A new feature has been developed by Cypress Semiconductor Corp. for its TrueTouch touchscreen controllers, that offers the benefits of capacitive touchscreens at resistive touchscreen costs.
This enables manufacturers of handsets, cameras, GPS systems and other mobile systems to offer the benefits of capacitive touchscreens at resistive touchscreen costs. The new feature (adds limited two-finger gestures such as ‘pinch’ and ‘zoom’) delivers high performance touchscreen accuracy and responsiveness with a single-layer sensor panel, reducing the cost of the most expensive component of the touchscreen.
Increasingly, capacitive touchscreens are viewed as a differentiator by buyers of new mobile devices. Capacitive advantages over resistive touchscreens include a more intuitive user experience, better transmissivity, lower power, increased reliability and better durability.
Many lower priced ‘feature phones’ do not offer capacitive touchscreens today because of the cost. The new TrueTouch single-layer sensor opens up new ‘feature phones’ and lower-cost smartphones with capacitive touchscreens.
