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Proximity Sensors
News Release from: Quantum Research Group
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 23 May 2001
Invensys licences capacitive touch
technology chip
The Appliance Controls Division of Invensys has licensed world-wide rights to Qmatrix capacitive touch technology chips, which have already been designed into several kitchen appliances
The Appliance Controls Division of Invensys has licensed world-wide rights to Quantum Research Group's Qmatrix capacitive touch technology chips Invensys is already engineering and producing through-glass appliance touch controls using this technology for its OEM customers
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 3 May 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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They are continuously self-calibrating and work through almost any panel material; like glass, plastic, synthetic marble, or wood.
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Quantum and Invensys will build on their relationship in the coming years to create market-leading solutions in many industries.
The relationship gives OEMs a rapid path for product development and turnkey manufacture using state-of-the-art touch controls in conjunction with industry leading appliance control system solutions.
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