PowerHap™ Development Starter Kit

TDK Corporation's development starter kit for fast haptics prototyping gives mechanical designers and engineers first impressions of the haptic feedback with PowerHap piezo actuators. The kit demonstrates how the mechanical integration works and provides a reference design that can be adapted to various applications. PowerHap piezo actuators offer an unprecedented quality of haptic feedback based on their unrivaled acceleration, force, and response time performance. Example applications include vehicles (e.g., steering wheels, displays, dashboards, and buttons), smartphones, displays and tablets, household appliances, ATMs and vending machines, game controllers, VR gloves, industrial equipment, and medical devices.

The PowerHap Starter Kit consists of a seamless button assembly (including PowerHap 1204H018V060 and PowerHap 1313H018V120), a round button assembly (including PowerHap 1204H018V060), the BOS1901-Kit driver board from Boréas Technologies, additional PowerHap devices (including FPC connection cable), USB cable, and a quick start user guide.

The BOS1901-Kit platform is pre-programmed for the seamless and round buttons, so it is possible to experience sensing and haptics with the PowerHap actuators out-of-the-box. The features of the Boréas platform make it easy to customize and tailor the haptic experience by adjusting the sensing detection parameters and the haptic feedback waveform.