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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.
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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