PowerHap Actuators
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TDK Corporation (TSE:6762) presents a development starter kit for fast haptics prototyping. It gives mechanical designers and engineers first impressions of the haptic feedback with PowerHap™ piezo actuators, shows how the mechanical integration works, and provides a reference design, which can be adapted to various applications. PowerHap piezo actuators offer an unprecedented quality of haptic feedback based on their unrivaled performance of acceleration, force, and response time. Example applications include automotive (e.g., steering wheels, displays, dashboards, buttons), smartphones, displays and tablets, household appliances, ATMs and vending machines, game controllers, VR gloves, industrial equipment, and medical devices.
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Haptic devices are starting to be used for applications such as industrial or automotive monitors, displays on white goods such as washing machines, etc. However, these devices are also suitable for smartphones, notebook computers, and other ICT products.
We are beginning to see the popularization of automotive displays that generate tactile feedback through vibrations when a screen is pressed, delivering a clicking sensation as if there were a real, mechanical button.TDK’s PowerHap multilayer piezo-ceramic actuator provides powerful haptic feedback for a safe, reassuring, and pleasant in-car experience. It lets you recognize buttons and sliders on a touchscreen with your fingertips—instead of your eyes.
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PowerHap piezo actuator with haptic feedback and integrated sensor functionality offers unrivalled performance in terms of acceleration, force and response time, and thus provide an unprecedented quality of haptic feedback. PowerHap is based on multilayer piezo plates with cost-effective copper inner electrodes and is available in different sizes and designs.
PowerHap delivers high force in a very compact design and is therefore suitable for many applications from lightweight mobile devices to heavy industrial or automotive displays. Unlike conventional electromagnetic solutions, PowerHap actuators can excite the entire stimulation range between 1Hz and 1000Hz. They thus have no significant frequency or amplitude limitations for customized haptic feedback to key human mechanoreceptors.
Applications for the PowerHap can be found, for example, in vehicles, smartphones and tablets, household appliances, ATM's and vending machines, game controllers, industrial equipment and medical devices.
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