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PRODUCT NEWS
Titan Shows Its Latest in Haptic Motor Technology for Touch-Screen Developers
Linear Magnetic Rams are wideband voice-coil haptic motors that use a solid-state magnetic suspension instead of springs or flexures.
Titan Haptics, a developer of innovative haptic devices for product
designers making touch-screen displays in smartphones, gaming
consoles and other electronic devices, showed off its latest technology
for the fast-growing market at this year's Consumer Electronics
Show, CES 2024, held in January. Its Linear Magnetic Rams are
wideband voice-coil haptic motors that use a solid-state magnetic
suspension instead of springs or flexures. A new developer module
aids design engineers wanting to try out its systems, while clusters
of its motors unlock new possibilities for increased power configurations.
Clustered
haptic arrays are haptic motors that are assemblies of the
company's Drake motors to increase power output and to fit a wide
variety of form factors. They multiply the peak output of a motor and
increase haptic output from the variable combinations.
The Titan Core is a compact haptics development
board and production-ready
module designed to simplify the haptics
integration process for product developers,
enabling them to get a project up
and running in just under 6 minutes.
They feature three discrete haptic channels
and work with a variety of haptic
motors, supporting the connection of three motors at a time.
Made for gaming, virtual reality and music, Titan's Drake motor was
introduced in 2022 as its smallest and most power-dense wideband
haptic motor to date. About the size of a pill capsule, it provides 10300
Hz frequency response and 4.5Grms vibrations. Built on Titan's
second generation of Linear Magnetic Ram (LMR) suspension technology,
the compact motor offers a huge boost in power density, an
increase of 320% compared to its predecessor.
One of the latest additions to the haptics industry, Linear Magnetic
Ram (LMR) is a specialty of Titan's which is headquartered in Mississauga,
Canada in Ontario. Based on solid-state magnetic suspension
technology, it works by driving a suspended mass through
a magnetic field. This movement is controlled by an electric current,
which can be adjusted to change the position, speed, and force of
the mass, allowing for precise control over haptic feedback.
" Drake is our smallest, mass production ready haptic motor.
Designed for easy implementation in existing electronics and form
factors, Drake is perfect for gaming, virtual reality, headphones and
touchscreens, " explains Kyle Skippon, engineer at Titan. " Drake
works excellently with audio signals, letting users feel detailed nuanced
sensations not felt with typical haptic motors. " For more info,
see www.titanhaptics.com.
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