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

[Darcy Casselman]

Thin is totally fine. This isn't protective, necessarily. The intent
is to give a smooth surface, hiding what's really underneath it.

Ooh, acrylic. :D

Darcy.

On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 12:18 PM, Mark Pitcher <markpitcher at gmail.com> wrote:
> I was playing with capacitive buttons last year, and they worked through all
> types of plastics. You can get cast acrylic sheets as thin as .6mm.
>
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 12:01 PM, JR Nelson <jrnelson at studiojrn.com> wrote:
>>
>> 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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