Manual

1.2 TERMS & ABBREVIATIONS

dev kit/kit Refers to the Standard plyon® ﬂex Development Kit and all

its content.

PET Polyethylene terephthalate, thermoplastic polymer of the

polyester family.

Product Refers to the products based on the plyon® ﬂex sensor

technology, including the dev kit and all its contents.

Sensor module Refers to a sensor with more than one sensitive area, e.g.

the plyon® ﬂex 4-taxel sensor module or the plyon® ﬂex

4-taxel line array, which are part of the dev kit.

(single) sensor(s) Refers to a sensor with a single sensing area. See taxel.

Taxel Tactile pixel – refers to a single sensing area. The sensors

offered by tacterion are either single-point sensors, e.g.

PFL-10020, PFL-10021 and PFL-10033 or sensors with

multiple sensing areas, e.g. PFL-10010 and PFL-10022.

Each individual taxel or sensing area can determine when

proximity, touch, or force are applied.

ZIF Zero Insertion Force connector

HFC/hfc hybrid force compensation - a combination of hardware and

source code to reduce drift within the readout over time.

True Zero plyon® sensors provide zero output under bending, unless

a vertical force is applied, or a minimum radius undershot.