# Introduction

Each chapter in the CapTIvate™ Technology Guide is introduced briefly below. Check out the getting started section if you are new to CapTIvate™.

## Capacitive Sensing Basics

The Capacitive Sensing Basics chapter provides a fundamental overview of self and mutual capacitance.

## Technology

The Technology chapter describes the operating principles of the CapTIvate™ peripheral.

## Design Guide

The Design Guide chapter introduces the flow for beginning a new design, and walks through the trade-offs of designing for different requirements, such as low power, noise immunity, or moisture.

## CapTIvate™ Design Center

Read the Design Center GUI chapter to get started with the rapid development tool that accelerates capacitive touch designs for CapTIvate™ Technology enabled MSP devices. By helping guide the product developer through the capacitive touch development process, the CapTIvate™ Design Center can simplify and accelerate any touch design through the use of innovative user graphical interfaces, wizards and controls.

## Device Family

The Device chapter introduces the MSP MCUs that have the CapTIvate™ technology.

## Software Touch Library

The CapTIvate™ Capacitive Touch Software Library is a comprehensive collection of functions providing touch, communications and sensor management features. Touch functions range from advanced sensor processing for buttons, sliders and wheels to “bare-metal” functions that provide direct access to the CapTIvate™ peripheral.

## MCU Development Kit

The MSP-CAPT-FR2633 MCU Development Kit is an easy to use evaluation platform for the MSP430FR2633 MCU. It contains everything needed to start developing on this MCU platform, including on-board emulation for programming, debugging and EnergyTrace™ measurements.

## Workshop

The workshop is based around the MSP-CAPT-FR2633 MCU Development Kit, and contains the out-of-box experience as well as several labs to introduce the technology hands-on.

## FAQ

The FAQ contains answers to the questions that get asked the most.

## For More Information

For more information on the CapTIvate™ technology, software, and available evaluation kits, see the CapTIvate™ Design Center download page.

For technical support, E-mail us directly at captivate@list.ti.com