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Tactile Pressure Sensors
Tactile Pressure Sensors - (14 companies)

...of multiple sensing elements packaged in a single sensor. Specifications for tactile pressure sensors include width, length, and thickness; pressure range and allowable over-range; and sensing area and spatial resolution. Additional considerations... Search by Specification | Learn More

<B>Touch</B> Screen Sensors
Touch Screen Sensors - (43 companies)

Touch screen sensors are composed of a transparent touch surface surrounded by a sensor array that provides positional information to a processor. Search by Specification | Learn More

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Touch Screen Controllers - (19 companies)

Touch screen controllers are circuits that interface between a touch screen sensor and the device the sensor is used to control. Learn More

<B>Touch</B> Screen Displays
Touch Screen Displays - (317 companies)

Touch screen displays are user-friendly input devices. The user touches the screen and the input is communicated directly to the computer. Touch screen displays are the most user-friendly PC interface. They are input devices, a way... Search by Specification | Learn More

Current <B>Sense</B> Transformers
Current Sense Transformers - (46 companies)

Current sense transformers are used to detect and measure current. There are two basic types of products: switch-mode transformers for power conversion applications, and precision-measurement transformers for instrumentation applications. Search by Specification | Learn More

<B>Touch</B> Switches and Tactile Switches
Touch Switches and Tactile Switches - (105 companies)

Touch switches and tactile switches operate by touching or pressing to make a connection. Touch switches are touch-operated devices that do not have moving parts. Tactile switches are electromechanical and provide tactile feedback Search by Specification | Learn More

Current <B>Sense</B> Amplifiers
Current Sense Amplifiers - (16 companies)

Current sense amplifiers are integrated circuits with operational amplifiers and sense resistors that are used in measuring the amplitude and direction of current in circuits. Search by Specification | Learn More

Current <B>Sensing</B> Resistors
Current Sensing Resistors - (30 companies)

Current sensing resistors convert the current flowing through it to a voltage drop. Monitoring or measuring this voltage drop allows the current through the resistor to be measured. Applications for current sensing resistors include power supplies Search by Specification | Learn More

Machine Safeguarding and Presence <B>Sensing</B> Devices
Machine Safeguarding and Presence Sensing Devices - (115 companies)

Machine safeguarding, presence sensing devices control machine operations and protect personnel by detecting the presence of objects that could interfere with or be harmed by machinery. Search by Specification | Learn More

Web <B>Sensing</B> and Scanning Systems
Web Sensing and Scanning Systems - (46 companies)

Web sensing systems and web scanning systems employ a variety of sensors that scan across a moving web to detect defects and measure parameters such as product basis weight, thickness and moisture. Learn More

CRT Monitors
CRT Monitors - (290 companies)

...or monochrome. The range of colors is generated with varying combinations of different discrete colors. One common technique is sensing the red, green, and blue components (RGB) and combining them to create a wide spectrum of colors. A monochrome monitor has... Search by Specification | Learn More

Humidity Measurement Instruments
Humidity Measurement Instruments - (449 companies)

...instruments operate in is typically from 0 to 100% humidity. They are sometimes combined with other sensing devices such as temperature sensors. Humidity measurement instruments and sensors can sense a number of different factors. Absolute humidity... Search by Specification | Learn More

Temperature Instruments
Temperature Instruments - (2283 companies)

...and Indicators designed for temperature monitoring and displaying. These instruments either require a sensor input or come equipped with an integral sensor. Non-Contact temperature sensing devices are typically infrared devices. Digital temperature... Search by Specification | Learn More

Dry Material (Powders) Level Sensors
Dry Material (Powders) Level Sensors - (105 companies)

...conductivity or resistivity, mechanical or magnetic floats, optical units, pressure membrane, radar or microwave, radio frequency, rotation paddle, ultrasonic or sonic and vibration or tuning fork technology. Analog outputs from dry material level sensing... Search by Specification | Learn More

Protective Relays and Monitoring Relays
Protective Relays and Monitoring Relays - (218 companies)

