Product category:
Touchscreens and Touch Sensors
News Release from: Cypress Semiconductor | Subject: PSoC CapSense
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 07 December 2007
Pioneering use for touch sensors in home
audio
Super Audio CD receiver and speaker systems uses a single PSoC CapSense device to implement six buttons, manage analogue output to the host and control LEDs.
The Cypress Semiconductor PSoC CapSense has been selected to control the touch-sensitive interface in Pioneer Electronics' new home audio system Pioneer's X-Z7 and X-Z9 Super Audio CD receiver and speaker systems uses a single PSoC CapSense device to implement six buttons, manage analogue output to the host and control LEDs - a capability known as CapSensePlus
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 29 Sep 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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Cypress Semiconductor Corp has introduced a family of PSoC (Programmable System-on-Chip) devices optimised for use in capacitive sensing interface applications.
The high-fidelity Pioneer Z series includes a "home media gallery" function that allows users to easily connect portable media players and PCs to the system.
The Z Series also plays archived recordings with CD quality through an exclusive DSP adaptation function.
The systems also feature a sleek, elegant design enabled by the CapSense solution.
"We are pleased that an industry leader such as Pioneer has implemented our CapSensePlus solution", says Steve Gerber, Business Unit Director for Cypress's CapSense products.
"The Z Series showcases the versatility of PSoC, with a single chip controlling capacitive sensing interfaces plus other functions".
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