Projected Capacitive 3.

5" Touch Pad Demonstrator

Simplify Integration of Projected Capacitive Touch in Your Design
Summary
This 3.5" Touch Pad demonstrates Microchips high performance, low cost projected capacitive touch pad capabilities. Designers can quickly integrate PCap touch solutions using Microchips turnkey touch controllers and proven reference designs.

Performance Data for MTCH6301 Base Device with Display Code Integrated
(Based on PIC32MX120F032D)
Code can be used across 16F/18F/24F/32MX families.
Up to 12-bit resolution coordinate reporting Resolution

Features

128 64 Dot-Matrix Display (Electronic Assembly EA DOGL 128W-6) Single Touch 100 points/sec. 60 points/sec. 2601620 s 3.3V (2 AAA Batteries) 18.9 mA 0.7 mA 32 MHz ROM RAM Touch Code Display Code Touch Code Display Code 20.8 KB 5.3 KB 4.4 KB 1.3 KB Dual Touch Dot-Matrix Display Update Time Operating Voltage Run Current Sleep Current

Uses MTCH6301 a turnkey projected capacitive touch controller Dual touch drawing and single touch gestures Multitouch detection up to 5 touches Microchips CVD Capacitive Sensing Method Sleep with wake on touch Advanced algorithms detect and compensate for noise

Report Rate

Power Consumption (Display and Boost ON) Operating Frequency Memory Usage

Applications

Turnkey touch pads for a wide range of input devices including control panels, keypads, automotive and remote controls. Scalable solutions that support 1.5" to 4.3" size touch pad designs with up to 3 mm plastic and 5 mm glass cover lenses. Single nger gestures to swipe, scroll and double tap.

Number of Touches PCB Sensor

Demonstrator code draws two touches, detects up to ve touches Noted in touch count and location display 12 9 diamond pattern 1.5 mm Acrylic overlay Other sensor designs possible

ON/OFF Switch

Dev/Demo Mode

Getting Started
Visit the mTouch Sensing Solutions Design Center at http://www.microchip.com/mtouch for: Software and documentation for the base touch device used in this demo, part # MTCH6301 Schematics, Gerbers, Drawings & BOM for the touch pad reference design PCB sensor design guidelines Conguration Utility with auto tune capabilities

Frequently Asked Questions

Q Does the Microchip PCAP code perform self or mutual capacitance measurements? A Our code does both. We optimize speed and performance by using a combination of both methods. Q What patterns do we support? A This design supports a diamond pattern. Our code also supports additional patterns that will be available on the mTouch Sensing Solutions design center. Q What is the maximum channels supported? A 13 18 is the maximum channels supported with the MTCH6301 device. This generally covers touch pad sizes from 1.5" to 4.3". Q What cover lens overlay materials can this design support? A This design uses a 1.5 mm acrylic overlay, but materials up to 3 mm plastic and 5 mm glass are possible.

Capabilities

Single or two nger draw: Draw on the touch pad and see the fully processed touch coordinates on the display. The demo will automatically go into Sleep Mode after a set amount of time. This feature is adjustable in rmware. The Mini Map displays nger location and number of touches detected.

Perform one of these single touch gestures decoded in rmware and see the icon in the display above.
Single Tap Double Tap Tap and Hold Swipe Up Swipe Up and Hold Swipe Down Swipe Down and Hold Swipe Left Swipe Left and Hold Swipe Right Swipe Right and Hold

www.microchip.com/mtouch
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