Introduction Our haptic feedback evaluation kit is an inexpensive tool for everyone interested in implementing a vibration alerting or haptic feature into a project. It allows application engineers and designers to understand the performance of the various actuators that we produce. It can also be
Many haptic applications, in particular, wearables, face severe trade-offs in overcoming limitations in power supplies. A battery’s volume is directly related to a host of other desirable specifications, such as voltage, current, or capacity. For many designers, squeezing as much life out of their battery
Haptic feedback is all about transmitting information to the user, often they are required to tell the difference between the multiple types of notification. This is where we enter the world of human factors engineering, or ‘ergonomics’. This is the discipline that considers how humans interact
Since our Haptic Feedback Evaluation Kit was released in early 2014 we’ve seen a number of companies use it in their full development cycle. It not only helps introduce haptic feedback to those who are not familiar with the technology, which can be great for
We recently stumbled across a project from Ford’s excellent OpenXC program by Ford engineer Zac Nelson. Zac has created a custom knob for gear sticks that implements haptic feedback to communicate the best time to change gear to the driver. OpenXC allows for the development of custom software and hardware
We have an email list for those interested in the Haptic Feedback Evaluation Kit – subscribers are getting more information, earlier than anyone else (since closed!). After some time has passed, our haptic feedback evaluation kit is nearing completion! With a redesign of the parts and
We have a lot of content covering adding haptic feedback to your products, including a lot of technical advice and discussing why it’s a great new feature that your customers are increasingly becoming to expect. So now we have also added a series of example applications here, with
With our last post showing the haptic feedback test graphs for our Precision Haptic™ range, we can take a look at the performance enhancements achieved through these techniques. For a full discussion of the advantages of haptics, you may be interested in checking out these
Our sportier and health-conscious customers may have been interested in our Tech Blog post about the release of Jawbone’s ‘Up’, and there is more news from the world of healthy living products using vibration alerting. Magellan has released a watch aimed at those who take their exercise outdoors, featuring
Due for release towards the end of Q1 2013, we will be adding the Haptic Evaluation Kit to our Product Catalogue along with our normal stock of DC motors, gearmotors, vibration motors, and linear resonant actuators. The haptics evaluation kit will comprise of a driver input unit and a plastic