Infineon is getting its recreation on — after a vogue — with the launch of a gaming controller primarily based on its PSoC 6 microcontroller system-on-chip platform, designed to showcase the corporate’s XENSIV magnetic switches and joysticks.
“The XENSIV Bluetooth recreation controller integrates superior Infineon merchandise in an revolutionary design,” the corporate claims of its creation. “Leveraging XENSIV magnetic place sensors, the joysticks ship distinctive precision with out succumbing to sensor drift. XENSIV swap triggers, CAPSENSE buttons, CAPSENSE presence detection, and a SPIDER+ rumble driver are all seamlessly built-in with the PSoC 6 BLE [Bluetooth Low Energy] microcontroller to implement a low energy, plug & play recreation controller.”
Infineon is trying to showcase its applied sciences for the gaming market with the PSoC 6-powered XENSIV Sport Controller. (📷: Infineon)
The gadget, dubbed merely the “XENSIV Sport Controller” and delivered to our consideration by Linux Gizmos, is successfully an analysis board for a variety of Infineon’s applied sciences. The principle one: its XENSIV Corridor-effect magnetic sensors, which drive the bodily set off buttons and twin analog sticks — the latter promising zero drift, a standard downside of the present era of business recreation controllers.
A considerably much less welcome demonstration of Infineon’s applied sciences, at the very least for many who plan to make use of the controller to truly play video games, comes within the face buttons: a four-way path pad to the left and 4 fireplace buttons to the proper, plus a menu button within the center, are all primarily based on the corporate’s CAPSENSE capacitive sensing expertise — that means a finger-feel of simply tapping a flat, unyielding PCB. To compensate, the controller additionally consists of SPIDER+, the corporate’s vibration suggestions system.
The controller is now obtainable in-channel and from Infineon direct, priced at a premium $177.41 plus transport; extra data is out there on the official product web page.