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Renesas Capacitive Touch Solutions

Renesas Capacitive Touch Solutions

Renesas Capacitive Touch Solutions

Product catalog summary
Introduction
Renesas Electronics has launched its second generation of capacitive touch solutions to enhance human-machine interfaces (HMIs) across various applications. These solutions address challenges such as sensitivity, noise tolerance, and usability in wet conditions.
Applications and Benefits
Capacitive touch interfaces are increasingly popular in household and industrial equipment due to their intuitive operation, cost efficiency, and hygienic benefits. They eliminate mechanical components, reducing costs and enhancing durability against dust and moisture.
Technological Advancements
The new capacitive touch IP from Renesas supports thicker overlay materials and offers high sensitivity and noise tolerance. It supports both self and mutual capacitance detection methods, improving usability in wet environments. Development is facilitated by tools like Workbench6, which automates sensitivity calibration.
Product Lineup
Renesas offers microcontrollers such as the RX113 and RX231, which integrate capacitive touch IP modules. These products cater to applications ranging from home appliances to industrial equipment, featuring USB connectivity, LCD controllers, and enhanced security functions.
RX130 Microcontroller
The RX130 is available in packages with 48, 64, or 80 pins, supports a power supply voltage range of 1.8 V to 5.5 V, and features up to 36 capacitive touch channels. It includes flash memory options of 64KB or 128KB, a 12-bit A/D converter with 17 channels, and an 8-bit D/A converter with 2 channels. It is designed for high-noise environments like industrial equipment and kitchen appliances.
RX230 Microcontroller
The RX230 is available in packages with 48 to 100 pins, supports a power supply voltage range of 1.8 V to 5.5 V, and features up to 24 capacitive touch channels. It offers flash memory options from 128KB to 512KB and includes enhanced DSP/FPU for high-performance applications. It is suitable for industrial sensors and measuring devices requiring low power consumption.
Development Tools
Workbench 6 is a newly developed tool for capacitive touch solutions. Evaluation kits such as the RX231 HMI Solution Kit and RX130 Capacitive Touch Evaluation Kit are available.
Applications
The RX130 is ideal for control panels in noisy environments like IH cooking devices and microwave ovens. The RX230 is suitable for home and industrial applications requiring high power efficiency and capacitive touch functionality.
Additional Features
Both microcontrollers include various communication interfaces such as I2C, serial communication, and serial peripheral interfaces. They also feature advanced safety functions like A/D self-diagnostics and independent clock watchdog timers.
Conclusion
Renesas' capacitive touch solutions offer a range of microcontrollers with varying specifications to meet different application needs, emphasizing high performance, low power consumption, and robust noise immunity.
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Renesas Capacitive Touch Solutions-1

Capacitive Touch Solutions Renesas Electronics www.renesas.com

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Renesas Capacitive Touch Solutions-2

The second generation of capacitive touch solutions for the advanced capacitive touch HMIs that are becoming an essential part of our daily lives Truly ubiquitous computing is rapidly becoming a reality as network capabilities find their way into every aspect of our daily lives, including household equipment such as electric home appliances. At the same time rapid advances are occurring in the human machine interfaces (HMIs) that link people and machines, and the use of capacitive touch panels is expanding quickly. By replacing the fixed functions of mechanical switches with capacitive touch...

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Utilization of capacitive touch interfaces in an ever wider range of fields About capacitive touch interfaces We rely on the functionality of a variety of electrical appliances and household equipment in our everyday lives. Most such products are becoming ever more advanced as they acquire added value and enhanced functionality. As a result, a superior HMI is necessary in order to make full use of this functionality. This is why much attention has come to be focused on capacitive touch interfaces. They enable the user to accomplish a variety of tasks in an intuitive way, bringing out the full...

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Development support tools for high-level capacitive touch interface development Features of new Renesas capacitive touch IP Renesas microcontrollers for capacitive touch applications feature contact detection circuits with improved sensitivity and noise tolerance, making it possible to create capacitive touch panel interfaces using a variety of cover materials, including acrylic, glass, fabric, or stone. The lack of limitations on the cover material means that touch panels can be used on a wide range of products, such as household and industrial equipment, in addition to home appliances (white...

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A wide range of solutions to meet the specific requirements of customers. Renesas capacitive touch solution lineup 1st generation capacitive touch IP 2nd generation capacitive touch IP First microcontrollers in the RX family with built in support for capacitive touch panels and LCD controllers/drivers (64 to 100 pins, 128KB to 512KB) Note: 64-pin products do not support touch panels. Optimal combination of high-performance 32-bit RXv2 CPU core with enhanced DSP/FPU and low power consumption. SDHI, CAN, and USB communication functions and security functionality among the best in the industry provide...

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http://www.renesas.com/applications/key_technology/ human_interface/touch_sensor_top/index.jsp Product outlines Optimal combination of high-performance 32-bit RXv2 CPU core with enhanced DSP/FPU and low power consumption (48 to 100 pins, 128KB to 512KB). RX microcontroller with excellent performance for the price with enhanced touch panel functions and support for 5V power supplies (48 to 80 pins, 64KB to 128KB). The RX230 group provides an optimal combination of the RXv2 CPU core with enhanced DSP/FPU and low-power-consumption technology for high power efficiency. It enables high-load processing...

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Renesas Capacitive Touch Solutions Renesas Electronics Corporation 1. Descriptions of circuits, software and other related information in this document are provided only to illustrate the operation of semiconductor products and application examples. You are fully responsible for the incorporation of these circuits, software, and information in the design of your equipment. Renesas Electronics assumes no responsibility for any losses incurred by you or third parties arising from the use of these circuits, software, or information. 2. Renesas Electronics has used reasonable care in preparing the...

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