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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, Button, and Radial Slider 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
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Bold |
Emphasizes heading levels, column headings, menus and sub-menus |
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Italics |
Denotes file names and paths. |
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Denotes APIs, functions, interrupt handlers, events, data types, error handlers, file/folder names, directories, command line inputs, code snippets |
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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™ sigma-delta – self-capacitance sensing method
- CAPSENSE – capacitive sensing
- CSD – self-capacitance sensing method
- Configurator – A GUI-based tool used to configure a resource.
- DXF – drawing exchange format
- ISX – inductive sensing method
- PCB – printed circuit board
- PSOC™ – programmable system-on-chip
Reference documents
Refer to the following documents for more information as needed: