OLED Touch Screen

Found a rather neat shield for the Arduino environment, it’s called the TouchShield.  Basicly it offers a fairly quick and easy way to display text, graphics and images from the Arduino.  Not only is it a 128 x 128 OLED screen, it also is a touch screen! (hence the name…)

Coming in at around $140, the TouchShield is not the cheapest of shields, but seems to offer a large range of possibilities (not to mention sexiness).

It was originally made available at the Liquidware Store, but currently seems to be sold out.  If you are not familiar with Liquidware, you should check them out!  They are up to some really neat stuff!  SparkFun Electronics has also started carrying the TouchShield, so if you just have to have one… looks like they still have a few in stock.

Also, it appears that it’s not insanely difficult to use.  Liquidware also has a good assortment of tutorials to get you going; including on entitled, “Up and Running in 5 Minutes”.

Be sure to read through the Liquidware Blog, which is full of good posts and ideas! They are doing a lot of great work with the Arduino, Open Source Hardware,  and various tutorials.  If you’re into Arduino this would be a blog worth adding to the feed list.

If you would like to know more about the TouchShield, here are some links to get you going!

Get the TouchShield:

• TouchShield at Liquidware store: http://www.liquidware.com/products/show/TS/TouchShield+Stealth
• TouchShield at SparkFun store: http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=8817

Learn about the TouchShield with Liquidware tutorials:

• Up and Running in 5 Minutes: http://antipastohw.blogspot.com/2008/04/touchshield-up-and-running-in-5-minutes.html
• Accelerometer Graphing: http://antipastohw.blogspot.com/2008/05/touchshield-2-axis-accelerometer.html
• Serial Communications: http://antipastohw.blogspot.com/2008/05/touchshield-serial-communications.html