If you've been checking out the human interface market for one reason or another you should know that there's a new player in town and by the looks of it, it really means business. Silicon Labs have just recently announced they will be taking on the human interface market by offering a complete set of sensing solutions dubbed the QuickSense portfolio. And not just any sensing solution portfolio but one especially designed with 'touch' in mind.

First a little something from Mark Thompson, vice president and general manager of Silicon Laboratories: “Silicon Labs has a long track record of tackling formidable analog challenges and applying innovative mixed-signal design techniques to deliver integrated, high-performance and lower power solutions that are easy to use.”

First of all, the Si11xx family of proximity and ambient light sensors, whose main innovation is that it reduces overall system power and offers a 'touchless' proximity sensor that allows the user to use gestures. Second and third come the C8051F800 and C8051F7xx families of capacitive touch sense microcontrollers that are ideal for mobile devices that seek to use a touch interface in order to better communicate with the user. While the F800 and Si11xx families are available now, it seems that the C8051F7xx will be made available in 2010.

Ending the article will be the same Mark Thompson with a little more insight regarding the QuickSense: “By applying our ability to integrate advanced analog peripherals and intelligent processing in power-efficient ICs, we’ve created a portfolio that will spark fresh innovation in human interfaces for a wide range of electronics products. And with the launch of our QuickSense software environment, we’re providing embedded designers with a straightforward way to enable sensing technologies in their products.”


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