How do I mount an Android touch panel without visible cables?

Welcome,

I have come up with something like this:
I would like to hang a touch panel of about 10 inches on the wall to control lighting, camera viewing, fast internet access, etc.

The problem I can't deal with is finding the right solution I should use. So far I have two ideas:
1) A tablet with an Android multitouch screen - there are many solutions here, but each of the ones I've encountered has inputs (power, usb, rj45) on the side of the device and I don't want any wires sticking out in the end; no device or adapter to allow wall mounting.
2) A monitor with a multitouch screen connected to e.g. a Raspberry Pi running Android.

Please help with this or any other ideas you may have.

It all depends on how much money you want to spend on it. Certainly a tablet will be cheaper, you just need to get a handle. Touch panels of this size tend to be available for better industrial systems and cost quite a lot. And tablets are getting cheaper by the day. But the more serious problem is IMHO the software. While there are quite a few applications for viewing cameras on Android, controlling lighting requires dedicated hardware, rather hard to find in Poland. Has a colleague already considered this problem? Because I'm interested in it myself, maybe even in making some kind of hardwire for RGB control via an Android app. And also a tablet as a video intercom with the possibility of opening the gate. Because the old one is falling apart. Any ideas especially for an app?

I want to spend as little money as possible - no computing power is needed, as long as the panel works well.
I think I will write the application and the controller is almost here.
I also like the idea of an intercom.

mieczus wrote:

I want to spend as little money as possible - computing power is not needed, as long as the panel works well.
The application I think I will write myself and the controller is almost there.
I also like the idea of an intercom.

Can you zoom in on something with this controller?
And in addition to operating the intercom, I've come up with the idea that the panel, when not actively using it, should show the weather status, actual or even that from the internet. You can connect a ready-made one (expensive) or do something simple yourself on 1wire. I will be combining with using some router with Open-wrt or Lan controller

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Can you zoom in on something with this controller?

Check out, for example, Sterbox - http://sterbox.eu

It is possible to control the outputs via the web.
There are also dedicated apps for iPhone and android, and the one for android is actually a website packaged into an apk.

Greetings

You seem to want to knock down an open door. Prices of ready-made systems are not high, one company Fibaro claims to have the cheapest smart home on the market, I recently found another DARIN, check prices on their website and on the video you can see that they control through a browser. Compare the prices with how much you will spend yourself, and even if you decide not to go for a ready-made one, it is worth looking at others.

Hello
I bought for my parents the cheapest 7 inch tablet in one of the market chains Caref.... for 199 zł

It has Android 2.3 on board and I bolted it to the wall for my parents to view the IP cameras around the house. It's probably a year old now and non-stop on power it's still working today.

If you want to know what model it is I'll write to you soon.

-> Ro123 - Darin I think it will come out cheaper - even if the module prices are similar, for example the dimmer has 2 independent channels and the led module has 3 - in Fibaro you only have one each.

See also glass buttons


It works on Android, on a fridge with LCD and on a TV. In fact, on anything that supports HTML5+JS+CSS. Although I still recommend the iPad Mini - somehow incomparable;)

I am currently testing VeraLite and it promises to be interesting, there are dedicated apps for Android and iOS and you can also control it via the browser. Interestingly, I updated the control unit's software today and some of the options are already Polish! For now, I want to use it to control the temperature in each room and add a FOSCAM camera

ShowLuke wrote:

I would do it like this Your device -> RS485 -> Communication module -> Ethernet -> Wi-Fi router,

i would get the information on the tablet via an app that would download the data via wifi

It's just a shame that:
1. 485 devices do not "make themselves", you have to start with the protocol, firmware, assembling the device, etc.
2. You have to make the RS485 communication module yourself from scratch, or accept that only one IP device can talk to the whole bus
3. What I am missing along the way is a "server", something like OPC, which will collect data and make it available via some kind of e.g. webservice, plus a webinterface for remote management. Another "small" element that likes to expand.

Building such a system is reasonable, but will take at least a few weeks.