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OUT
n
DATA
n
128
Threshold
ON
Threshold
OFF
High=Button
Press Detected
Low=No Button
Press Detected
Figure 8-8. Button Triggering Threshold with Hysteresis. Output Polarity: Active High
8.1.9 Tracking Baseline
The LDC3114 automatically tracks slow changes in the baseline signal and compensates for environmental drifts
and variations. The baseline tracking is only applicable for the button algorithm mode and not for raw data
access mode. See
for details. In Normal Power Mode, use
to determine the
effective baseline increment per scan cycle (BINC
NP
):
NPBI
NP
2
BINC
72
(11)
where:
• NPBI is the Normal Power Baseline Increment index that can be configured in
Register NP_BASE_INC
(Address 0x15)
to determine the effective baseline increment per scan cycle (BINC
LP
):
LPBI
LP
2
BINC
9
(12)
where:
• LPBI the Low Power Baseline Increment index that can be configured in
Register LP_BASE_INC (Address
0x13)
As a result of baseline tracking, a button press with a constant force only lasts for a finite amount of time.
defines the duration of a button press (DATA
n
> Threshold
ON
).
n
OFF
DATA
Threshold
Duration of Button Press
BINC
(13)
where:
• Duration of Button Press is the number of scan cycles that the channel is asserted
• DATA
n
is the button signal at the beginning of a press
• BINC is the baseline increment per scan cycle
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