Touch Screen Revolution Test & Measurement
Application Notes
Introduction
Touch screens are slowly but surely creeping into every aspect of people’s day to day lives. It is not unlikely for a person to wake up to a cell phone alarm, adjust the room temperature on a thermostat, change the radio station in the car, even start the washing machine using only a touch screen. A decade ago, people would not have used a touch screen for any of these tasks, but today it is commonplace. Touch screens are also working their way into test and measurement equipment. To understand the impact of touch screens on test and measurement equipment, it is important to first know the difference between resistive and capacitive touch screens and the impact smartphones have had on touch screen implementations in devices today