Inexio

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The Gig

We acquired a bunch of Inexio 17" touchscreen LCD display panels. This page documents what we've learned about them.

The Hardware

  • VGA 17" panel, 1280x1024 @ 75 Hz according to EDID
  • IR-based touchscreen connected to a custom touchscreen controller based on an Atmel AT91 ARM microcontroller
  • touchscreen data available as RS232 via DB9
  • also apparently the same data is available as a USB CDC ACM device via the USB B-port hidden under the casing
    • however, the USB port doesn't seem to work -- it continually goes like so:
[20887.891836] usb 3-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 14
[20888.071162] usb 3-2: New USB device found, idVendor=1870, idProduct=0001
[20888.071174] usb 3-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[20888.071182] usb 3-2: Product: iNexio USB
[20888.071189] usb 3-2: Manufacturer: iNexio
[20888.071195] usb 3-2: SerialNumber: 100000000
[20888.071558] usb 3-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[20955.608590] usb 3-2: USB disconnect, address 14
[20960.312903] usb 3-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 15
[20960.491975] usb 3-2: New USB device found, idVendor=1870, idProduct=0001
[20960.491986] usb 3-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[20960.491995] usb 3-2: Product: iNexio USB
[20960.492001] usb 3-2: Manufacturer: iNexio
[20960.492008] usb 3-2: SerialNumber: 100000000
[20960.492372] usb 3-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[21028.029653] usb 3-2: USB disconnect, address 15
  • chips are running firmware v1.3, apparently v1.5 exists but is not trivial to find

The Software

Reverse Engineering the Protocol

to be filled in.