Flat table-like input device used to enter x,y coordinates into a computer. Usually, a piece of paper (e.g., a map) is placed flat on the table and x,y positions are indicated using a puck (or sometimes a pen shaped cursor).
In computer-aided graphics, a peripheral device used with a pointing device to convert graphics into data that a computer can process.
A digitizing tablet is an input device for obtaining accurate graphics input. It is connected to the microcomputer with a cable and includes some type of pen-like pointing device called a transducer. The tablet has a flat surface with a defined space, or active drawing area, where the operator can place a map, a drawing, or a menu overlay. A pointing device is then used to pinpoint areas within the work space, and the tablet sends coordinate data to the CAD application program. While a mouse reports a relative position based on its last known position, a digitizer returns an absolute location regardless of the last known position of the transducer. Compared to a mouse, a digitizing tablet is more precise and can take samples faster. Also, because the stylus and fixed surface provide for a more natural drawing motion, artists and designers prefer digitizing tablets.
a flat input device, used for drawings
an external device connected through the computer's serial port
an external pad that is used to create embroidery designs using a mouse, or a "puck"
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a peripheral device for computers such that they enable user to enter drawings and sketches into a computer
The platen or surface on which original art to be digitized is placed; holds the artwork flat, allowing digitizer to specify various design characteristics (see digitizing) by 'tracing' and otherwise designating them with a digitizing 'puck' (input device similar to a computer mouse).
A computer-aided design device used by digitizers to plot needle penetrations for embroidery designs. Typically, a pencil drawing of the design is enlarged and then taped to this tablet. The digitizer then uses a device known as a puck to indicate stitch types, shapes, underlay and actual needle penetrations.
a work surface used to make computer graphics, usually by drawing with a light pen. Digitizing means expressing anything, such as a graphic, as a series of numbers.