Hardware &Off-Topic Isaac on 21 Apr 2007 10:32 am
Active Digitizer Stylus Guts
Due to an equipment malfunction just prior to my Tablet PC presentation at NoVA Code Camp, I can now show the world what’s inside the average EM digitizer stylus.
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2 Responses to “Active Digitizer Stylus Guts”
on 21 Apr 2007 at 5:37 pm
1.carrier said …
I have always known how the digitizer worked (well kinda), but never had the chance to see the inside. I wouldnt do it to my own pen simply because the darn things cost to much. very cool.
I teach science and when we discuss electromagnetism my ‘pen’ always becomes a part of the conversation. I ask the kids to try and figure out how it works. They always think it has a battery. but they come up with some interesting things.
thanks for sharing.
on 22 Apr 2007 at 1:12 am
2.Isaac said …
I have only a vague sense of the physics behind the active digitizers, but I do remember the sense of wonder I had the first time I learned that Wacom graphics tablets didn’t need batteries in the pens and how much time I spent reading about the technology.
And the cost has kept me from disassembling my own tablet pen as well, so I was very intrigued to find this picture.