Scan Configuration tab [5th gen LP], [5th gen]
Use the
Scan Configuration
tab to distribute the electrodes among the channels, make ganged connection, assign pins and scan slots to each sensor.
5th generation LP CAPSENSE™

5th generation CAPSENSE™

Commands:
Auto-Assign Slots
– Automatically reassigns all slots for sensors based on a widget and sensor order depending on the assigned channel. Locked widgets are not modified.
Multi-pin selection
You can use the multi-pin selection to configure more than one pin assigned to one sensor. The feature supports all sensing methods: CSD, CSX, and ISX (see
Widget Sensing Method [all gen]
) for MSCLP only.

Widgets tree
The
Widgets
tree is used for toggling widgets, capacitors, and shields on the
Widgets configuration pane
.
Summary table
The Summary table visually represents scan slot configuration. The cell color indicates the state of a scan slot:
white – not occupied
red – occupied by more than one sensor
gray – shield or Tx
other – corresponds to the color of the widget, which occupies the slot; green-color shades for CSD widgets and blue-color shades for CSX widgets.
The red color in the index column cell indicates an error in this slot. The tooltip provides a description of the error
Detailed report / Low power detailed report
Detailed Report [5 th gen LP]
,
[5
th
gen]
provides all relevant information about slot assignment of active widgets .
Low power Detailed Report
[5
th
gen LP]
provides all relevant information about slot assignment of Low Power widgets.
Part/Parameter | Description | CAPSENSE™ generation | |
---|---|---|---|
5 th LP | 5 th | ||
Widget | The index of the widget, which sensor is assigned on that slot. | √ | √ |
Node/Sns | The index of the node or sensor assigned to that slot. | √ | √ |
Eltf config | The electrode configuration of the node. | √ | √ |
Sensor clock, kHz | The CSD Sense clock frequency or CSX Tx clock frequency of the widget assigned to that slot. | √ | √ |
Number of conversions | The Number of sub-conversions of the widget assigned to that slot. | √ | √ |
Scan time, us | Time needed to perform a scan of the slot. It does not include:
| √ | √ |
Status | Displays errors if any. The text of the error is shown in the cell’s tooltip. | √ | √ |