TOUCH SCREEN
Touch Screen has become very popular in our daily lives: cell phones, ATM’s, kiosks, ticket vending machines and more all use touch panels to enable the user to interact with a computer or device without the use of a keyboard or mouse. But did you know there are several uniquely different types of Touch Screens? The five most common types are: Resistive Wire Resistive, Projected Capacitive, SAW (Surface Acoustic Wave), and Infrared.
Eagle Touch Provides: 4 wire resistive touchscreen, 5 wire Resistive touchscreen and Projected Capacitive touchscreen.

OUR TOUCH SCREEN TYPE
The 5 of Touchscreen Technology Comparison
Which is best for you?
Type |
4 wire Resistive |
5 wire Resistive |
Surface Acoustic Wave |
Projected Capacitive |
Infrared |
surface hardness | 3H | 3H | 9H | 9H | 9H |
Transparency | 80-85% | 80%-85% | 90-98% | 90-98% | 95-100% |
Durability | 3 year | 5 year | 5 year | 5 year | 5 year |
Stabliity | High | High | high | High | High |
Touch | Finger, gloved fi nger, or stylus pen |
Finger, gloved fi nger, or stylus pen |
Finger, gloved fi nger, or stylus pen |
Finger, gloved fi nger, conductive stylus |
Finger, gloved fi nger, or stylus pen |
Response time |
<10ms | <15ms | <10ms | <10ms | <20ms |
Multi-touch | no | no | yes | yes | yes |
advantages | s Low cost (for small sizes), can detect any object |
Low cost (for small sizes), can detect any object |
Can be deployed to a curved surfaces |
Excellent image clarity More resistant to scratching than surface capacitive touch screens Resistant to surface contaminants and liquids- dust, oil, grease, moisture Multi-touch (two-touch) |
No overlay, Superior image, can detected any object which blocks |
Disadvantages | High costs for large areas, very sensitive to scratch, low fidelity and reduces the visibility of the screen |
High costs for large areas, very sensitive to scratch, low fidelity and reduces the visibility of the screen |
Delicate, expensive and sensitive to scratch |
Must be activated via exposed finger, thin surgical or cotton gloves, although some PCAP windows (like those used by AbraxSys) can be triggered by a heavy gloved hand | Expensive, detection placed above screen and sensitive to ambient light |