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Atmel Reports maXTouch ControllerJul 01, 2011 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) -- Atmel Corporation, a provider of microcontroller and touch solutions, announced the Atmel maXTouch mXT112E controller. "With the mass adoption of touchscreens on smartphones and tablets, consumers are demanding touchscreen capability on nearly all consumer devices," said Helen Francis, senior marketing manager, Atmel Corporation, in a release. "The launch of Atmel mXT112E helps address this need by providing consumers with a 'touch-smart-phone' experience that is friendly to use, includes better battery life, superior touch performance, and has a more friendly interface for applications such as digital still cameras, feature phones and GPS." The controller is optimized for 2.8- to 3.5-inch touchscreens for the consumer markets including feature phones, digital still cameras, global positioning systems, gaming consoles and other high-volume devices. The Atmel maXTouch mXT112E includes all the functions of the maXTouch E series tailored to meet the precise needs of these exciting consumer devices. It enables true single-layer touchscreens, resulting in screens that are thinner, lighter and brighter. This device offers signal processing algorithms to mitigate noise from LCD displays, environmental noise and interference from after-market chargers. The Atmel maXTouch mXT112E allows up to four simultaneous touches. It can support a narrow passive stylus input. Atmel Corporation is a provider of microcontrollers, capacitive touch solutions, logic, mixed-signal, nonvolatile memory and radio frequency components. ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) |