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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! ^_^

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  • Snuff99, on 10/10/2007, -1/+33That kicks ass. I'd hit it.
    • 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
    • clemensmitc, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3"dude, i'd hit that so hard
      whoever could pull me out would become the king of england"
  • Zamfir, on 10/10/2007, -49/+2Mmmm... the graphics look even *better* on larger screens...

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

    Cool , without a doubt.
    • 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.
    • aywwts4, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I would'nt say it's not useful, its a fully working DS with a Fully working touch screen, if he hacked together a case it would be a good tabletop/plugin console DS
  • TannerC, on 10/10/2007, -1/+36It's like an N64 that you can touch.
    • JudgeMonkey, on 10/10/2007, -1/+21Your n64 was... incorporeal?
    • Dgen_X, on 10/10/2007, -0/+16I would always touch my n64....but it acted like it couldn't feel a thing...

      =(
  • amgamer23, on 10/10/2007, -15/+2That looks way too complicated...this dude has lots of time on his hands.
    • 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.
    • 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?
  • Craga89, on 10/10/2007, -4/+28That thing probably weighs about the same as the old DS =P
  • dorkino, on 10/10/2007, -1/+38Most expensive DS ever
  • inio, on 10/10/2007, -0/+10What's the 3rd game demoed, with the ball and drawing ramps for it and stuff?
  • DJMD, on 10/10/2007, -9/+4Awww, i wanted to see some pokemon...
  • noble, on 10/10/2007, -3/+6wouldn't the resolution be really crappy on that, though?
    • 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.
      • noblepenguin, on 10/10/2007, -5/+2Insert homophonic innuendo 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.
    • abid786, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3I agree. The resolution (or at least the pixel density) isn't the highest to begin with.
    • 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.
    • Pikachelsea, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I'm pretty sure that's not the point of this project.
  • alien420, on 10/10/2007, -3/+38i think you voided the warenty.
    • ikrit2006, on 10/10/2007, -0/+11I think if you can afford to do that, you don't need a warranty.
  • ericisshort, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7I'm impressed that a little xilinx dl board can handle that
    • MioTheGreat, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7It's a FPGA. Those things are perfect for DSP.
  • africansk8er, on 10/10/2007, -0/+29Bet it still couldn't make Trauma Center any easier...
    • 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 :)
    • rjam710, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Giant, *****' Triti...
  • morsu, on 10/10/2007, -6/+1Whats the last game he plays with the ball and the line paths made with the pen? Looks awesome
  • DeathJux, on 10/10/2007, -1/+44Why would you need two Tablet PC screens? The DS only has one that's touch-sensitive.
    • iofthestorm, on 10/10/2007, -2/+5Probably easier to mess with than laptop screens, I guess. It'd be nice to have 2 touch screens on the DS though.
    • Jedimonkey27, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2I would guess that he did that to get the lcd panels to be exactly the same. Consistency in colors, brightness etc. would be optimal. Plus, if I had to guess, he probably already had two.
    • Jedimonkey27, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1I would guess that he did that to get the lcd panels to be exactly the same. Consistency in colors, brightness etc. would be optimal.
    • minigamer1896, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2He noted that he did most of this using spare parts.
  • 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!
    • Cyberbladewolf, on 10/10/2007, -7/+1Not America, just Microsoft. Obviously Microsoft is the king of overly huge controllers and game systems. Though it looks like the 360 was put on a diet, in all reality it just burned the fat away.
      • 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?
        • sato, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8Very few McDonald's sell Pepsi products.
    • MasterInsan0, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3What, tinker around with electronics?
  • exomni, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8***** awesome.
  • 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!
    • WernerCD, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I'm just wanting to know how far from emulation we are. Being able to take a single tablet, split the screen in half and smack a USB controller on there for the rest. I don't think you need Two screens for it.
  • 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
    • Cyberbladewolf, on 10/10/2007, -1/+11I think the real question here is, "Why not?!"
      • davidrools, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1because the games couldn't do anything with it and it costs more.
  • kidcodea, on 10/10/2007, -1/+12run DS COLORS

    dat would rule
    • 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.
      • AttackingHobo, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7The touch screen is pressure sensitive?! Why have I not played a game where the developer uses it?
        • kidcodea, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1why havent you got loads of commercial paint and animation programs on a stylus touchscreen driven device? i dont know either but i guess it all boils down to NINTENDO.
  • 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.
  • gage006, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6What's the puzzle game called? Looked interesting.
  • kylesiue, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7i wonder if there is any latency sending the stylus info back to the ds etc
  • djtyrant, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1That is really really cool, definetly would want one!
  • redragon3883, on 10/10/2007, -4/+0the third game is one of kirby's game, I forgot which one (the better one I think)
  • zensequential, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1this is freakin' awesome~ and I just happens to have two(2) 15.1" laptop lcd screen~ i know what my project is for the next 2 weeks~
    • ElliotShoe, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1You need one screen to a tablet pc screen (touch sensitive) and a field programmable gate array to do some translate i/o stuff
  • 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.
  • HanSolo69, on 10/10/2007, -2/+11counter productive?
    DS
    DS Lite
    DS Cumbersome
  • o0adam0o, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2Niiiice Nintendo DS-XL FTW!
  • Zippo, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Wow, that is some sexy *****.
  • b33b3s, on 10/10/2007, -6/+1Wow, I guess Nintendo decided to go against that handhelds getting smaller and smaller trend, good for them!
    • Pikachelsea, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I guess you decided to go against that whole RTFA trend. Good for you.
  • iChainsaw, on 10/10/2007, -8/+0such a waste...just to play ds games....
  • 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).
    • Tahiri, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1Why is your name not Loopy? Trying to avoid your fans? (I'm serious)
  • Dracusis, on 10/10/2007, -8/+0Yeah, cause that'd fit in my pocket...

    Pointless.
    • romainechester, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Well.. you know.. bah... I'll just digg you down.
  • 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.
  • j0keR, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Wow, that guy should really consider making that into a laptop mod like the guy that did the Xbox 360 laptop mod.
  • alekies, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1Oh god, the pixels!
  • gbob, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2I want to see him load up Elite Beat Agents on that!
  • Fransber, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Man, i'm very sad, here in brazil this is still very expensive! otherwise i would try!
    For me Nintendo still have the best games ever!
  • jkharris07, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0That is amazing.
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