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.
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.
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