Latest Capacitive sensing Stories

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Feb. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Synaptics Inc. (Nasdaq: SYNA), a leading developer of capacitive interface solutions for mobile computing, communications, and entertainment devices, today entered the home appliance market and announced it is providing the capacitive touch control panel solution for the new Samsung Hauzen ZERO air conditioner. Samsung incorporated the Synaptics TouchButtons(TM) solution to provide easy operation and a pleasing aesthetic design for the...

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Dec. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Synaptics Incorporated (Nasdaq: SYNA), a leading developer of human interface solutions for mobile computing, communications, and entertainment devices, today introduced Fuse(TM), a collaborative mobile phone concept, demonstrating the future of user interaction for handsets. Integrating for the first time multiple interface technologies - including multi-touch capacitive sensing, haptic feedback, 3-D graphics, and force, grip, and...

SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) announced today the production release of its new maXTouch(TM) family of capacitive touchscreen controller solutions, capable of supporting an unlimited number of unique simultaneous touches with a video-quality screen refresh rate of 250 Hz. Atmel's new maXTouch technology platform supports the development of touchscreens surpassing 10 inches with full zoom, rotate, handwriting and shape recognition...

Phone Accessory Powerhouse Taps Synaptics for Capacitive Touch Interface Technology and Design Expertise SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Synaptics Inc. (Nasdaq: SYNA), a leading developer of human interface solutions for mobile computing, communications, and entertainment devices, announced today that it has secured a significant design win with GN Netcom for its Bluetooth Jabra GO(TM) 6400 series headset. The Jabra GO 6400 is one of the most advanced wireless...

SAN JOSE, Calif., March 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Atmel(C) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) announced today a convenient, easy to implement, low cost touch sensor IC, which brings capacitive user interfaces to price-sensitive consumer and mobile devices. This AT42QT1040 device is available in a 3mm x 3mm VQFN 20 pin package, making it ideal for use in mobile phones and other handheld devices where PCB space is at a premium. In low power mode the AT42QT1040 draws only 31uA from a 1.8 VDC...

Flexible PSoC(R)-Based TrueTouch(TM) Solutions Enable New, Dynamic User Experiences for Consumer Electronics Devices Cypress Public Relations Samer Bahou, 408-544-1081 samer.bahou@cypress.com Logo: http://www.cypress.com Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (NYSE:CY) today introduced the TrueTouch(TM) touchscreen solution based on the PSoC(R) programmable system-on-chip architecture. The TrueTouch offering includes a single-chip touchscreen solution that can interpret up to 10 inputs from all...