TY - CPAPER
KW - learning
KW - tangible
KW - multitouch
KW - touchscreen
KW - Oscilloscope
KW - complex interface
AU - Matthew Heinz
AU - Sven Bertel
AU - Florian Echtler
AB - We present TouchScope, a hybrid multitouch interface for common off-the-shelf oscilloscopes. Oscilloscopes are a valuable tool for analyzing and debugging electronic circuits, but are also complex scientific instruments. Novices are faced with a seemingly overwhelming array of knobs and buttons, and usually require lengthy training before being able to use these devices productively.  In this paper, we present our implementation of TouchScope which uses a multitouch tablet in combination with an unmodified off-the-shelf oscilloscope to provide a novice-friendly hybrid interface, combining both the low entry barrier of a touch-based interface and the high degrees of freedom of a conventional button-based interface. Our evaluation with 29 inexperienced participants shows a comparable performance to traditional learning materials as well as a significantly higher level of perceived usability.
BT - Proceedings of the 19th ACM International Conference on Multimodal Interaction
CY - New York, NY, USA
DO - 10.1145/3136755.3136765
N2 - We present TouchScope, a hybrid multitouch interface for common off-the-shelf oscilloscopes. Oscilloscopes are a valuable tool for analyzing and debugging electronic circuits, but are also complex scientific instruments. Novices are faced with a seemingly overwhelming array of knobs and buttons, and usually require lengthy training before being able to use these devices productively.  In this paper, we present our implementation of TouchScope which uses a multitouch tablet in combination with an unmodified off-the-shelf oscilloscope to provide a novice-friendly hybrid interface, combining both the low entry barrier of a touch-based interface and the high degrees of freedom of a conventional button-based interface. Our evaluation with 29 inexperienced participants shows a comparable performance to traditional learning materials as well as a significantly higher level of perceived usability.
PB - Association for Computing Machinery
PP - New York, NY, USA
PY - 2017
SN - 9781450355438
EP - 269–273
T2 - Proceedings of the 19th ACM International Conference on Multimodal Interaction
TI - TouchScope: A Hybrid Multitouch Oscilloscope Interface
UR - https://doi.org/10.1145/3136755.3136765
ER -