Microsoft pen protocol

The Microsoft Pen Protocol or MPP is a protocol developed by Microsoft for digital pens, designed mainly for Surface Pen but also used by other hardware manufacturers, like HP.

The protocol is based on technology developed by N-trig ^[1] (a separate company at the time, though acquired by Microsoft in 2015 for US$200 million), ^{[2] [3]}

Version history

• 1st generation (MPP 1.2, 2013)
• 2nd generation (MPP 1.5, 2015)
• 3rd generation (MPP 2.0, 2017)
• Slim Pen (MPP 2.5, 2019)
• Slim Pen 2 (MPP 2.6, 2021)

References

1. Shamah, David (12 August 2014). "Making pen cool again: How N-trig won over Microsoft for the Surface Pro 3". ZDNet (Tel Aviv Tech).
2. Statt, Nick (1 May 2015). "Microsoft buys N-trig's digital pen technology for Surface". CNet . Archived from the original on 2016-07-10.
3. "Microsoft Acquires N-trig". Mergr. 1 May 2015.

External links

• "Protocol Implementation (pen-protocol-implementation)", learn.microsoft.com