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Scope and purpose​

The Sensor Designer tool is a standalone software tool included with the ModusToolbox™ software. The tool is used to create and configure Liquid Level and Button sensor designs.


Intended audience​

This document helps application developers understand how to use the Sensor Designer tool as part of 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.

  • CAD – computer-aided design

  • CAPSENSE – capacitive sensing

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

  • DXF – drawing exchange format

  • ISX – inductive sensing method

  • Liquid Level sensor – A sensor that consists of several electrodes and is designed for the liquid level calculation.

  • PCB – printed circuit board

  • PSOC™ – programmable system-on-chip

Reference documents​

Refer to the following documents for more information as needed: