Company Name: Fastpoint
Description: Fastpoint Technologies was founded in 1975. The company ventured into the market for light pens in 1983 and was the successor of FTG Data Systems, Inc. It is distinguished as one of the most innovative in the manufacture of light pens and touch technology field. Fastpoint is a pioneer in the industry of touch screen with more than ten years of knowledge in direct input device as a manufacturer, developer and distributor of light pens and the interfaces of light pens.
The company headquarters is located in Stanton, California and is headed by Douglas E. Lippincott, company owner and president. Fastpoint is involved in direct selling and management distribution via dealers, value-added resellers, developers and original equipment manufacturers worldwide. The products of Fastpoint Technologies are internationally available in countries like France, Canada, England and Australia.
It was in August of 1996 that the company had acquired the manufacturing operations and patents of its largest competitor, the HEI, Inc. The acquisition strengthened the Fastpoint’s position as a global leader in its field. Then on March of 1999, the company name was changed to Fastpoint Technologies Inc. but still it remained privately held. The company is reported to hold over 85 percent of the market for computer-based light pens.
In July of 2001, the company released the first Fastpoint touch screen. Since then, it has been Fastpoint Technologies’ fastest growing division. The company had also introduced a number of products are related to touch screens such as the LCD Rackmount Touchscreens, card reader or point of sale bracket kits, and monitor arms and mounting brackets.
In September of the same year, Fastpoint introduced a dual microprocessor touch screen controller to the market. The product’s unique feature includes its capability of supporting both the USB communications and serial port as well as the provisions for the automatic port detection and switchover.
Fastpoint Technologies products include the Light Pens, EMU-TEK, virtual on-screen keyboards, and touch screens. The light pens manufactured by Fastpoint are purportedly twice as fast as a computer mouse, a touch screen panel or a digitizing tablet. The said pen functions on any sort of CRT monitor and could be availed by the user in a variety of models and styles. The pen operates on a computer system that is PC-based via a light pen interface that may be installed internally or externally.
The touch screens of Fastpoint employ the resistive touch screen technology. The said technology makes the Fastpoint products highly durable because touch screens that employ the resistive touch screen technology are less susceptible to contaminants as opposed to acoustic wave touch screens. Fastpoint touch screens use the eight-wire resistive technology.
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