Freescale's new industrial touch panel tech even works in the rain

squadMCU — Fri, 08 Oct 2021 05:09:00 GMT

Current Revision posted to Documents by squadMCU on 10/8/2021 5:09:00 AM

Freescale continues improving on new features with the release of the fifth software version: Xtrinsic touch-sensing software (TSS) Suite 3.0. This innovative touch-sensing software library offers differentiated features such as water tolerance, noise detection and touch detection algorithm for reduced false touches under electrical noise.

Robustness and flexibility adds value to targeted Freescale silicon. The TSS 3.0 free software library supports a unified API for ARM®Cortex™-M0, ARM® Cortex™ -M4, ColdFire+ and HCS08 MCU platforms and different capacitance measurement algorithms. These product families feature the recently released Touch-Sensing Input (TSI) module for more robustness and flexibility, faster sampling time and greater sensitivity in capacitive touch-sensing systems.

The TSS library offers a complete solution for capacitive touch sensing-enabled projects using low-cost development tools and a complementary license for development and distribution, providing flexible solutions for a wide variety of human machine interfaces (HMIs). TSS 3.0 simplifies user interface designs, enabling customers to develop an application within minutes using a broad range of tools and demonstration software.

The Features:

Water tolerant
Support for S08 TSI (for S08PT and S08RN family)
MQX™ support
KwikStik support
Shielding electrode/electrodes
Memory usage optimization
Analog decoder

The Benefits:

Touch added to one-chip solution to reduce overall system cost and size
Improved touch detection algorithm for reduced false touches under electrical noise
Enables over 1,000 Freescale 8-bit and 32-bit MCU as touch sensors, including ColdFire+ and Kinetis MCUs
Free license software with cost-effective development tools
Enhances reliability by eliminating mechanical wear and tear
Increases product longevity

Take a look to this demo, performed by Eduardo Viramontes , Microcontrellers Application Engineer at Freescale.

www.youtube.com/watch

For more information about TSS 3.0 software, visit Freescale.com/TSS or check the full Press release of TSS 3.0

Tags: applications, touch, sensors, freescale, sensor_networks, tss, tss3, mcu-based, touchscreen, sensor_technology, capacitive, touch_sensing, software