Cypress PSoC(r) CapSense enables touch-sensitive media console

Cypress Semiconductor Corp. announced that its PSoC(r) CapSense touch sensing solution enables the touch-sensitive CineDash media console inside Acer's new Aspire 6920 and 8920G Notebook PCs. The single-chip Cypress CapSense solution enables touch-sensitive buttons, sliders and shuffle controls that provide users with a stylish, convenient way to access and control a rich array of multimedia capabilities. The CapSense device also controls LED indicator lights on the new laptops.

The CapSense device offered Acer a programmable, flexible solution for the CineDash media console, a key feature in the new Aspire models. The CapSense solution allows designers to make last-minute changes, add features and control additional functions beyond the capacitive touch interface- capabilities that are not available from other capacitive sensing products.