Capacitive Touch Sensor Solutions

This human machine interface (HMI) solution kit is mounted with an LCD segment display circuit, sound reproducing circuit, capacitive touch circuit, etc. It can facilitate the development and evaluation of HMI and USB-applied products such as electric home appliances and healthcare products with built-in communication functions.

The RX130 Capacitive Touch Evaluation System is designed for easy evaluation of capacitive touch solutions offered by Renesas. With this system, evaluation may be conducted immediately after purchase, as the board and software are included in the kit.

QE for Capacitive Touch makes it easy to adjust the sensitivity of the touch buttons that are necessary for embedded system development that uses capacitive touch technology, shortening time to market. This tool supports the RX Family of 32-bit microcontrollers (MCUs).

Product Functions & Features

• Easily incorporate touch button drivers into a program via a graphical user interface (GUI)
• Easily adjust touch buttons in sequence using workflows
• Graphical display of the touch interface configuration enables easy visualization
• Even a large number of touch buttons can be automatically tuned quickly, improving development efficiency
• Apply program modifications with the push of a single button
• Monitoring function makes it easy to check and fine tune touch button operation
• e² studio integrated development environment integration* allows all work to be done from e² studio

QE for Capacitive Touch is a plug-in for e² studio. The plug-in must be downloaded from the website and installed.

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Main/Sensor Tuner View

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Board Monitor View

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Status Chart View

The 3D gesture demo applies Renesas' capacitive touch solution to realize an HMI that detects gesture motions (up and down, left and right, and forward and back) of a hand in a three-dimensional space. A standard version (160mm sq.) and small version (80mm sq.) are available.