[KwartzLab] Laser-cuttable "screen protector" material for capacitive touchscreens?

[JR Nelson]

How thin are you willing to have this material be? Any number of plastics
would still let the capacitive screen register touch; it's when you get too
thick that you start having issues.


On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 11:55 AM, Darcy Casselman <dscassel at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm still toying with whether this is a workable idea at all.
>
> But right now I'm toying with the idea of getting a Nexus 10, stuffing
> it behind a sheet of this hypothetical material that I've got to fit
> inside a larger enclosure.
>
> Darcy.
>
> On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 11:34 AM, Bob DeGregory <bob.degregory at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Darcy,
> >
> > Capacitive touchscreen actually covers a number of design approaches at
> the
> > component level
> >
> > Do you have a specific component or integrated assembly in mind?
> >
> > You can purchase material which claims to work as protection (primarily
> > scratch protection) for touch screens in a variety of sizes and "device"
> > compatability, but the engineering parameters involved in answering your
> > specific question cannot be accurately determined from the information at
> > hand.
> >
> > On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 10:30 AM, Darcy Casselman <dscassel at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Is there such a thing? I want to build a seamless frame for a
> >> touchscreen device.
> >>
> >> Can I put a sheet of material (that I've cut on the laser) over a
> >> touchscreen and still have the touchscreen work?
> >>
> >> Darcy.
> >>
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