Manufacturer of industrial desktop
and panel-mount trackballs, joysticks
and other rugged human-machine
interfaces (HMI), ITAC Systems, has
launched Hand-Trak – a highreliability
gestural input device where
the user simply moves a hand or
finger over the device’s optical lens to
communicate the desired direction,
speed and distance of cursor
movement. This is claimed to provide
more precise control than either a
sealed touchpad or joystick.

The product is designed primarily
for use in public access kiosks,
manufacturing and marine electronic
systems, medical equipment and
food process ing machinery, and
aeronautical and automotive
electronic systems. With no moving
parts, the IP66-sealed panel-mount
or panel-top Hand-Trak unit is
capable of withstanding heavy usage.

It is vibration resistant and protected
within a glass-reinforced
polycarbonate housing.