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8. Cable Matters USB C Multiport Adapter (USB C Dock with USB C to HDMI or USB C to VGA), USB 3.0 and Ethernet Black - USB-C and Thunderbolt 3 Port Compatible with MacBook Pro, Dell XPS 13, 15 and More

    Features:
  • USBC hub with HDMI adds Gigabit Ethernet, USB 3.0, and an HDMI or VGA video port over a single USB-C connection; USB-C hub HDMI requires DisplayPort Alternate Mode support to view video over USB-C. MacOS requires a driver download for the Mini USB-C Dock Ethernet function. Newly released Windows computers may require BIOS Thunderbolt 3 firmware, Thunderbolt 3 driver, and Intel Graphics driver update from the computer manufacturer to work properly with this USBC Dock.
  • 4K HDMI video + Ethernet+ USB 3.0 portson the USB C to HDMI adapter connect the latest to legacy equipment; USB C hub with HDMI supports 4K UHD (3840x2160 @ 30Hz) over HDMI and Gigabit Ethernet network connectivity for a Wi-Fi alternative; HDMI to USB C adapter connect a flash drive, mouse, or a smartphone; USB Type C adapter syncs files to a computer with the USB 3.0 port.
  • Dell companion Thunderbolt 3 hub with HDMI and VGA weighs less than 1 ounce; USBC hub with HDMI and VGA connects to monitors in the conference room or classroom; USB C dongle is compatible with popular Dell models with Thunderbolt 3 portsincluding the Dell XPS 12 9250, 13 9350/9360/9365, 15 9550/9560, Latitude 5480/5580/7275/7280/7370/7480/7520/7720/E5570, Precision 3520/15 3510/5510/M7510, 17 M7710, Alienware 13/15/17
  • USB-C & Thunderbolt 3 port compatible USB C HDMI hub for the MacBook, MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, iMac, iMac Pro, iPad Pro, Aspire Switch, Predator 15/17/17X, Chromebook Flip C302, Chromebook R13, Pixelbook 2, Pixel Slate Tablet, ROG GL/G5/G7/GX/Strix, ZenBook Pro UX501VW, Transformer 3 Pro, Surface Book 2, Gigabyte Aorus X5 15, X7 DT 17, BRIX/BRIX S, Razer Blade/Stealth/Pro, Samsung Notebook Odyssey, Notebook 9 15 Inch
  • USB Type C hub with HDMI and VGA also compatible with HP Elite X2 1012 G1/G2, Z1 Workstation G3, Spectre 13.3/x360, EliteBook 1040 G4/X360 G2/X 360 1020 G2/Folio G1, ZBook 17 /15 /Studio, Envy 27 All-in-One, Legion Y720, IdeaPad Y900, Miix 720, ThinkPad P 50/70, T 470/470S/570, X270, X1 Carbon, X1 Yoga, Yoga 370/900/910, MSI Phantom Pro, Ghost Pro, Stealth Pro, Titan Pro, Dominator Pro, Samsung Galaxy S10/S10+/S10e, Galaxy S9/S9+, Galaxy S8/S8+, Galaxy Note 9/Note 8
Cable Matters USB C Multiport Adapter (USB C Dock with USB C to HDMI or USB C to VGA), USB 3.0 and Ethernet Black - USB-C and Thunderbolt 3 Port Compatible with MacBook Pro, Dell XPS 13, 15 and More
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u/jeffderek · 2 pointsr/crestron

Agree completely on Design of Everyday Things and 100 Things Every Designer Needs. They're both top tier books.

I also enjoy Don't Make Me Think, which is a web design book and has a lot of stuff that doesn't apply to touchpanels, but it espouses a method of looking at your design that I have found very useful for touchpanel design as well.

u/sentry07 · 1 pointr/crestron

I use a Victoria Tourist. Used to have a Swissgear Ibex. If you don't fly a lot, the Ibex is great, but a little bulky (and pretty expensive). The VT is really nice, lots of padding, side compartments are a little annoying though.

u/ramicam · 3 pointsr/crestron

So just for fun I decided to try this on my TSW-760 and it does work without a controller as others have commented. Essentially, I created a basic VTPro project that contains a single button that uses a special reserved join number to launch the onboard Sonos app. Once the Sonos app launched it connected to my Sonos system and worked fine with no connection to a control system.

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If you still really want to pursue this path I am happy to share the project binary that you would need to load to the TSW panel. As others have noted, it's not the best use of a $1000+ touch controller, but deals can be had on e-bay. A basic PoE power injector can be had for cheap and just needs to be installed inline with your regular home router to power the touch screen.

u/cb9501 · 1 pointr/crestron

Hey Guys,
I just got a clone to work! Been stressing about this for a while.
First thing to note is that new firmware supposedly reduces writes to the internal memory card, and should extend the life of the mc3 processor significantly, and that early failures are probably because of writing "too frequently" to the sd card which may be caused by the crestron programmer who programmed the system (me).

I can confirm that the program called "win32diskimager-1.0.0-install.exe" works. I got it off of sourceforge, and was able to successfully clone the internal sd card of a pmc3 to an .img file. (when you hook it up to your pc it will tell you you need to format the card. DON'T DO IT. CLICK NO. I used the same program to write the image to this sd card:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000VOU91U/ref=ya_st_dp_summary?ie=UTF8&psc=1
The new card is slightly smaller than the orig. one, so the program complains but gives you the option to go ahead, and that worked for me. I
was able to boot the pmc3 and load the system info tool on a cloned card. Note that the serial number comes with the image, so ideally you would want to clone the sd card while it was good as a preemptive measure. Note, I'm sure this voids the warranty, and is surely has the potential to screw up your hardware worse than it was to begin with.
I look at this as a save crestron face option since end users don't seem to like paying for randomly failing electronics, and at best have to pay labor for re-loading and re-acquiring all infinet devices.

u/GigantorSmash · 3 pointsr/crestron

not tied directly to touch panels, but i found the following books help my touch panels look less like an engineer designed them.

Design of everyday things

100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People

this one provided insight sticky design, and what makes some apps stand out, it a world of apps it dose hurt to see what is driving some mobile platform/ product development.

Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products

infocomm published the dashboard for controls, but it is quiet dated, and as pointed out below its counter any kind of modern ui design principal.

u/HotKjarl · 1 pointr/crestron

Crestron actually used some Eyoyo monitors at one of the trainings I attended. Small (10in and 12 in models), 1920x1080, HDMI connection, and fairly cheap. I do not have any experience with these outside of that class but I am planning on getting one for a small test monitor / 2nd laptop screen.

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https://www.amazon.com/Eyoyo-1920x1080-Monitor-Loudspeakers-Security/dp/B078K1HXQW/ref=sr_1_4?keywords=eyoyo+1920+1080&qid=1569370573&sr=8-4