What They Say
Sensel of Sunnyvale, California, said at the virtual CES that it has a new haptic touchpad that integrates capacitive touch, force field technology and its own direct drive haptics. The touchpad is said to be just 3mm thick and can work under a hard glass covering.
Additional Specs and Features include:
- Haptic Control: Sensel’s direct drive haptics technology allows makers to dynamically adjust the haptic effect the user feels when they press on the touchpad.
- High Linearity: A combination of a high-resolution touch grid and Sensel hardware compression is claimed to provide a best in class linearity of <0.5mm across the entire sensor.
- Fewer False Touch Failures: With electrodes that are spaced closer together, the solution is less susceptible to false touch failures even with smaller finger sizes.
- Dynamic Scanning Rates: Dynamic scanning at various resolutions allows for performance when you need it while simultaneously balancing lower power consumption.
What We Think
I have always been a fan of haptic feedback as a way of improving the user experience. It needs quite a bit of tuning, as touch does, so I can see the advantage of a single supplier of both. (BR)
