Digitizing Tablet

Digitizing Tablet

It is an input device used primarily to input drawings, sketches, etc. Digitizing tablet is used for Computer Aided Design (CAD) for the design of buildings, automotive designs, and designing of maps, etc.

Description of Digitizing Tablet

Digitizing tablet consists of two parts—electronic tablet and pen. The electronic tablet is a flat bed tablet. The pen looks like a ball pen but has an electronic head. The pen in moved on the tablet. Each position on the tablet corresponds to a fixed position on the screen. Drawings can be made on the tablet using a pen, and is provided as input to computer, where, a location on the tablet corresponds to a specific location on the screen.

Digitizing Tablet

Working of Digitizing Tablet

The tablet contains circuit that can detect the movement of pen on the tablet, convert the movements into digital signals and send the digital signal to the computer.