Pen Implementation Guide

This section is an implementation guide for an integrated Pen device, for Windows 10 and later operating systems.

The information includes guidance on using the Human Interface Device (HID) protocol to communicate with a Windows host.

In this section

Topic Description

Windows Pen Designs

This topic presents information about the pen devices that are compatible with Windows 10.

Device Bus Connectivity

This topic discusses bus connectivity methods for a Windows pen device.

Power Management

This topic provides information about pen power management, and discusses power consumption requirements.

Pen Protocol Implementation

This section provides guidelines for pen protocol implementation. Integrated Windows pen devices are expected to use the Human Interface Device (HID) protocol to communicate with the host.

Haptic Pen Implementation Guide

This topic provides implementation details for haptic pens.