DALLAS, April 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Enabling the
world's lowest power touch sense capabilities on all MSP430
devices, Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN) today
announced the ultra-low-power MSP430 16-bit microcontroller
capacitive touch portfolio. Building on TI's embedded processing
expertise, the portfolio introduces new hardware and free software
solutions that gives developers easy-to-use, cost-effective options
for microcontroller-based capacitive touch applications, while
still benefitting from the battery-saving features of MSP430
devices. For more information, please visit
www.ti.com/capacitivetouch-pr-lp.
The royalty-free MSP430 capacitive touch library gives
developers the option to add touch sense capabilities to any MSP430
microcontroller. The open source software library eliminates the
need to develop complex touch sensing algorithms and supports
various capacitive touch sensors, including buttons, sliders,
wheels and proximity. Although the software library supports all
MSP430 devices, some include new peripherals optimized specifically
for touch sense applications. The MSP430 Value Line G2xx2 and G2xx3
devices include capacitive touch IOs, which enable developers to
interface directly with capacitive touch pads without external
components. Additionally, developers can look forward to upcoming
MSP430F51x2 devices boasting Timer_D, a new high-resolution timer
that enables high-precision touch sensing. Rounding out the
portfolio are TI's easy-to-use, low-cost kits, including the new
Capacitive Touch BoosterPack, a plug-in for the MSP430 Value Line
LaunchPad development tool, which allows for rapid evaluation and
development of touch sensing applications. Additionally, the new
MSP430F5529 experimenter board gives developers a highly-integrated
evaluation platform to use touch sense buttons with a wide range of
peripherals and sensors.
Key features and benefits of the MSP430 Capacitive Touch
Portfolio
- Free capacitive touch library enables capacitive touch buttons,
sliders, wheels and proximity sensors on all MSP430
microcontrollers, eliminating the need for developers to create
complex touch sensing algorithms
- Software library consumes as little as 1 KB of code space,
minimizing memory requirements and enabling touch sense
applications at a reduced system cost
- MSP430 Value Line G2xx2 and G2xx3 devices with capacitive touch
sense IOs offer memory ranges of up to 16KB Flash and 512B RAM and
optimized efficiency enabling ultra-low-power touch sensitive
buttons down to 1uA
- Upcoming MSP430F51x2 devices will include new MSP430
peripheral, Timer_D, a high-performance timer featuring a 4
nanosecond resolution, enabling high-precision touch sensing
- The easy-to-use Capacitive Touch BoosterPack for the MSP430
LaunchPad is a low-cost way to jump start development for touch
sensitive scroll wheel and proximity sensors
- Supported by free, downloadable software debuggers and
compilers, including Code Composer Studio ™ IDE and IAR Embedded
Workbench
Pricing and availability
The MSP430 capacitive touch library is free and can be
downloaded at www.ti.com/capacitivetouch-pr-lp. The new MSP430G2xx2
devices are priced from $0.33 for
100K units and the G2xx3 devices are priced from $0.42 100K units; samples are immediately
available. The Capacitive Touch BoosterPack (430BOOST-SENSE1) is
priced at $4.30 for a limited time.
The MSP430F5529 Experimenter Board is $149 and can be ordered now. Sample MSP430F51x2
devices will be available in 3Q11.
TI's broad portfolio of MCUs and software
From general purpose, ultra-low power MSP430 MCUs, to Stellaris®
Cortex™-M3-based 32-bit MCUs and high performance, real-time
control TMS320C2000™ MCUs, TI offers the broadest range of
microcontroller solutions. Designers can accelerate time to market
by tapping into TI's complete software and hardware tools,
extensive third-party offerings and technical support.
Find out more about TI's MSP430 Capacitive Touch Portfolio by
visiting the links below:
- MSP430 Capacitive Touch: www.ti.com/capacitivetouch-pr-lp
- MSP430 Capacitive Touch Video:
www.ti.com/capacitivetouch-pr-v
- MSP430G2xx MCUs: www.ti.com/capacitivetouch-value-pr-lp
- MSP430 Capacitive Touch Library:
www.ti.com/capacitivetouch-sw-pr-tf
- MSP430 Capacitive Touch BoosterPack:
www.ti.com/capacitivetouch-boosterpacks-pr-tf
- MSP4305529 Experimenter Board:
www.ti.com/capacitivetouch-msp-exp430f5529-pr-tf
- MSP430 Value Line LaunchPad:
www.ti.com/capacitivetouch-launchpadwiki-pr-lp
- Make the Switch to TI MCUs: www.ti.com/maketheswitch
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