I’ve just heard that guided acoustic wave touchscreens are available
now. We had planned on using these a couple of years ago, but the
patent owner, Carroltouch, was owned by Amp, which in turn was tied up
in a takeover battle. The technology was tied up for a long time, but
apparently now it is owned by Elographics.
We had been using the Elo resistive touchscreens, but they have proven
to be unsatisfactory. Our supplier claims that the GAW touchscreens use
the same protocol, smartset, that the resistive devices use. This is
supported by Photon 1.13, and we would like to just substitute the new
technology for the old without having to do a software distribution. My
question is, has anyone out there used the GAW devices, and do they
indeed use the same protocol as the resistive screens? We plan on
trying a prototype, of course, but any comments would be appreciated.
We use the wave touch screens exclusively as they are much hardier that
resistive. I’m unsure about performance versus capacitive.
If you pour water on the screen it’ll stop till it dries, but otherwise they
are great and survive cigarette burns, spit, and other interference.
Its nice not having a coating that can be damaged.
Sorry, I didn’t do the protocol so I can’t say if its the same as for
resistive.
-Paul
I’ve just heard that guided acoustic wave touchscreens are available
now. We had planned on using these a couple of years ago, but the
patent owner, Carroltouch, was owned by Amp, which in turn was tied up
in a takeover battle. The technology was tied up for a long time, but
apparently now it is owned by Elographics.
We had been using the Elo resistive touchscreens, but they have proven
to be unsatisfactory. Our supplier claims that the GAW touchscreens use
the same protocol, smartset, that the resistive devices use. This is
supported by Photon 1.13, and we would like to just substitute the new
technology for the old without having to do a software distribution. My
question is, has anyone out there used the GAW devices, and do they
indeed use the same protocol as the resistive screens? We plan on
trying a prototype, of course, but any comments would be appreciated.
I’ve just heard that guided acoustic wave touchscreens are available
now. We had planned on using these a couple of years ago, but the
patent owner, Carroltouch, was owned by Amp, which in turn was tied up
in a takeover battle. The technology was tied up for a long time, but
apparently now it is owned by Elographics.
We had been using the Elo resistive touchscreens, but they have proven
to be unsatisfactory. Our supplier claims that the GAW touchscreens use
the same protocol, smartset, that the resistive devices use. This is
supported by Photon 1.13, and we would like to just substitute the new
technology for the old without having to do a software distribution. My
question is, has anyone out there used the GAW devices, and do they
indeed use the same protocol as the resistive screens? We plan on
trying a prototype, of course, but any comments would be appreciated.
Yes, it looks like from the Elo website that they are the same. The
website indicates that they can use the Smartset protocol, but I’d
still be interested in hearing from someone who has used this
technology with QNX.
I’ve just heard that guided acoustic wave touchscreens are available
now. We had planned on using these a couple of years ago, but the
patent owner, Carroltouch, was owned by Amp, which in turn was tied
up
in a takeover battle. The technology was tied up for a long time,
but
apparently now it is owned by Elographics.
We had been using the Elo resistive touchscreens, but they have
proven
to be unsatisfactory. Our supplier claims that the GAW touchscreens
use
the same protocol, smartset, that the resistive devices use. This is
supported by Photon 1.13, and we would like to just substitute the
new
technology for the old without having to do a software
distribution. My
question is, has anyone out there used the GAW devices, and do they
indeed use the same protocol as the resistive screens? We plan on
trying a prototype, of course, but any comments would be
appreciated.