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element14 enhances human-machine interface experience

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CHICAGO, USA: element14 and Texas Instruments (TI) have created the HapTouch BoosterPack that allows developers to rapidly integrate haptics technology into their designs.

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The HapTouch BoosterPack combines MSP430TCH5E haptics MCUs and TI's DRV2603 haptic driver into a familiar game controller form factor.

The new BoosterPack can be plugged into TI's MSP430 Value Line LaunchPad evaluation kit to demonstrate the ease of configuring capacitive touch buttons that provide audio-to-haptics feedback.

Priced at $25, the new BoosterPack is ideal for a wide range of professional engineering and developer projects and comes with a comprehensive software development kit. It is available from Newark element14 in North America, element14 in Asia Pacific and Farnell element14 in Europe.

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David Adams, senior director of Technology Developent, element14, said: "The new HapTouch BoosterPack from TI and element14 allows developers to quickly design HMI in gaming, mobile and computer accessories, industrial control panels and consumer electronics. element14 has the industry's largest selection of development kits to support all types of project design. Our continued investment in inventory means we are now also able to support in the low to mid volume production space as well."

The new MSP430TCH5E haptics-enabled microcontrollers allow users to add vibrational feedback to all capacitive touch buttons, sliders and wheels on mobile computing and gaming devices, smart TV remotes, cameras, printers, industrial control panels, point-of-sale terminals and toys.

MSP430TCH5E MCUs allow developers to easily add and tune 122 different haptics effects, including effect chaining and audio-to-haptics functionality.

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