Windows Surface RT display repurposing

[bettorinco]

Hi everyone,

hope this is the right place to post this, I am no expert so please forgive mistakes and correct me.

I have a very old Windows Surface RT, I am trying to repurpose its display.

I already found a video explaining how i should do that, buying the appropriate controller board and so on, that should be no problem.

But what if i want to use the touch screen part as well?

As I understand, modern displays have one connector "handling" both the display and the touch screen part, it's just a matter of finding the right controller board.

However in the surface the two things are separate:

- the display provides a 30-pin connector (the one for the controller board I purchased)

- the touch screen has two connectors, which go into a board that was already there, that provides a 20-pin connector.

The 30- and 20-pin connectors are then merged together thanks to a cable, that brings everything to the motherboard, resulting in a 50-pin connector.

Any ideas on how to use the touch screen as well? Do i need an additional controller board or maybe a sort of adapter to convert the signal of this 20-pin connector?

Thanks in advance for the help!