Boréas and Cirque may not be companies you are familiar with, but both are going to have a big impact on Windows laptops starting next year. Here is how (and why) the two are teaming up to bring piezo-based haptic trackpads to your favorite PC.
How do you do, fellow youths! This week we’re reviewing the chilliest gadget in the ’hood. I’m pretty sure that’s what it is, anyway. Canadian startup Boréas has gone all-in on haptics, producing its own controller chip and partnering with TDK for a specialized actuator, to produce what it claims is the smallest, most power-efficient,…
Boréas leverages piezoelectric chip platform to advance touch experiences in wearables
BROMONT, Québec April 27, 2021 Boréas Technologies today unveiled the Boréas Piezo Haptic Engine (Boréas PHE), the first module to harness the high performance of piezo actuators to solve wearable devices’ most significant challenge achieving true high-definition (HD) haptic feedback in a broad range of low-power space-constrained devices.
The Boréas PHE is a major advancement over the two legacy technologies that have dominated haptics in wearables and other small devices: linear resonant actuators (LRAs) and eccentric rotating mass (ERM) motors, in which the quality of haptic performance is tied directly to the LRA’s or ERM’s volume and mass. This architectural approach makes these platforms too large to achieve a satisfying user experience in wearables. In contrast, the Boréas PHE uses a small off-the-shelf piezo actuator and the mass of other internal components to genera
Boréas Technologies' Piezo Haptic Engine is said to be the first module to harness the high performance of piezo actuators to deliver advanced touch experiences to wearable devices.
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