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Antonio Ortega-Rivas1, José L Saorín, Jorge de la Torre
1School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, University of Nottingham, Loughborough LE12 5RD, UK.
Medical Education
|April 12, 2013
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Design Example: Resistive Touchscreen
A device engineer plays a crucial role in designing user interfaces for mobile devices. One such interface is the resistive touchscreen, which fundamentally consists of two metallic layers: a flexible upper layer and a rigid lower layer, separated by a narrow gap. The high resistance between these two layers is a key characteristic of this design.
When a user touches the screen, the two layers make contact at a specific point known as the touchpoint. This contact reduces the resistance between...
When a user touches the screen, the two layers make contact at a specific point known as the touchpoint. This contact reduces the resistance between...

