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Omron and Renesas have recently announced an agreement to jointly develop capacitive touch sensor solutions, a field that is attracting a great deal of interest since the iPhone introduction. Under the agreement, Renesas will integrate OMRON’s touch sensor technology into its R8C Family 16-bit microcontroller (MCU) products and supply touch sensor solutions for household appliances, mobile phones and other devices.
By creating a hardware version of Omron’s touch sensor technology in the form of a touch detection circuit device and integrating it into Renesas’ R8C Family of MCU products as a single chip solution, customers will enjoy such features as enhanced system performance, reduced system power consumption, compact size and reduced overall cost.
Omron is a world leader in touch sensor technology with its proprietary series capacitive division comparison system, which has an established track record in a broad range of markets. Renesas, for its part, has the world’s top market share in the MCU field.
At the moment we’ve no clue whether some handset manufacturer is interested to use the new technology. We’ll certainly watch any news coming out from Omron. In the meantime, if you want to know more, here’s a link to the official press release.
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Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
