To enhance the growing trend of large touchscreen consumer electronics devices, Synaptics has just come up with a praiseworthy offering. Well, the company recently shed some light on its ClearPad 7200 Series technology offering. The new series uses feature-rich capability and includes full image sensor technology which is ideal for OEMs. This offers users a wide array of products that require multi-finger touch capability.
The ‘fourth screen’ category includes electronic readers, digital home controllers, and digital photo frames and provides better ways f to develop and consume content in an impressive multi-function capable device. The series substitute traditional approaches with a new enticing interaction model which is touch and gestures-based. High-performance touchscreen performance provides users with an immersive experience.
“2010 will be remembered as the year when the slate category emerged as a compelling new form factor that consumers enthusiastically embraced for digital media consumption and untethered access to the Internet. Touchscreen functionality is becoming a ‘must have’ feature that consumers are demanding to empower their digital lifestyles,†quoted Tim Bajarin, president of Creative Strategies.
The ClearPad 7200 Series uses multi-ASIC based architecture which has the ability to differentiate up to 10 simultaneous finger touches and complex multi-finger gestures. This is mainly done with fine accuracy, low latency, high report rate, and precise finger disambiguation. This series is perfectly suited for products that require enhanced power management and precise sensing.
“The ClearPad Series 7200 Series will allow Synaptics to address the tremendous opportunity in the large touchscreen space as users increasingly embrace consumer electronics devices with finger-based touch requirements. Synaptics’ incomparable expertise in the handheld category with small touchscreens, strengthened by its TouchPad leadership in the notebook category, allows us to provide design, performance, and functionality advantages that go directly to our value proposition with customers,†commented Mark Vena, senior vice president and general manager of Synaptics PC division.
The ClearPad Series 7200 Series will use algorithms that provide precise gesture detection and will lend support to both I2C and USB interfaces. This is mainly required with consumer electronics devices that support Microsoft Windows 7 and Linux-based operating systems like Google Android. This series will be compatible with the Microsoft Windows 7 Touch API for large touchscreens which have been completely tested and certified in the Windows Hardware Quality Labs.
Synaptics is anticipated to team up with OEMs and ecosystem suppliers on specific alpha product engagements that will use ClearPad 7200 Series technology. OEM products featuring ClearPad 7200 Series technology is expected to be shipped in late 2010.
