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Combined
LCD Controller and GUI Engine to be Demo'd at SID
Santa Clara,
California, April 17 - At the SID Show in Boston, Amulet
Technologies will demonstrate its new combination LCD
controller and GUI engine. This chip eliminates the need for
complex code to draw each pixel on an LCD. Instead, the chip
renders GUI pages containing graphic images, widgets, and
other UI objects directly to the display. The technology
significantly simplifies LCD integration and GUI
development, said Amulet's Jerry Shapiro.
The company
offers complete LCD modules with touch panels, as well as
LCD controller boards, each with the Amulet chip onboard,
which currently supports any single-scan, monochrome LCD up
to full VGA resolution. Several prominent LCD companies are
already using our Amulet technology with their displays,
Shapiro said.
Information: Jerry
Shapiro, Amulet Technologies. Tel: (408) 244-0363, ext. 106,
www.amulettechnologies.com.
3M
Announces Five-Wire Resistive Touch Screen
Methuen,
Massachusetts, April 9 - 3M Touch Systems announced today
the availability of a new five-wire resistive touch screen
design. Built at the Resistive Center of Excellence
established in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, this product is being
produced on a new, high-volume production line that went
live last month. This recent development represents a
significant investment by 3M that triples its touch-screen
manufacturing capacity for building four-, five-, and
eight-wire film-on-glass (FOG) flat resistive touch screens.
Today's new
five-wire resistive design is based on a stable supply
chain, vertically integrated manufacturing, and advanced
design improvements that have proven successful for 3M Touch
Systems' four-wire and eight-wire resistive products. The
five-wire design consists of a flexible hard-coated
polyester film, a fully integrated tail, a rigid glass
substrate, and an insulator material that stabilizes the
resistor pattern.
Five-wire
resistive touch screens, popular in retail and food-service
point-of-sale applications, can be actuated by the touch of
a finger, gloved hand, or any stylus. Offering a choice of
glass thickness, a variety of hard coats, and an extensive
set of custom options, five-wire resistive designs can be
ordered in a wide selection of sizes. Custom features
include gasket options, custom graphics, and special EMI.
Information: www.3Mtouch.com/info/pr.
