TS‐GEVB:TouchSwitchShieldEvaluationBoard
ThetouchswitchshieldevaluationboarddemonstratestheLC717A00ARwhichisahigh‐performance,
low‐costcapacitance‐digital‐converterLSIforelectrostaticcapacitivetouchsensor,especiallyfocusedon
usability.Ithas8channelscapacitan ce‐sensorinput.Thebuilt‐inlogiccircuitcandetectthestate
(ON/OFF)ofeachinputand
outputtheresult.This makesitidealforvariousswitchapplications.The
calibrationfunctionisautomaticallyperformedbythebuilt‐inlogiccircuitduringpoweractivationor
wheneverthereareenvironmentalchanges.Inaddition,sinceinitialsettingsofparameters,suchas
gain,areconfigured,LC717A00ARcanoperateinstand‐alonemode
whentherecommende dswitch
patternisapplied.SinceLC717A00ARhasaserialinterfacecompatible withI2CandSPIbus,the
PCA9655Eisusedtoprovideprovides16bitsofGeneralPurposeparallelInput andOutput(GPIO)
expansionthroughtheI2C‐bus andSMBus,detectingoutputsoftheLC717A00AR's8‐input
capacitance
dataandmeasuringitas8‐bitdata.
Evaluation/DevelopmentToolInformation
Product Status Compliance Short Description Parts Used
TS-GEVB
Active
Pb-free
Touch Switch Shield Evaluation Board
LC717A00AR-NH , PCA9655EMTTXG
http://www.onsemi.com/PowerSolutions/evalBoard.do?id=TS‐GEVB4‐6‐17