We use touchscreen displays for hours every day, but do you know about all the intricate layers and components that make them work? This episode goes into the structure and basic function of a touchscreen display. What goes into making toughened glass strong, how do capacitive touchscreens work, and how do OLEDs work? The merging of these technologies is what arguably makes the smartphone what it is! Take a look and learn more.
Table of Contents:
00:53 The Layers
01:35 Section 1: Toughened Glass
03:18 Section 2: Capacitive Touchscreen
05:07 Section 3: OLED Display
07:18 Section 4: Summary
07:48 Section 8: Outro
How does Multitouch work?
Have you ever thought of your smartphone's multitouch as similar to your skins ability to sense touch?
We take for granted being able to sense our environment, but designing an electronic device's ability to sense the environment is no trivial task. Learn about how multitouch works in this video!
Table of Contents:
00:06 Electronics Sensing the Environment
01:08 Section 1: Understanding the Grid
01:59 Section 2: Sensing at one intersection.
02:52 Section 3: Issues with the touchscreen
03:57 Section 4: Scanning Rows
05:12 Section 5: Outro
