Stylus for capacitive screen

Touch capacitive screens are increasingly replacing resistive technology in most mobile devices. One can say about their obvious advantages: such a sensor is durable and stronger due to the fact that it uses a grid of electrodes instead of a flexible resistive membrane. Capacitive screen is able to withstand much more clicks at one point, it is much more transparent, and only for such sensors at the moment it was possible to realize the multi-touch technology, which is so popular today. However, it is not always convenient to work with the interface with your fingers, but here they are the main element for manipulation. This is especially noticeable when entering handwritten text or drawing on a tablet, as well as in winter, when you do not want to remove gloves at all, in order to answer an incoming call. It is at such moments that the stylus for the capacitive screen does not interfere at all .

For sure, many people remember how convenient it is to use this manipulator if they once had a resistive sensor on a smartphone. Thanks to him you can achieve much more accurate manipulation. However, the capacitive screen does not respond to the touch of a conventional stylus, because to work with it you need a certain capacity, which receives and conducts a low-voltage electric current.

At the moment, companies engaged in the production of mobile devices, offer such a convenient device, like a stylus for a capacitive screen. It can be of different models and made of arbitrary materials that conduct current. The stylus for the capacitive screen is very simple, so if you want it you can make it yourself. If your device is expensive, then it's better not to do some dubious devices, but to buy a ready solution.

In the market of mobile accessories are presented styluses of four types:

- in the form of a brush consisting of starting fibers conducting current;

- on the sponge;

- from soft rubber;

- Made of soft plastic.

Stylus for the capacitive screen Samsung, iPad, HTC, iPhone - model "SPMP 1019", belongs to the second category, it is relatively inexpensive, and the metal case makes it highly accurate. The accessory is equipped with the same hook, as ball-point pens, which allows it to be conveniently fastened. As a defect of this stylus, its short-lived character is noted, which can be said about all similar devices in the design. If you do not plan to use it very often, then such an acquisition is completely justified. This model does not lose its tactile properties in conditions of low temperature.

You can say about the models SPMP 1039 and SPMP 1002, which are made of conductive plastic. Greater accuracy and convenience are provided by a round flat pad at the end of the accessory, so the manipulations are clear and fast. The most popular and convenient type of stylus at the moment is the model, the working end of which is made of hollow and soft conductive rubber. Its design features give a full sensation of touching the finger of the hand to the sensor. Such styluses provide the most accurate tactile feedback. With their help, you can adjust the degree of depression.

Stylus for a capacitive screen with your own hands

As you can see from the written above, the market offers a lot of options for this accessory. However, some may be concerned about the question of how to make a stylus for a capacitive screen? You will need such a set of materials: a metal handle, a convex pushpin, a nail file, a sticker, a tin, a soldering iron, a copper wire, a battery, a superglue. The wire should be soldered to the button, then this piece should be pushed into the tube from the handle, and then glued at the end. Clean off the paint from the button, stick a sticker, and cut off excess. The other end of the wire is attached to the battery, the handle body is closed - everything is ready.