Wilkes-Barre, PA

Get Touch Scanner
Get Touch Scanner

Wilkes-Barre, PA

Touch Scanner is here!!!


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Touch Scanner is an accidental creation that we're hoping many others will be excited to use too!


$299.00


Advantages & Disadvantages

Pros & Cons

Advantages:


  • Full display of all SDS series display information (unless I missed something)
  • Almost all buttons and control available in a touch format (no pushdown SDS100 knob but works without it)
  • Capacitive touch screen (like a cell phone, very accurate and sensitive)
  • Integrated GPS (no need for a separate cable to a GPS port on either the 200 or 100)
  • Bright and clear display with good color
  • Relatively compact size 4.3" (size of about an older GPS)
  • Powered by an auxiliary power outlet, or any 5v USB to a 5v USB-C on the Raspberry PI

Disadvantages:


  • Pi operating system - needs to boot like a computer and shut down gracefully to prevent memory corruption.
  • PLA printed housing - this is a low temp material and WILL warp on a hot dash especially with clamp pressure. (I've tried some PETG which is better but still trying to work this out)
  • GPS can be flaky at times but works well enough in a mobile environment (need to rewrite the GPS function)
  • 436/536 support needs work, it was an afterthought and needs applicable icons created (few correct icons for them currently.
A word from the developer.

Straight from the source. We can't wait to bring you Touch Scanner!

The last year has been very busy with work and family and I have very little time to just sit and experiment and work on things. I get on the Radio Reference website and read posts here and there but to be able to have a few hours to really drag things out, hook them all up and get my mind back into it all is very difficult. I am going to do my best to continue to work on bugs and features and whatever else needed though.


Being in a non-mass production space makes obtaining supplies at a reasonable cost difficult if not impossible. Paying retail for each part than taking the time to assemble and test costs quite a bit when you add it all up. That is being worked on but is still a major hurdle.


Radio Reference user - ra7850 and I began talking about it all and he has offered to take on much of the support side of things. I have never sold much of anything I’ve designed or created before, so it is a learning experience and to be honest, it's worrisome. You know all the hell Uniden gets from people here for their shortcomings, so imagine how this is. I do not want people to be frustrated or disappointed with what they receive and for the longest time would rather they receive nothing instead. When you build something after a while all you see is your own flaws.

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