...include fault detection, voltage checking, and direction-sensing that confirms power system conditions, but does not directly sense the fault or problem. Both protective relays and monitoring relays may be sensitive to voltages, power or phase... Search by Specification | Learn More

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Product News for capturing the sense of touch

Advanced Input Systems
Haptics for Touch Screens

TouchSense® Technology for Touch Screens

The process of authentication or the fundamental skills of communicating and learning can be enhanced with a touch screen that provides tactile feedback. Devices that provide synchronized sound and graphics upon touch are more intuitive, personal and satisfying. (read more)

Silicon Laboratories, Inc.
High-pin count MCU with Touch Sense

The C8051F7xx family of high pin-count MCUs are ideal for cost-sensitive, high I/O embedded systems. This family includes a patent-pending touch sensing feature that is robust, accurate, responsive and easy to configure. Offering up to 54 general purpose I/O pins and a 25 MIPS 8051 CPU, the C8051F7xx family brings a high level of processing power and flexibility. (read more)

Browse Microcontrollers (MCU) Datasheets for Silicon Laboratories, Inc.
Future Electronics
FreeScale Touch Sensing Software Evaluation Board

Freescale's Touch Sensing Software suite enables any 8-bit S08 MCU as a touch sensor,
providing cost effective and flexible solutions for human machine interface. (read more)

Browse Microcontrollers (MCU) Datasheets for Future Electronics
Mouser Electronics, Inc.
Omron B6TS – Capacitive Touch Sensing ICs

Capacitive touch sensing IC developed to be highly tolerant of its working environment. (read more)

Automationdirect.com
Lower Prices & Remote Access HMI Touch Panels!

C-more touch panel prices have been lowered an average of 12%, some units as much as 20%. A new remote access feature is also now available. C-more's ease of use and reliability can now benefit applications where previously only discrete devices or text panels fit the budget. C-more touch panel prices now start at $395 for a 6" STN grayscale unit. (read more)

Browse Human Machine Interfaces (Operator Interface Terminals) Datasheets for Automationdirect.com
AA Electric
Turck Uprox+® Senses all Metals at More Range

AA Electric is proud to distribute Turck's new Uprox+® inductive sensor for All Metals. More Range. More Profiles. Makes other Factor 1 sensors a non-factor. Uprox+® inductive sensors offer Factor 1 and up to 250% more switching range than conventional ferrite core sensors. (read more)

Browse Proximity Sensors Datasheets for AA Electric
Lanner Electronics, Inc.
Encode High Quality H.264 with New Capture Card
  • H.264 AVC Main Profile CODEC
  • 4 channel video, 1 channel audio
  • Supports NTSC and PAL signal inputs
  • EyeShot 2000 Control Panel software
  • Optional alarm/RS-485 module
  • Windows XP and Linux compatible
  • Scalable Video Coding (SVC)
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Browse Digital Video Recorders Datasheets for Lanner Electronics, Inc.
S-Tek, Inc.
Touch Screen

A touch panel or touch screen is a touch-sensitive transparent screen mounted in front of an LCD. It provides a way for a person to interact with an electronic system. Typically the system will display several icons on the LCD and expect the user to select one by touching it. (read more)

Atmel Corporation
Integrated Touch and Slide Control Panel IC

The QT2160 implements 16 touch channels and a slider (using 2 to 8 channels) as well as LED control, IO expansion and a 2-wire serial interface, compatible to the industry standard I²C bus. The IC is ideal for use as a small control panel processor in battery driven consumer devices such as mobile phones, personal media players, PDAs, digital picture frames and other mobile appliances. (read more)

Microchip Technology, Inc.
Analog Resistive Touch-Screen Controllers

Universal Touch-Screen Controllers Provide Fully Processed, Reliable Touch Coordinates for a Variety of Consumer, Industrial and Medical Applications (read more)

Browse Microcontrollers (MCU) Datasheets for Microchip Technology, Inc.
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