This application note discusses the advantages, techniques, limitations, and general recommendations of Metal Over Capacitive technology in sensors. The layout of this app note includes the general ...

This application note describes how to create an interface using the Metal Over Capacitive touch system. In a traditional capacitive system, the user changes the capacitance of a touch sensor by ...

Infineon has introduced automotive microcontrollers with capacitive touch sensing for sensor and actuator applications. The PSOC 4 HVMS family is built around a 24 or 48MHz Arm Cortex-M0+ processor, ...

Electromechanical switches are simple, cheap, and widely available (Fig. 1). However, they’re also plagued with a number of disadvantages, including wear with repeated use, and the potential for ...

Capacitive sensing is a versatile technique that can solve a difficult sensing problem in a surprisingly simple manner. For example, it can be used to turn a liquid-metal thermometer into the sensing ...