA in between to do some translation magic. Pen input from the Tablet PC screens is sent back to the DS. It can also dump screenshots to a PC via serial port." ME WANT! ^_^

Who dugg this? Made popular Sep 12, 2007

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  • Braingoo, on 10/10/2007, -2/+70Useful, not really.

    Cool , without a doubt.
  • DeathJux, on 10/10/2007, -1/+44Why would you need two Tablet PC screens? The DS only has one that's touch-sensitive.
  • inactive, on 10/10/2007, -1/+38Most expensive DS ever
  • alien420, on 10/10/2007, -3/+38i think you voided the warenty.
  • TannerC, on 10/10/2007, -1/+36It's like an N64 that you can touch.
  • Snuff99, on 10/10/2007, -1/+33That kicks ass. I'd hit it.
  • africansk8er, on 10/10/2007, -0/+29Bet it still couldn't make Trauma Center any easier...
  • 4344739, on 10/10/2007, -0/+28For those that asked, I used 2 touchscreens because I already had them (they were spare parts from a different project), and having identical screens means I only have to figure out the screen pinouts once (saving me time).
  • Sutarion, on 10/10/2007, -0/+24Kirby: Canvas Curse

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirby:_Canvas_Curse
  • Craga89, on 10/10/2007, -4/+28That thing probably weighs about the same as the old DS =P
  • veriix, on 10/10/2007, -0/+22Now all he needs to do is make a big ds case and some big buttons to show Japan what American does!
  • JudgeMonkey, on 10/10/2007, -1/+21Your n64 was... incorporeal?
  • Okari, on 10/10/2007, -0/+17Let me show you my pokemans.
  • Dgen_X, on 10/10/2007, -0/+16I would always touch my n64....but it acted like it couldn't feel a thing...

    =(
  • reddevil3, on 10/10/2007, -0/+12Brilliant game. It was one of the first DS games and is a lot of fun.
  • nodonoug, on 10/10/2007, -0/+12One would think, but the pictures looked alright. It'd sure make it easier to put your pen in specific places.
  • iofthestorm, on 10/10/2007, -0/+11Meteos, it's really fun.
  • ikrit2006, on 10/10/2007, -0/+11I think if you can afford to do that, you don't need a warranty.
  • kidcodea, on 10/10/2007, -1/+12run DS COLORS

    dat would rule
  • naonao, on 10/10/2007, -0/+11I didn't realize that having the time on your hands to make something as cool as this was a bad thing.
  • inio, on 10/10/2007, -0/+10What's the 3rd game demoed, with the ball and drawing ramps for it and stuff?
  • Cyberbladewolf, on 10/10/2007, -1/+11I think the real question here is, "Why not?!"
  • HanSolo69, on 10/10/2007, -2/+11counter productive?
    DS
    DS Lite
    DS Cumbersome
  • sato, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8Very few McDonald's sell Pepsi products.
  • toastgodsupreme, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8Some people are seriously real life macgyvers. And watching them create stuff is just as amazing as the end product.
  • exomni, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8***** awesome.
  • kylesiue, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7i wonder if there is any latency sending the stylus info back to the ds etc
  • iofthestorm, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7Umm, he's saying that putting it on the bigger screens would make it really pixellated, which is probably true.
  • ericisshort, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7I'm impressed that a little xilinx dl board can handle that
  • AttackingHobo, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7The touch screen is pressure sensitive?! Why have I not played a game where the developer uses it?
  • MioTheGreat, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7It's a FPGA. Those things are perfect for DSP.
  • championchap, on 10/10/2007, -2/+8Wasn't me, but im sure you were buried for posting a gamespot link.
  • 1337Einstein, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6Kirby: Something or Other
  • cave, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7*Drools* I want to play with one of those... But yea, Why *two* touch screens as opposed to one touchscreen and a regular screen like the actual DS system?

    BTW, the games played are, in order:
    - Mario Kart DS
    - Meteos
    - Kirby Canvas Curse
    All 3 are excellent games IMO.
  • gage006, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6What's the puzzle game called? Looked interesting.
  • iofthestorm, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6For those who don't know, colors is a homebrew pressure sensitive drawing program. http://www.collectingsmiles.com/colors/ Might be better to just use PC software though.
  • romainechester, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Well.. you know.. bah... I'll just digg you down.
  • affinity, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5You know, back in my hay day I would take stuff apart and try these type of things. This was before LCDs and Computers were mainstream, but the curiosity is the same. I still try this but have only a fraction of an idea how these things work. I wish to know more!
  • aaronm67, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5We all have lots of time on our hands...some of us waste time by making really cool hardware mods, others waste time by reading about the cool things those people made on Digg.
    Wait...who's worse here?
  • davidrools, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5better than the regular DS screens. also, the games are developed for DS resolution so you wouldn't be improving the graphics with higher res screens.
  • nlevend, on 10/10/2007, -3/+8you would only hit it?
    I would buy it a nice dinner, make sweet love to it, and then call it back the next day....

    because god only know it won't be happening w/ me and a woman :( ... depressing
  • WernerCD, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Not America?

    America - Home of the Cadillac... the Hummer... the Super Sized Value Meal (With Diet Pepsi, of course)

    Since when has America not been the home of excess?
  • naonao, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4On the frontpage, well done [M]artin!

    Awesome mod too, it would actually be so much fun to play.
  • davidrools, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Kirby's Canvas Curse
  • merdiesel, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4How awesome is that?!...

    I love how hes playing my 3 favorite games for the system as well.
  • ItsMyWii, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4You're my hero. That's sick.
  • cyberwarriorx, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4It'd probably be a nightmare to play Ouendan on it as well. Your arm would probably be sore :)
  • davidrools, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4The top screen on a DS isnt a touchscreen so...why not just a regular monitor? still a kickass project
  • MasterInsan0, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3What, tinker around with electronics?
  • abid786, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3I agree. The resolution (or at least the pixel density) isn't the highest to begin with.
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