Launch the CAPSENSE™ Tuner

There are several ways to launch the CAPSENSE™ Tuner, and those ways depend on how you use the various tools in ModusToolbox™. However, the easiest way is to launch it using the Device Configurator because the CAPSENSE™ Tuner requires a properly configured CAPSENSE™ application programmed into the device. Refer to the Device Configurator user guide for more details.

From the Device Configurator

You can launch the CAPSENSE™ Tuner from the Device Configurator. Refer to the Device Configurator user guide for more details.

The process differs slightly depending on the hardware block:

• The 4 ^th generation CAPSENSE™ – one CSD resource.
• The 5 ^th generation CAPSENSE™ – two and more MSC resources.
• The 5 ^th generation LP CAPSENSE™ – one MSCLP resource.

1. On the Peripherals tab, select the CSD (CapSense) resource or the CapSense and one or more MSC or MSCLP resources, as applicable for your device.

   

2. (Skip this step for MSCLP.) On the Parameters pane, select an appropriate input Clock .

   

3. For the MSC and MSCLP HW blocks, select the CapSense resource category on the Peripherals tab.

   

4. On the Parameters pane, click the Launch CAPSENSE™ Tuner button.

   

make command

As described in the ModusToolbox ™ tools package user guide ModusToolbox build system chapter, you can run numerous make commands in the application directory, such as launching the CAPSENSE™ Tuner. After you have created a ModusToolbox™ application, navigate to the application directory and type the following command in the appropriate bash terminal window:

make capsense-tuner

This command opens the CAPSENSE™ Tuner GUI for the specific application in which you are working.

VS Code and Eclipse

VS Code and Eclipse have tools to launch the CAPSENSE™ Tuner Configurator from within an open application. Refer to the applicable user guide for more details:

• VS Code for ModusToolbox™ user guide
• Eclipse IDE for ModusToolbox™ user guide

Executable (GUI)

You can launch the CAPSENSE™ Tuner GUI by running its executable as appropriate for your operating system. By default, it is installed here:

[install_dir]//ModusToolbox/packs/ModusToolbox-Multi-Sense-Pack/tools/capsense-configurator

When run independently, the application opens without any information. For the Tuner to work, open a specific CAPSENSE™ application configuration file that was created by the CAPSENSE™ Configurator . See Menus under GUI description for more information about opening a configuration file.

Executable (CLI)

You can run the Tuner from the command line. However, there are few reasons to do this in practice.

For information about the command-line options, run the Tuner using the -h option.

Parallel design

You can simultaneously open the CAPSENSE™ Tuner and Configurator to work with the same [file_name].cycapsense configuration file. To get the values in the CAPSENSE™ Tuner, which were updated in the CAPSENSE™ Configurator, use the Import option or reopen the CAPSENSE™ Tuner.