Appliance Design - February 2009 - (Page 13) CONTROLS & SENSORS nants, making the technologies rather sensitive to environmental dust. To overcome these shortcomings, F-Origin has developed zTouch, a technology that combines the advantages of existing touch technologies, while eliminating many of their inherent weaknesses. The zTouch technology is a force-based system. Sensors placed at the corners of the display record the applied force, and a custom ASIC interpolates the data and calculates where the force was applied. The concept of locating a touch point by recording the applied force has been around for more than 30 years. IBM spent several years exploring the development of touch screen CRT monitors using this approach. However, they were unsuccessful in getting the technology broadly adopted and it soon fell by the wayside. More recently, less sophisticated products have been built using the same underlying concepts. Examples include digital scales for both bathrooms and kitchens. These products work well, but they simply calculate the Fig. 1. Close up illustration shows the placement of a force sensor in a corner behind a front bezel. Tip the scale on performance easy: Defrost timer, defrost terminator, thermostat, thermometer and more in ONE tiny package! CAREL has been providing controls to the industry for over 30 years and is a leader in refrigeration technology. Our staff can assist you in choosing the right product for your application and provide support to get you up and running quickly. worldwide partner of leading manufacturers in the HVAC/R sector INTEGRATED CONTROL SOLUTIONS & ENERGY SAVING CAREL USA 385 S. Oak Street - Manheim, PA 17545 - Phone 717.664.0500 - Fax 717.664.0449 - email: sales@carelusa.com www.carelusa.com AD04084CArel.indd 1 www.applianceDESIGN.com applianceDESIGN 3/7/08 9:02:58 13 February 2009 AM http://www.carelusa.com http://www.carelusa.com http://www.appliancedesign.com
Table of Contents Feed for the Digital Edition of Appliance Design - February 2009 Appliance Design - February 2009 Contents Editorial Shipments/Forecasts News Watch Force-Sensing Technology Offers Designers an Alternative Approach to Creating Touch-Control Interfaces A Flammable Vapor Sensing Technology that was Originally Developed for use in Water Heaters has Evolved for use in a Broader Array of Applications Latches, Hinges, and Slides Must Reliably Secure Parts Together, Sometimes for Hundreds of Thousands of Cycles. Beyond their Utilitarian Functions, They Can Also Change Consumer Perceptions Elastomeric Electrical Connectors Can Solve Space Constraint Problems in Electronic Products and Provide Some Cost Advantages as Well A Multi-Layer Ceramic Capacitor with a Novel Electrode Design Can Suppress Electromagnetic Interference, Improve Circuit Performance, and Reduce the Number of Needed Components Design Marts Association Report: AHRI Advertisers’ Index Appliance Design - February 2009 Appliance Design - February 2009 - Appliance Design - February 2009 (Page Cover1) Appliance Design - February 2009 - Appliance Design - February 2009 (Page Cover2) Appliance Design - February 2009 - Appliance Design - February 2009 (Page 1) Appliance Design - February 2009 - Appliance Design - February 2009 (Page 2) Appliance Design - February 2009 - Contents (Page 3) Appliance Design - February 2009 - Editorial (Page 4) Appliance Design - February 2009 - Shipments/Forecasts (Page 5) Appliance Design - February 2009 - News Watch (Page 6) Appliance Design - February 2009 - News Watch (Page 7) Appliance Design - February 2009 - News Watch (Page 8) Appliance Design - February 2009 - News Watch (Page 9) Appliance Design - February 2009 - News Watch (Page 10) Appliance Design - February 2009 - News Watch (Page 11) Appliance Design - February 2009 - Force-Sensing Technology Offers Designers an Alternative Approach to Creating Touch-Control Interfaces (Page 12) Appliance Design - February 2009 - Force-Sensing Technology Offers Designers an Alternative Approach to Creating Touch-Control Interfaces (Page 13) Appliance Design - February 2009 - Force-Sensing Technology Offers Designers an Alternative Approach to Creating Touch-Control Interfaces (Page 14) Appliance Design - February 2009 - Force-Sensing Technology Offers Designers an Alternative Approach to Creating Touch-Control Interfaces (Page 15) Appliance Design - February 2009 - A Flammable Vapor Sensing Technology that was Originally Developed for use in Water Heaters has Evolved for use in a Broader Array of Applications (Page 16) Appliance Design - February 2009 - A Flammable Vapor Sensing Technology that was Originally Developed for use in Water Heaters has Evolved for use in a Broader Array of Applications (Page 17) Appliance Design - February 