Resistive Touch Screen - Driver required?

[wind_blast942]

Hi

I am currently doing a project that requires the use of a touchscreen. The one that I plan to use is this : **broken link removed**

However I am not sure for this kind of touchscreen, do I have to purchase ab additional driver chip to make it work or is it trivial enough to program the pic 16 that I already have? As I have budget constriants, I was hoping that the additional chip is not needed.

Any help is much appreciated thanks.

 

[ckshivaram]

this link takes to thehome page of the web site and not the product you are mentioning about..... put the correct link...........

 

[wind_blast942]

this link takes to thehome page of the web site and not the product you are mentioning about..... put the correct link...........

My apologies: **broken link removed**

 

[dr pepper]

You could program a pic to do that, scan the rows with a logic '1' and measure the analog voltage on the columns for feedback, noise is an issue, you might want to put a decodable pulse train on the rows so you know your feedback isnt just noise.
There are probably commercial chips for doing that, with an output similar to a keyboard. or mouse.

 

[dhaval4987]

you can program the controller to do it and can do without additional driver IC. But you will have to caliberate by your self. using driver- you will find much better caliberated results but you will miss the fun of writing a code by yourself to read the touch screen data!