Microchip expands capabilities of mTouchTM capacitive touch-sensing technology to enable capacitive touch-sensing with a metal front panel
		Microchip has announced the first and only technology in the industry to enable capacitive touch-sensing with a metal front panel.  Building upon the success of the initial release of mTouch™ capacitive touch-sensing technology, the royalty-free, robust technology now works through metal, gloves and on surfaces that contain liquids, and it enables Braille to be used on capacitive touch-sensing interfaces.

Key Facts:

• First and only technology to enable capacitive touch-sensing with a metal front panel
• Allows inexpensive addition of touch-sensitive inputs, in all environments
• Works through gloves, on surfaces that contain liquids, and enables Braille to be used on capacitive touch-sensing interfaces
• Can be integrated with existing application code in 8-, 16- and 32-bit PIC® microcontrollers

Designers can integrate mTouch capacitive touch-sensing functionality with their existing application code in an 8-, 16- or 32-bit PIC® microcontroller (MCU), thus reducing total system costs.  Information on how to implement these new capabilities is available for download, now, from Microchip’s online Touch Sensing Design Center).

mTouch capacitive touch-sensing technology enables customers to easily and inexpensively add touch-sensing interfaces, allowing designers to implement Microchip’s royalty-free technology using their existing hardware and software in applications with metal front panels, where liquids are present, and for users wearing thick gloves.

Touch sensing continues to gain traction as an alternative to traditional push-button user interfaces, because it enables a completely sealed, modern-looking design.  Major applications for mTouch capacitive touch-sensing user interfaces include those in the appliance market, because of the possibility of a stainless-steel front panel; the industrial market, because of the technology’s robustness; and the automotive market, because of the technology’s sleek aesthetics.  Low-power mTouch capacitive touch-sensing technology features an active current of less than 5µA, helping to reduce overall power consumption.

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