Bulletin No. PMY09004

Released Date:February 25, 2009

PM6202 COMBO Control Board,  Newest Member of PenMount 6000 Family

We are honored to introduce the new controller “PM 6202 COMBO” in this week’s bulletin. PM6202 COMBO control board is based on PenMount 6000 chip designed for RS-232 and USB COMBO interface. PM6202 keeps the same features and functions of PenMount 6000 series, but with an added special feature which is direct connection to the touch screen without going through the an extension cable. PM6202 COMBO control board provides 4- or 5- wire connector of Pin Header or ZIF to connect with 4- or 5- wire touch screen. We also took into consideration the mechanical design of the new control board to meet specific markets, unlike its other members of the PM 6000 board series, PM 6202 is long and narrow in its physical design.

The PM6202 control board provides two separate connectors; one is 2.54mm pitch of 4pins and 5pins Pin Headers and the other is pitch 1.0mm 4 pins ZIF connector. These connectors support most, if not all, of the 4- and 5- wire touch panels in the market.

 

PM6202 features:

  • Supports RS-232 and USB.

  • Supports 4- and 5- wire touch screen.
    (4pin or 5pin pitch 2.54mm Berg/AMP connector,4pin pitch 1.0mm FPC Tail)

  • Dimension: 70.0mm (L) x 20.0mm (W) x 8.3mm (H),3.0 φ mounting hole

  • Electro Static Discharge (ESD) meets: Air Discharge 15KV,Contact Discharge 8KV

  • Cursor Accuracy: < 1% (Active Area Diagonal of touch screen. After calibrating with PenMount Advanced Calibration)

  • Driver fully simulates mouse operations. OS supports DOS (RS-232 only), Microsoft Windows 2000/XP/XP Embedded/2003/Vista/ 7 (beta), WinCE 4.2/5.0/6.0, and many other Linux distributions as Ubuntu 8.04/8.10, Fedora Core 10, OpenSUSE 11.0…etc.

  • USB supports as stylus input devices and available to drive Tablet PC application programs in Microsoft after driver installation.

  • Compatible to most, if not all, of the 4 and 5 wires touch panels in the market

The PM6202 control board provides several kinds of combinations in accordance with the touch panel type, protocol interface, and socket type. Please visit our website, http://www.penmount.com , for more detailed information. The model PM6202A-CZ4 is an in-stock standard part at the ready to meet your immediate needs; its accessories are also at the ready to go with the control board.  We welcome your sample requests.

PenMount series of touch software and hardware are designed to meet market demands. If customized specifications are needed, we are always ready and available to help customer to complete their project. All information and datasheet of PenMount software and hardware are available for download from our websites, www.salt.com.tw and www.penmount.com. If you have any question or comment, please feel free to contact us at salt@salt.com.tw or penmount@seed.net.tw.