11 out of 15 rated this helpful - Rate this topic

Touch in Windows 8

Windows Touch enables user interaction through touch input as well as with a pen or a stylus. Users touch features as a more intuitive way to compute, especially for the portable devices such as a slate or a phone. Users expect touch features to make their daily PC activities easier, faster, and more convenient.

The following topics provide independent hardware vendors (IHVS) and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to create, test, and certify touch hardware for Windows 8 and Windows 7. For Windows 8, things are simplified as you no longer need to create a touch driver for your hardware. Instead, you use the human interface device (HID) driver that is included with Windows 8. This frees you up to focus on creating hardware that delivers fast and fluid user interaction.

Touch Drivers in Windows 8

Windows Pointer Device Data Delivery Protocol - Provides information about Windows Pointer Device for Windows 8, including guidelines and requirements for use of the human interface device (HID) protocol for pointer devices to communicate with the Windows host.

Testing and Certifying your Touch device for Windows 8

How to Design and Test Multi-touch Hardware Solutions for Windows 8 - Provides information for hardware vendors and equipment manufacturers about how to design and test hardware solutions for Windows Touch and includes information and requirements clarification on Windows Hardware Certification touch requirement.
How to Use the Windows Touch Quality Certification Tests - Provides information that will enable an operator to use the Windows Touch Quality Certification Tests to test a piece of Windows 8 hardware.
Overview of Measuring Touch Down Hardware Latency - Provides information for hardware vendors about methodology and recommended testing devices for measuring touch down hardware latency in accordance with Hardware Certification Kit (HCK) for Windows 8.
Overview of Measuring Touch Panning Hardware Latency - Provides information for hardware vendors about methodology and recommended testing devices for measuring touch panning latency in accordance with Hardware Certification requirements for Windows 8.
How to Measure Touch Panning Latency - Provides detailed setup instructions and procedures to measure touch panning latency in accordance with the HCK for Windows 8.
How to Measure Touch Down Latency - Describes detailed setup instructions and procedures to measure touch down latency in touch hardware environments using an acoustic measurement tool in accordance with the HCK for Windows 8.
How to Use the Precision Touch Testing Tool - Provides information about how to use the Precision Touch Testing Tool (PT3) to execute the HCK Touch tests for Windows 8.
Power Handling for Windows 8 Touch Controllers - Provides information and requirements about touch controller power states in Windows for touch controller vendors and manufacturers.
Windows Touch Test Lab for Windows 8 - Provides information and guidelines for vendors and manufacturers of touch digitizers about how to use the Microsoft testing facilities to certify touch quality of a device to meet Windows Hardware Certification Requirements.
Windows 8 Touch HCK Device Submission template - Provides a template for submitting a device to the Windows Touch Test Lab.

Touch Drivers in Windows 7

Introduction to Windows Touch - Describes how to build hardware that provides rich, immersive, touch-centric experiences for Windows 7.
Windows 7 Touch Overview and PC Design Considerations (video) - Provides an overview of investments in Windows Touch, optimizations, and system design guidance for a variety of forms factors, including slates, notebooks, and desktops
Developer Enhancements to Windows Touch and Tablet PC - Provides guidelines for developers to understand the Windows Touch and Tablet PC developer enhancements for 7.
How to Design and Test Multi-touch Hardware Solutions - Provides information guidelines for vendors and manufacturers about how to design and test hardware solutions for Windows Touch, and includes associated logo requirements and tests.
Windows 7 Engineering Guidance for Slate PCs - Describes the touch investments in Windows 7 and provides guidance for OEMs that want to take full advantage of Windows on slate PCs.