As discovered by Myke Hurley (via Daring Fireball), some iPhone 7 and 7 Plus users are going to have a tough time unlocking their devices during wintertime. As it turns out, the new "solid-state" Home ...

A second automaker has realized that going all-out on capacitive touch buttons is the wrong move. First, Honda backtracked, giving the 10th-generation Civic a physical volume knob to replace the touch ...

The SX8662 is an ultra low power, fully integrated 12-channel solution for capacitive touch-button matrix applications (up to 36 keys). Unlike many capacitive touch solutions, the SX8662 features ...

San Jose, CA, March 19, 2009 …Atmel Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML), – announced today a convenient, easy to implement, low cost touch sensor IC, which brings capacitive user interfaces to price-sensitive ...

The company said, “With the launch of its 12-button MTCH2120 touch controller, Microchip (MCHP) Technology is providing designers with a straightforward pathway for implementing touch button ...

With iPhone 7, Apple updated its iconic home button from a mechanical push-button design to a solid-state sensor stack, meaning it requires direct contact with skin, or a capacitive glove, to operate.

Capacitive touch sensors are entirely in the domain of DIY, requiring little more than a carefully-chosen conductive surface and a microcontroller. This led [John Phillips] to ask why not embed such ...

The iPhone 5S could come with a sapphire crystal capacitive touch home button that incorporates a new fingerprint sensor, according to supply chain sources in Taiwan. Apple is expected to do away with ...

Apple is far from done with Touch ID. The latest research note from reliable TF International Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo indicates the technology will return with at least one iPhone coming in ...

Expanding the PureTouch family of low power controllers are the LDS6003, LDS6005, LDS6023, LDS6025, and LDS6028, which target capacitive-touch applications in both mobile and non-mobile designs. The ...

Apple added the Action button to the iPhone 15 Pro, but more could be on the way for the iPhone 16. This is what the rumor mill believes is on the way. The iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max made a ...

You can buy small modules with capacitive touch detection ICs — most often it’s the TTP223, a single-button capacitive model with configurable output modes. These are designed to pair with a ...