A device with HDMI out I had ordered among a couple of other solutions to try but with low expectations and that I've received today has proven to be actually much more appopriate than the others with just a couple of little tweaks.
It's a clamshell-style android game console, due to the seemingly unsuitable packaging I was expecting to have to take it apart completely and try to design and 3d print a completely new casing that would hold the screen on top of the main body as in a typical tablet. But it happens that if the screen half is inserted in the remote (and it fits perfectly) the body can be put away vertically on your belly, actually making for a nice resting stand. And with the cables exiting below instead of the sides where they'd necessarily conflict with something regardless of the direction, that "unsuitable" packaging actually turns out to be much better than any other.
Did first flight with it today and it was fine. It's not the most powerful device around, but runs well enough.
Only a bit of velcro and a custom short/low profile USB cable were needed to do the mechanical job. Software required 2 tweaks, one to force screen rotation (the accelerometer is in the body, so when it's pointing down the GO app wants to display upside down - it also ignores the android screen rotation lock) and one to force audio out via the speakers as it defaults to routing it out to HDMI when a monitor is connected.
It's a clamshell-style android game console, due to the seemingly unsuitable packaging I was expecting to have to take it apart completely and try to design and 3d print a completely new casing that would hold the screen on top of the main body as in a typical tablet. But it happens that if the screen half is inserted in the remote (and it fits perfectly) the body can be put away vertically on your belly, actually making for a nice resting stand. And with the cables exiting below instead of the sides where they'd necessarily conflict with something regardless of the direction, that "unsuitable" packaging actually turns out to be much better than any other.
Did first flight with it today and it was fine. It's not the most powerful device around, but runs well enough.
Only a bit of velcro and a custom short/low profile USB cable were needed to do the mechanical job. Software required 2 tweaks, one to force screen rotation (the accelerometer is in the body, so when it's pointing down the GO app wants to display upside down - it also ignores the android screen rotation lock) and one to force audio out via the speakers as it defaults to routing it out to HDMI when a monitor is connected.
