Agilent Technologies Introduces Industry's First Gaming Optical Mouse Reference Design in Collaboration with Cypress Semiconductor.PALO ALTO, Calif. -- Solution Simplifies Development, Speeds Time-to-Market Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :A) today introduced the industry's first reference design kit for high-resolution, LED-based optical mice aimed at the PC gaming market. The Agilent ADNK-3083 designer's kit gives mouse manufacturers the technical instructions and firmware needed to quickly implement a new corded optical-mouse design. Agilent collaborated with Cypress Semiconductor to offer an optical mouse solution based on the Cypress CY7C63743-PXC microcontroller and the Agilent ADNS-3080, the industry's highest-performance LED-based optical mouse sensor for gaming mice. "This is our fourth reference-design collaboration with Cypress," said Ngoh Kee Hane, vice president and general manager of the Navigation Products Division in Agilent's Semiconductor Products Group. "Our previous joint reference designs addressed the low-cost, wireless and performance desktop and notebook market segments. Our latest collaboration provides manufacturers with a cost-effective, easy-to-use platform for accelerated development of high-performance corded optical mice for PC gaming enthusiasts." "We're pleased to once again join forces with Agilent to make available the industry's highest-performance optical mouse solution," said Matthew Branda, senior marketing manager for USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. at Cypress. "Agilent's kit includes everything a mouse manufacturer needs to rapidly create a new class of higher-performance, LED-based optical mice for the PC gaming market." About Agilent's Optical Mouse Sensor The Agilent ADNS-3080 is the industry's highest-performance LED-based optical mouse sensor. It provides smoother, faster and more precise navigation control for the most demanding applications, including FPS (Frames Per Second) The measurement of full-motion video performance. See frame. fps - frames per second (first-person shooter) PC games and professional graphics and CAD (computer-aided design computer-aided design (CAD) or computer-aided design and drafting (CADD), form of automation that helps designers prepare drawings, specifications, parts lists, and other design-related elements using special graphics- and calculations-intensive ) workstations. The sensor uses a self-adjusting frame rate that automatically matches to surface characteristics for optimum performance. In addition, the ADNS-3080 offers these industry-leading performance features: --Resolution as high as 1600 cpi (counts per inch) --Velocity of 40 ips (inches per second) at 6400 frames per second --Acceleration of 15 g --3.3 volt operation --Power-down current consumption of 30 uA --Maximum clock frequency of 24 MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. About Cypress's CY7C63743-PXC Microcontroller The Cypress CY7C63743-PXC is an 8-bit RISC RISC in full Reduced Instruction Set Computing Computer architecture that uses a limited number of instructions. RISC became popular in microprocessors in the 1980s. microcontroller with an integrated USB serial interface engine. High-performance, low-cost human interface peripherals such as optical mice can be implemented with a minimum of external components and firmware effort. Communication between the CY7C63743-PXC microcontroller and the Agilent ADNS-3080 sensor is accomplished through the integrated serial peripheral interface (communications, hardware) Serial Peripheral Interface - (SPI) A serial interface in which a master device supplies clock pulses to exchanges data serially with a slave over two data wires (Master-Slave and Slave-Master). . The microcontroller also offers these important features: --12 MHz internal CPU clock --256 bytes of RAM --8 Kbytes of EPROM EPROM in full erasable programmable read-only memory Form of computer memory that does not lose its content when the power supply is cut off and that can be erased and reused. --Built-in clock oscillator oscillator Mechanical or electronic device that produces a back-and-forth periodic motion. A pendulum is a simple mechanical oscillator that swings with a constant amplitude, requiring the addition of energy at each swing only to compensate for the energy lost because of air and timers --Programmable drive strength and pull-up resistors on each I/O (Input/Output) The transfer of data between the CPU and a peripheral device. Every transfer is an output from one device and an input to another. See PC input/output. I/O - Input/Output line Pricing and Availability The Agilent optical mouse reference design kit includes a sample optical mouse with complete schematics, layout and firmware. It is priced at $199 and is available from Agilent as the ADNK-3083 Optical Mouse Reference Design Kit (www.agilent.com/view/opticalnavigation). About Agilent Technologies Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A) is the world's premier measurement company and a technology leader in communications, electronics, life sciences and chemical analysis. The company's 28,000 employees serve customers in more than 110 countries. Agilent had net revenue of $7.2 billion in fiscal year 2004. Information about Agilent is available on the Web at www.agilent.com. NOTE TO EDITORS: Please direct reader inquiries to Agilent Semiconductor Products Group at +1 800 235 0312, or e-mail us at semiconductorsupport@agilent.com. Further technology, corporate citizenship Corporate Citizenship The extent to which businesses are socially responsible in meeting legal, ethical and economic responsibilities placed on them by shareholders. The aim it to create higher standards of living and quality of life in the community in which it operates, while and executive news is available on the Agilent news site at www.agilent.com/go/news. |
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