PC Accessories
Innovative PC Accessories
PC Accessories typically refer to any device added to a computer that provides additional capabilities or features and as such, includes products such as HID devices (mice, keyboards, remotes), Docking Stations & Monitors, Headsets, Webcams, and more.
With over 400 million units shipped annually, PC Accessories have become ubiquitous with the computing experience - modern or historical.
Despite their widespread proliferation, PC Accessories still contend with innovation and differentiation while meeting challenging design cycles. Whether this is incorporating presence based experiences, supporting the latest in USB-C Power Delivery specifications. protecting your brand with security and authentication, or identifying a low-latency Bluetooth LE solution for your next gaming keyboard - Infineon has the portfolio and experience to be your partner of choice for today's and tomorrow's computing experience.
As the modern workplace experience becomes increasingly wireless, Connectivity is often at the forefront of product and user experience differentiation. Whether it is a simple LE link for HID traffic, a Wi-Fi 6/6E pipe for remote management & telemetry, or lightning-fast protocols with 1ms latency for gaming peripherals - Connectivity can make or break the user experience.
Today, Infineon boasts over 18 years of wireless HID experience and more than 1 billion wireless SoCs shipped into HID applications. Coupled with IoT-class Wi-Fi featuring the latest enterprise security needs, Infineon is well-suited to be your Connectivity partner of choice for PC Accessories. Be sure to check out a few hero products below for your upcoming applications:
- CYW20829: Full-featured Bluetooth LE 5.4 SoC featuring a low-latency keyscan matrix, dedicated Bluetooth and Application cores, 10dBm output power, quadrature decoder, and low-latency HID (1ms)
- PSoC6 BLE: 5.4 compatible device with integrated CapSense and programmable analog. A single chip solution for a variety of wireless, touch-enabled peripherals.
- CYW55571: Wi-Fi 6/6E Tri-band 1x1 featuring the latest in Enterprise security
Touch capabilities first appeared in the form of the modern trackpad back in 1994 but it would take almost another 15 years for the capability to be introduced to devices like the Surface Arc Mouse or Apple Magic Mouse. While touchscreens, trackpads, and touch sliders are nearly universal in the PC ecosystem today, rich HMI and sensing capabilities are driving new user experiences in the future.
Imagine instant productivity - mice and keyboards which seamlessly connect to the host and illuminate backlighting upon approach. Reciprocially, mice and keyboards which detect departure and maximize battery life by entering a low power state. Imagine frictionless user experiences - earbuds that detect being worn or pattern-based login mechanisms.
Infineon's fifth-generation multi-sense technology outperforms the competition for the modern workplace and has been widely deployed by Fortune 500 OEMs today.
Look to the PSoC4000T for:
- Deep sleep scanning for proximity (or touch) in single digit uA
- Unprecedented 48:1 SNR minimizes sensor size and maximizes material and design forgiveness
- Wake from proximity in 1ms
Consumers today expect the latest and greatest in PC Peripherals nearly every holiday season. With challengingly short design cycles, it is critically important to spend engineering efforts in innovation and differentiation - not with the basics.
That's why Infineon worked with ITON to create turnkey mice & keyboard designs based on the CYW20829 Bluetooth LE 5.4 SoC. These turnkey designs are fully encased in traditional form factors with open source code available on GitHub. The power has been optimized to demonstrate 597 days of battery life based on typical keyboard usage models and the solution is compatible with Windows, iOS, and Android. Rounding out the solution are mainstream features such as multiple-host switch support and secure OTA update capability.
Start with Infineon for your next HID design and spend your engineering time on what makes your product uniquely yours.
