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Scope and purpose​

The CAPSENSE™ Tuner is used to tune CAPSENSE™ applications.

Intended audience​

This document helps application developers understand how to use the CAPSENSE™ Tuner as part of creating a ModusToolbox™ application.

Document conventions​

Convention

Explanation

Bold

Emphasizes heading levels, column headings, menus and sub-menus

Italics

Denotes file names and paths.

Monospace

Denotes APIs, functions, interrupt handlers, events, data types, error handlers, file/folder names, directories, command line inputs, code snippets

File > New

Indicates that a cascading sub-menu opens when you select a menu item

Abbreviations and definitions​

The following define the abbreviations and terms used in this document:

  • Application – One or more projects related to each other.

  • CAPSENSE – capacitive sensing

  • Configurator – A GUI-based tool used to configure a resource.

  • CSD – self-capacitance sensing method

  • CSX – CAPSENSE™ Transmit/Receive (CAPSENSE™ with two electrodes: Tx and Rx), mutual capacitance sensing method

  • ISX – inductive sensing method

  • IDE – integrated development environment

  • CSD HW – CAPSENSE™ Sigma Delta – 4

    th

    generation hardware (HW) block

  • MSC HW – multi-sensing converter – 5

    th

    generation hardware (HW) block

  • MSCLP HW – multi-sensing converter low power – 5

    th

    generation LP hardware (HW) block

  • Peripheral – Any external analog or digital device that provides an input and output for the computer.

  • PSOC™ – programmable system-on-chip

  • RTT – real-time transfer

  • SMARTSENSE – Auto-tuning process used for proper functionality and optimized performance of the CAPSENSE™ system.

  • SNR – signal-to-noise ratio

  • Widget – A CAPSENSE™ functional unit consisting of one sensor or a group of similar sensors, implementing a specific higher-level functionality such as Button, Proximity Sensor, Linear Slider, Radial Slider, Matrix Buttons, Touchpad, Low Power, and Liquid Level widget.

Reference documents​

Refer to the following documents for more information as needed: