Letters to Synaptics

Dear Synaptics
We are interested in developing a product line that could benefit from your Forcepad and ClearPad 7300 product. We are in need of a touchpad with pressure sensitivity that is larger than normally seen in the present market with the approximate specs seen bellow for the first in our line of a devices we are aiming for:

Size: 12 inches by 6 inches surface aria approximate size minimum
Resolution X and Y axis: 50 lines per inch minimum
Resolution pressure: 256 levels of pressure minimum
Sample rate: 100 samples per second or 10ms response time minimum
Multi-touch sensitivity: 10 points at one time minimum
Driver support: Linux, Windows 8
Interface: USB

This is to be used to create a touchpad that is to be used in musical instrument input devices. We have interested software developers now that are prepared to start our project when we have a prototype available. This is an open source project that is to be partly funded by kickstarter.com. For more details of the project and it's goals see http://tactilemusic.blogspot.com . We are looking for estimates of prices for quantities needed for from 1000 and 10000 units and estimates of time that they can be delivered. We may also require engineering services and production and distribution service channels as we are mostly involved in software and parts of the physical design. We could use your help in pointing us to services that can turn this idea into a completed item.

Thank You
Scott Carlson

Update Jan 15, 2014 second email to synaptics to sales this time:

Subject: Subject: looking to purchase 1000 to 1000 units of your ClearPad 7300 product
Dear Synaptics sales@synaptics.com
Please direct us to a point of contact or distributor to make a first bulk purchase of from 1000 to 10000 units of your ClearPad 7300 product and a distributor of the pressure pads that are compatible with these devices. We are interested in developing a product that will benefit from your Forcepad and ClearPad 7300 product. We are in need of a touch-pad larger than normally seen in the present market for desktop computer addon devices with the approximate specs seen bellow of a device we are aiming for:

Size: 12 - 17 inches by 6 inches surface aria approximate size
Resolution X and Y axis: 50 lines per inch minimum
Resolution pressure: 64 levels of pressure sensitivity minimum
Sample rate: 100 samples per second or 10ms response time minimum
Multi-touch sensitivity: 10 points at one time
Driver support: Linux, Windows 8
Interface: USB

This is to be used to create a touch-pad that is to be used for input to a musical instrument device. We have interested software developers now that are prepared to start our project when we have a prototype available. This is an open source GPLv3 project that is to be funded by kickstarter.com. For more details of the project and it's goals see http://tactilemusic.blogspot.com . We are looking for estimates of prices for quantities needed for from 1000 and 10000 units. We will also require engineering services and production service channels as we are mainly involved in the software and parts of the physical design of the item, we could use your help in pointing us to services and distributors that can turn this idea into a completed item.

Thank You
Scott Carlson