| TI just announced the ultra-low-power MSP430 16-bit microcontroller capacitive touch portfolio, which enables the world's lowest power touch sense solutions! The portfolio introduces new hardware and free software solutions that gives developers easy-to-use, cost-effective options for microcontroller-based capacitive touch applications, while still benefitting from the battery-saving features of MSP430 devices. For more information, please visit www.ti.com/capacitivetouch |  |
Free, Open Source Capacitive Touch Sense Library
The royalty-free MSP430 capacitive touch library gives developers the option to add touch sense capabilities to any MSP430 microcontroller. The open source software library eliminates the
need to develop complex touch sensing algorithms and supports various capacitive touch sensors, including buttons, sliders, wheels and proximity. Although the software library supports all MSP430 devices, some include new peripherals optimized specifically for touch sense applications. The MSP430 Value Line G2xx2 and G2xx3 devices include capacitive touch IOs, which enable developers to interface directly with capacitive touch pads without external components. Learn more about the Capacitive Touch Sense Library Now!
$10 $4.30 Capacitive Touch BoosterPack for LaunchPad (430BOOST-SENSE1)
The Capacitive Touch BoosterPack is the first plug in board for LaunchPad, which includes capacitive touch buttons, scroll wheel, and proximity sensor. The plug in board also features 9 on-board LEDs and includes a pre-programmed MSP430G2452 device with demo functionality. Learn more about the Capacitive Touch BoosterPack Now!
Other MSP430 devices ideal for capacitive touch
Developers can also look forward to upcoming MSP430F51x2 devices boasting Timer_D, a new high-resolution timer that enables high-precision touch sensing. Rounding out the portfolio are TI's easy-to-use, low-cost kits, including the new Capacitive Touch BoosterPack, a plug-in for the MSP430 Value Line LaunchPad development tool, which allows for rapid evaluation and development of touch sensing applications. Additionally, the new MSP430F5529 experimenter board gives developers a highly-integrated evaluation platform to use touch sense buttons with a wide range of peripherals and sensors.
