Agilent Technologies Introduces Industry's Highest Performance Optical Mouse Sensor for PC Gaming Market.PALO ALTO Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , Calif. -- LED-Based Optical Sensor Combines Industry's Highest Tracking Accuracy, Sampling Speed and Acceleration Agilent Technologies This article needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :A) today announced 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. PC gamers demand the highest accuracy and most responsive tracking from their input devices. A fraction of a second delay in movement response or a minor inaccuracy in·ac·cu·ra·cy n. pl. in·ac·cu·ra·cies 1. The quality or condition of being inaccurate. 2. An instance of being inaccurate; an error. in position could mean the difference between victory and defeat. The Agilent ADNS-3080 optical mouse sensor offers twice the performance of the ADNS-3060 LED-based sensor introduced in 2004. "The highly responsive ADNS-3080 optical mouse sensor is in a class of its own," said Ngoh Kee Hane, vice president and general manager of the Navigation Products Division in Agilent's Semiconductor Products Group. "Now gaming mouse manufacturers can offer corded or wireless mice that are ideal for the unique requirements of today's highest-performance PC games." The ADNS-3080 optical mouse sensor 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 (gravities) --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. The ADNS-3080 uses a self-adjusting frame rate, which automatically matches the frame rate to match the surface characteristics for optimum performance. If the navigation surface reflects light efficiently, for example, the sensors will tune for a higher frame rate to improve the tracking performance; in previous optical sensors the frame rate was adjusted by external microcontroller A single chip that contains the processor (the CPU), non-volatile memory for the program (ROM or flash), volatile memory for input and output (RAM), a clock and an I/O control unit. firmware A category of memory chips that hold their content without electrical power. Firmware includes flash, ROM, PROM, EPROM and EEPROM technologies. When holding program instructions, firmware can be thought of as "hard software." See flash memory, ROM, PROM, EPROM, EEPROM and FOTA. . The self-adjusting frame rate feature can be disabled if manual control is preferred. The ADNS-3080 optical mouse sensor is supplied in a 20-pin staggered dual-inline package (DIP) and designed for use with the Agilent ADNS-2120 (round or trim) lens, the ADNS-2220 (clear or black) LED assembly clip, and the HLMP-ED80-XX000 LED illumination source. U.S. Pricing and Availability Samples of the Agilent ADNS-3080 optical navigation sensor are available immediately with production quantities expected in April 2005. Pricing is available on request. Agilent Optical Mouse Sensor Solutions Agilent pioneered position sensing for mouse technology and supplies these products to all major optical mouse manufacturers worldwide, having shipped more than 300 million sensors to date. Agilent provides a broad portfolio of mouse sensors, ranging from inexpensive, entry-level LED-based models to high-precision versions. Since their introduction, optical mice powered by Agilent's optical sensing optical sensing, in general, any method by which information that occurs as variations in the intensity, or some other property, of light is translated into an electric signal. This is usually accomplished by the use of various photoelectric devices. technology have established themselves as the standard in computer input devices. Agilent's new laser mouse technology is expected to revolutionize the mouse industry yet again. More information about Agilent's optical and laser navigation sensors is available at www.agilent.com/view/opticalnavigation. About Agilent Technologies Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A) is a global 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 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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