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.

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.