AN64846 - Getting Started with CapSense
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Glossary
AMUXBUS
Analog multiplexer bus available inside PSoC that helps to connect I/O pins with multiple internal analog signals.
SmartSense™ Auto-Tuning
A CapSense algorithm that automatically sets sensing parameters for optimal performance after the design phase and
continuously compensates for system, manufacturing, and environmental changes.
Baseline
A value resulting from a firmware algorithm that estimates a trend in the Raw Count when there is no human finger
present on the sensor. The Baseline is less sensitive to sudden changes in the Raw Count and provides a reference
point for computing the Difference Count.
Button or Button Widget
A widget with an associated sensor that can report the active or inactive state (that is, only two states) of the sensor.
For example, it can detect the touch or no-touch state of a finger on the sensor.
Difference Count
The difference between Raw Count and Baseline. If the difference is negative, or if it is below Noise Threshold, the
Difference Count is always set to zero.
Capacitive Sensor
A conductor and substrate, such as a copper button on a printed circuit board (PCB), which reacts to a touch or an
approaching object with a change in capacitance.
CapSense
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Cypress’s touch-sensing user interface solution, which is the industry’s leading solution in sales.
CapSense Mechanical Button Replacement (MBR)
Cypress’s configurable solution to upgrade mechanical buttons to capacitive buttons. It requires minimal engineering
effort to configure the sensor parameters and does not require firmware development. These devices include the
CY8CMBR3XXX and CY8CMBR2XXX families.
Centroid or Centroid Position
A number indicating the finger position on a slider within the range given by the Slider Resolution. This number is
calculated by the CapSense centroid calculation algorithm.
Compensation IDAC
A programmable constant current source, which is used by CSD to compensate for excess sensor C
P
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not controlled by the Sigma-Delta Modulator in the CSD block unlike the Modulation IDAC.
CSD
CapSense Sigma Delta (CSD) is a Cypress-patented method of performing self-capacitance (also called self-cap)
measurements for capacitive sensing applications. In the CSD mode, the sensing system measures the self-
capacitance of an electrode, and a change in the self-capacitance is detected to identify the presence or absence of a
finger.