Cypress Introduces the Industry’s Most Advanced Automotive Touchscreen Controller
January 09 2018 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
New TrueTouch® Family Delivers Intuitive
Control Features and Leading System-level Integration for
Next-generation Infotainment Systems
CONSUMER ELECTRONICS SHOW – Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (NASDAQ:
CY), the leader in advanced embedded systems solutions, today
introduced a new automotive capacitive touchscreen controller
family that delivers the market’s most advanced feature set for
next-generation infotainment systems. Cypress designed the
TrueTouch® CYAT817 touchscreen controller family specifically to
meet rigorous automotive quality standards. The family offers an
advanced hover capability that can detect a finger up to 35 mm
above the screen and a force touch capability that provides
accurate measurement of the pressure applied by multiple
independent fingers. The family’s integrated acoustic and haptic
feedback control provides faster response times for a better user
experience compared to systems where the processing of a touch and
pressure applied are not measured on-chip.
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TrueTouch automotive capacitive touchscreen controller that
delivers the market’s most advanced feature set for next-generation
infotainment systems. (Graphic: Business Wire)
“Car makers’ requirements for the infotainment user interface
are significantly different from those of consumer electronics
touchscreens, but up until now, touchscreen solutions have been
developed primarily for the consumer market and only qualified
later to meet automotive requirements,” said Dr. Jing Mu, Senior
Director of Automotive HMI Marketing at Cypress. “Cypress designed
the TrueTouch CYAT817 family from the start with a focus on
providing automotive-grade quality and enabling the ultimate user
experience for in-vehicle applications. This integrated solution
demonstrates our market leadership with best-in-class response
times, unmatched features in a single device and lower system costs
compared to multi-chip implementations.”
Cypress is demonstrating the TrueTouch CYAT817 touchscreen
controller and its complete embedded systems solution portfolio at
CES in South Hall 2 of the Las Vegas Convention Center in meeting
room MP25365.
The Automotive TrueTouch CYAT817 controller family implements
its Hover and Force Touch features while meeting stringent
automotive electromagnetic interference (EMI) and electromagnetic
compatibility (EMC) requirements. With a power-efficient 32-bit
Arm® Cortex®-M processor and optimized analog front-end, each
controller can replace the mechanical on/off button of an
infotainment system with a capacitive touch sensor, enabling sleek,
modern interior designs. The controllers deliver faster response
times by integrating decision and control processing on-chip for
acoustic and haptic feedback so that systems are no longer required
to transmit data on a touch input via Controller Area Network (CAN)
or a Low-Voltage Differential Signaling (LVDS) backchannel for
distributed implementations to be processed in the head-unit.
The CYAT817 controllers can support two standard host interfaces
such as I2C and SPI, along with a CAN interface for either higher
system integration or to implement redundancy for safety relevant
applications per ISO 26262. The controllers protect against hacking
with a cryptographic engine that securely encrypts communication
with the head-unit, preventing unauthorized access of touch data
containing sensitive user information that could allow reverse
engineering of PINs or passwords.
Cypress AutoArmor™ meets car manufacturers’ most challenging EMC
requirements for chip-level emissions (IEC 61967), conducted (IEC
62132) and radiated (ISO 11452) immunity, as well as for
system-level (CISPR 25) specifications. AutoArmor uses automatic
frequency hopping to prevent false touches caused by EMI from other
electronic systems, and it uses TX frequency spreading to reduce
electromagnetic emissions by up to 30%. Additional Automotive
TrueTouch information is available at
www.cypress.com/automotivetouch.
Availability
The Automotive TrueTouch CYAT817 controllers are currently
sampling, with AEC-Q100 fully automotive-qualified products
expected in the second quarter of 2018. The controllers are
available in automotive-friendly 128-pin and 100-pin TQFP
packages.
About TrueTouch
Cypress’ TrueTouch technology provides leading noise immunity,
SNR, waterproofing, accuracy and linearity, along with fast refresh
rates and low power consumption. The flexible TrueTouch solution
allows customers to rapidly develop leading-edge solutions without
having to buy turnkey modules. They have a choice of using touch
sensors (glass or film) and LCDs from preferred partners, and can
develop innovative mechanical designs ranging from flat to curved
surfaces of varying thickness. The patented capacitive sensing
technology of TrueTouch devices offers robust noise immunity that
enables flawless operation in noisy RF and LCD environments.
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About Cypress
Cypress is the leader in advanced embedded system solutions for
the world’s most innovative automotive, industrial, smart home
appliances, consumer electronics and medical products. Cypress’
microcontrollers, analog ICs, wireless and USB-based connectivity
solutions and reliable, high-performance memories help engineers
design differentiated products and get them to market first.
Cypress is committed to providing customers with the best support
and development resources on the planet enabling them to disrupt
markets by creating new product categories in record time. To learn
more, go to www.cypress.com.
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