Does Elo Offer PCAP Single-Touch Monitors?

Availability of Single-Touch PCAP Touchscreen Monitors

This article addresses whether Elo — Now part of Zebra Technologies offers Projected Capacitive (PCAP) touchscreen monitors designed or sold strictly for single-touch operation.

Direct Answer: No. Elo does not manufacture or sell PCAP touchscreen monitors as true, native single-touch-only hardware. All Elo PCAP monitors are engineered and built natively as multi-touch devices.

Applies To

Elo PCAP touchscreen monitors
Customers requiring single-touch PCAP operation
Windows operating systems running the official Elo touch driver

Why PCAP Technology is Inherently Multi-Touch

Projected Capacitive (PCAP) touchscreen technology operates via a micro-fine conductive sensor grid integrated directly into the protective front glass. This physical grid layout allows the internal touchscreen controller to scan, detect, and track multiple discrete points of electrostatic contact simultaneously.

Because this multi-point capability is a core characteristic of the physical sensor design, PCAP is inherently a multi-touch technology. It cannot be manufactured as a true single-touch hardware solution. This differs from legacy analog touch technologies—such as 5-wire resistive (AccuTouch) or surface acoustic wave (IntelliTouch)—which are limited by physical design to resolving only one touch coordinate at a time.

How to Configure Single-Touch Behavior

If your legacy operating system or proprietary software application requires single-touch input, you can restrict the touch reporting behavior programmatically. This configuration does not alter the underlying multi-touch hardware, but it restricts the touch data reported to the operating system to a single point.

Important Driver Distinction: Enabling single-touch mode via the touch utility restricts the coordinate output at the software level. The physical touchscreen glass and controller continue to operate on multi-touch architecture.

How to Enable Single-Touch Mode

To limit the controller output to a single touch coordinate on supported Windows platforms, follow the step-by-step driver adjustment procedures in our dedicated guide: Single-Touch Mode in Elo Windows Touch Driver (Driver and FW Docs).

Summary Checklist

Elo does not sell dedicated single-touch-only PCAP monitors.
PCAP touchscreen hardware is multi-touch by physical design.
Single-touch performance can be simulated on supported Windows platforms by configuring the Elo Windows Touch Driver to limit active inputs.

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