How Does a Digitizing Tablet Work?
Defining Digitizing Digitizing, or digital representation, is the use of a set of preordained points to represent an object, image, sound, or document in digital format. The tablet combined with a pen or stylus serves as the means to enter the data into a computer. Tablet and stylus are input devices just like a keyboard or mouse. The mechanism for sending the data is found in the tablet but the stylus plays a large roll in what is recorded. Not only are the coordinates noted through the tablet but the angle, the pressure and the distance of the stylus can have an affect on what appears on the monitor. The stylus transmits signals that the tablet identifies through coordinates and then transmits when plugged into the computer. Using A Digitizing Tablet All types of information can be entered using a digitizing tablet. Many types of software applications incorporate the use of a digitizing tablet—drawing or graphics software, drafting software, embroidery and garment software, GIS (ge
