Wacom Intuos 2 Graphic Tablet XD-1218-U - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: dexters_lab
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: January 06, 2014, 10:50:30 pm
content: maybe some of you might find this interestingRecently i had an issue with my Wacom tablet i use and ended up needing to buy a new pen, i found a listing on ebay for a dismantled wacom tablet but included a mouse and penTheir tablets come in various sizes, the one i have here is an 12"x18" 'A3' size so the PCB inside is pretty big, measuring 560x405mm. On the smaller tablets the drive electronics are on the same board but on this one they are on a separate board. The only components on the main board are one led and the connector.At a guess it would have been too costly to pick, place & reflow a board of that size?The board is two sided with horizontal tracks on one side with vertical on the other. I counted 100 vertical groups of 8 lines and 63 horizontal groups of 8 lines. Their tech allows it to power and track the pens, mice and other accesories in quite impressive resolution. Their tech is mentioned on their wiki page:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wacomandhttp://www.google.co.uk/patents/US4878553

author: GreyWoolfe
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: January 07, 2014, 01:07:59 am
content: Quote. That also defines software engineering --the constant battle between the engineers trying to write idiot proof software and the universe producing better idiots. So far the universe is winning.

author: dexters_lab
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: January 07, 2014, 08:29:54 am
content: Quote from: GreyWoolfe on January 07, 2014, 01:07:59 amInteresting you should say that as it was my mantra when a long time ago i used to write asp/vbscript for a software comapny.

author: cloudscapes
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: January 09, 2014, 05:09:38 am
content: Interesting, thanks for the photos! I use one of those at work (same size, too).I have the large Intuos 5 at home. Tempted to try and tear it down for a comparison, but it looks tricky. Kind of like tablets. Easy to tear down, hard to put back together,

author: dexters_lab
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: January 09, 2014, 06:45:02 am
content: Tbh i dont think you would find much different in the tech between generations of intuos, there is not that much to see other than the big pcb

author: peter.mitchell
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 09, 2014, 07:06:55 am
content: This is probably the weirdest application of this tablet, but i use a intuos pro large (pth-851) with altium for pcb layout. I found the tips of my pen would wear quickly because i was pressing too hard (as this isn't a pressure sensitive application), to remedy this I just taped a overhead transparency sheet to the top of the tablet.A lot of tech is in the pen, but the inside of the tablet has also changed since then, they're a lot more integrated. I haven't taken mine apart yet though as it is under warranty and i have heard of a number of them playing up, so just in case i'm keeping it in once piece.

author: dexters_lab
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: January 09, 2014, 08:12:18 am
content: Dont forget you can adjust tip pressure on a per application basis in the wacom settings.I dont really need to use mine much now, maybe for the odd photoshop retouching. Though i do prefer it to a mouse