User Manual

3DTouchPad USER’S GUIDE
DS40001763B-page 10  2014 Microchip Technology Inc.
Chapter 1. 3DTouchPad Overview
1.1 INTRODUCTION
The 3DTouchPad is a personal computer (PC) peripheral used to extend a 2D touch
pad with 3D free space gestures. It utilizes Microchip’s projected capacitive (PCAP)
sensor solutions as well as Microchip’s 3D gesture technology, GestIC
®
. The
3DTouchPad offers multi-finger tracking and surface gestures as well as free space 3D
gestures above the surface.
The 3DTouchPad offers all features expected from a touch pad (precision, multi-finger
tracking, multi-finger surface gestures, such as swipes and scrolling) to which it adds
3D hand gestures. It enables a more efficient, more productive usage of the touch pad
area. For example, the 3DTouchPad will allow the user to control the flow of pictures
by a wave of the hand or to control the volume of the speakers with a casual rotation.
No driver installation is needed for the 3DTouchPad; it will simply work out-of-the-box.
The 3DTouchPad is designed to be a comprehensive development platform, offering a
fully documented Software Development Kit (SDK) as well as an Application
Programming Interface (API). The SDK contains reference code and enables the
development of applications, drivers and games.
FIGURE 1-1: 3DTouchPad