Eleksen offers latest in touch-sensitive fabric

19 Jul '07

2 min read

Eleksen Group plc, the world's leading provider of touch-sensitive smart fabrics for consumer electronics in apparel and accessories announced that its new Evaluation Kit is available to designers, academics, and journalists looking to gain first-hand experience with ElekTex technology. The Evaluation Kit represents an ideal first step for those looking to develop commercial applications using ElekTex.

ElekTex is a unique electro-conductive fabric touch pad optimized for the creation of flexible, durable, and rugged fabric interfaces. It provides endless opportunities for those looking to develop novel wearable technology, innovative consumer electronics accessories, and other products.

The Evaluation Kit consists of a standard ElekTex sensor and its associated control electronics module which connects to a Windows PC via a USB port.

Also included in the kit are three fabric overlays which together with the appropriate software drivers provide application examples of the ElekTex sensor used as a Keyboard, Drawing Pad and Multimedia Controls.

The aim is to familiarize the user with the programming versatility of the ElekTex sensor which can be reconfigured on-the-fly to support a variety of applications.

“ElekTex is arguably the most advanced smart fabric technology in the market today and it can be used to support an endless range of wearable consumer electronics applications,” said Vassilis Seferidis, VP Product Management atEleksen.

“We're certain that our new Evaluation Kit will ease access to our technology and assist design and technical professionals in realizing their smart fabric design possibilities.”

Eleksen Group plc

More Eleksen Ltd News... More Information Technology News - United States Of America...