2009 - A Flammable Vapor Sensing Technology that was Originally Developed for use in Water Heaters has Evolved for use in a Broader Array of Applications (Page 18) Appliance Design - February 2009 - A Flammable Vapor Sensing Technology that was Originally Developed for use in Water Heaters has Evolved for use in a Broader Array of Applications (Page 19) Appliance Design - February 2009 - Latches, Hinges, and Slides Must Reliably Secure Parts Together, Sometimes for Hundreds of Thousands of Cycles. Beyond their Utilitarian Functions, They Can Also Change Consumer Perceptions (Page 20) Appliance Design - February 2009 - Latches, Hinges, and Slides Must Reliably Secure Parts Together, Sometimes for Hundreds of Thousands of Cycles. Beyond their Utilitarian Functions, They Can Also Change Consumer Perceptions (Page 21) Appliance Design - February 2009 - Latches, Hinges, and Slides Must Reliably Secure Parts Together, Sometimes for Hundreds of Thousands of Cycles. Beyond their Utilitarian Functions, They Can Also Change Consumer Perceptions (Page 22) Appliance Design - February 2009 - Latches, Hinges, and Slides Must Reliably Secure Parts Together, Sometimes for Hundreds of Thousands of Cycles. Beyond their Utilitarian Functions, They Can Also Change Consumer Perceptions (Page 23) Appliance Design - February 2009 - Latches, Hinges, and Slides Must Reliably Secure Parts Together, Sometimes for Hundreds of Thousands of Cycles. Beyond their Utilitarian Functions, They Can Also Change Consumer Perceptions (Page 24) Appliance Design - February 2009 - Latches, Hinges, and Slides Must Reliably Secure Parts Together, Sometimes for Hundreds of Thousands of Cycles. Beyond their Utilitarian Functions, They Can Also Change Consumer Perceptions (Page 25) Appliance Design - February 2009 - Latches, Hinges, and Slides Must Reliably Secure Parts Together, Sometimes for Hundreds of Thousands of Cycles. Beyond their Utilitarian Functions, They Can Also Change Consumer Perceptions (Page 26) Appliance Design - February 2009 - Latches, Hinges, and Slides Must Reliably Secure Parts Together, Sometimes for Hundreds of Thousands of Cycles. Beyond their Utilitarian Functions, They Can Also Change Consumer Perceptions (Page 27) Appliance Design - February 2009 - Elastomeric Electrical Connectors Can Solve Space Constraint Problems in Electronic Products and Provide Some Cost Advantages as Well (Page 28) Appliance Design - February 2009 - Elastomeric Electrical Connectors Can Solve Space Constraint Problems in Electronic Products and Provide Some Cost Advantages as Well (Page 29) Appliance Design - February 2009 - Elastomeric Electrical Connectors Can Solve Space Constraint Problems in Electronic Products and Provide Some Cost Advantages as Well (Page 30) Appliance Design - February 2009 - Elastomeric Electrical Connectors Can Solve Space Constraint Problems in Electronic Products and Provide Some Cost Advantages as Well (Page 31) Appliance Design - February 2009 - Elastomeric Electrical Connectors Can Solve Space Constraint Problems in Electronic Products and Provide Some Cost Advantages as Well (Page 32) Appliance Design - February 2009 - A Multi-Layer Ceramic Capacitor with a Novel Electrode Design Can Suppress Electromagnetic Interference, Improve Circuit Performance, and Reduce the Number of Needed Components (Page 33) Appliance Design - February 2009 - A Multi-Layer Ceramic Capacitor with a Novel Electrode Design Can Suppress Electromagnetic Interference, Improve Circuit Performance, and Reduce the Number of Needed Components (Page 34) Appliance Design - February 2009 - A Multi-Layer Ceramic Capacitor with a Novel Electrode Design Can Suppress Electromagnetic Interference, Improve Circuit Performance, and Reduce the Number of Needed Components (Page 35) Appliance Design - February 2009 - A Multi-Layer Ceramic Capacitor with a Novel Electrode Design Can Suppress Electromagnetic Interference, Improve Circuit Performance, and Reduce the Number of Needed Components (Page 36) Appliance Design - February 2009 - A Multi-Layer Ceramic Capacitor with a Novel Electrode Design Can Suppress Electromagnetic Interference, Improve Circuit Performance, and Reduce the Number of Needed Components (Page 37) Appliance Design - February 2009 - A Multi-Layer Ceramic Capacitor with a Novel Electrode Design Can Suppress Electromagnetic Interference, Improve Circuit Performance, and Reduce the Number of Needed Components (Page 38) Appliance Design - February 2009 - Design Marts (Page 39) Appliance Design - February 2009 - Association Report: AHRI (Page 40) Appliance Design - February 2009 - Advertisers’ Index (Page 41) Appliance Design - February 2009 - Advertisers’ Index (Page Cover4)
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