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through-hole components and physical controls are standard, durable, and maintainable in a way that microelectronics will never be i see small touchscreens on
by ruined 3y ago
through-hole components and physical controls are standard, durable, and maintainable in a way that microelectronics will never be
i see small touchscreens on devices where maintenance doesn't matter
but if you need a complex bespoke interface that's durable and lasts for years, you will use a physical control surface made of off-the-shelf parts
- doubloon 3y agoHad an interesting conversation with someone who used to run a radio shack and now works for one of the few remaining 'screwdriver shops' (PC shop). If I understood it, her theory was basically that radio shack wouldn't come back because the size of components nowadays is too small. And its funny you mention touchscreen. Because I bought a mechanical switch from her to do a DIY Mod on a 20 year old car. It was pretty simple and worked well. But this car also had a touch screen that was extremely anti-DIY friendly. These screens tend to get 'burnt' by the sun after 20+ years and stop working correctly. The typical fix for this screen is complete replacement or extremely complex repair via mail. Parts won't be available forever and the whole thing is closed source and incredibly hard to reverse engineer.