Featuring parts that add localised haptic feedback, the ATH220 and ATH222 AitoHapticTouch controllers have been introduced by Aito. The devices make it possible to sense the touch of a finger on a flat panel surface and immediately confirm operation with a physical sensation created by haptic vibration. 

Suitable for designers on a budget, the ATB352 AitoTouchLE Controller has been released by Aito. Featuring a highly-configurable user interface, the controller allows designers to use touch keys/switches in areas where capacitive sensing solutions consume too much power.

  The factors that need to be considered when selecting a touch solution, and how haptic feedback may be changing the user interface. By Tom Houston, Aito.

Designed to streamline the creation of “user experience” (UX) designs for physical user interfaces based on SEP touch technology, the UX Design Studio development tool has been released by Aito. The software is aimed at both product designers, concerned with the operation and response of touch controls, and the embedded hardware and software engineers who will implement the design.

Aito BV has announced the ATB252 AitoTouch Controller, which allows touch panel designs to be created that do not require an external host processor or other supervisory device. This feature is enabled by the inclusion of a DDO mode that, in addition to conventional I2C and SPI host communication interfaces, allows the ATB252 to be directly configured from an EEPROM to provide a standalone solution.

Aito is seeing a trend to metal touch panels and utilising its SEP (Software Enhanced Piezo) technology has introduced its ATB250 AitoTouch Controller. It targets markets where design aesthetics and functionality are increasingly important. The controller provides a highly configurable user interface for up to 11 touch buttons.