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INTRODUCTION

Microchip’s

Projected

Capacitive

Touch

Pad

Development Kit with Gestures showcases the high

performance and the flexible design of Microchip’s

MTCH6301 projected capacitive touch controller. This

development kit also allows designers to test

functionality, including multi-touch and gestures.

After connecting to a PC with the included PICkit™

Serial Analyzer (PKSA), developers may also interact

with the MTCH6301 user parameters through the

Projected Capacitive Configuration Utility (PCU), GUI

program. For this program and more information about

Microchip’s

touch

portfolio,

please

visit

www.microchip.com/mTouch.

DEVELOPMENT KIT FEATURES

• Includes a modified MTCH6301 to provide touch

input and also drive the dot-matrix LCD

• Multi-touch detection up to eight touches

• Microchip’s CVD capacitive sensing method

• Sleep with wake-on-touch

• Dual-touch drawing

• Single-touch gestures

• PCU software allows observation of signals and

tuning of firmware parameters

BASIC REQUIREMENTS

• Two AAA Batteries

development environment

• PICkit Serial Analyzer (Included):

- Updated with PKSpCap406.hex

• USB mini Cable (Included)

• Male 6-pin Connector (Included)

• PCU, v 2.03 or later (available from the

DM320016 device page).

GETTING STARTED

There are two switches mounted on the board: switch

SW1 toggles the power and switch SW2 selects the

Demo or Development mode. The included PKSA has

communication bridge. The PKSA is necessary to

communicate with the development software, PCU.

DEMO MODE OPERATION

This mode is intended for stand-alone use to

demonstrate the gestures and multi-touch capabilities

of

Microchip’s

MTCH6301

projected

capacitive

controller. Toggle SW1 to ON and toggle SW2 to

DEMO to use the Demo mode. The display will provide

visual feedback, as the touch pad area is activated with

a finger.

Single or Two-finger Draw

Draw on the touch pad and see the fully-processed

touch coordinates on the display. Performing a double-

tap gesture will clear the display.

Sleep Mode

The device will automatically go into Sleep mode after

eight seconds of inactivity (see Figure 1).

FIGURE 1:

SLEEP MODE

Mini Map

The Mini Map displays the finger location and the

number of touches detected (see Figure 2).

FIGURE 2:

MINI MAP

Note:

Demo mode is for stand-alone use. The

PC software, GUI, will not connect to the

device while in this mode.

DM320016 – PCAP Touch Pad Development Kit with

Gestures Product Brief

DM320016