What is the main advantage of capacitive sensing? First of all, it detects all kinds of materials - skin, plastic, metal, etc. Secondly, it's a low power human-machine interface solution. And thirdly, everyone knows how to use it, since the whole principle is so intuitive.
Today, TouchKey 3 click enters the scene. Furnished with advanced capacitive sensors, that can be used to sense touch on seven different buttons.
TouchKey 3 click
TouchKey 3 click can be used as a control pad for different IoT and embedded devices. The click is covered with a layer of light blue plastic ( it can detect touch through 5mm of plastic), which makes it more user-friendly and long-lasting.
The Click board™ has seven different sensing channels, a feature that sets it apart from similar tools in the market right now.
TouchKey 3 click carries AT42QT1110 touch sensor. You can configure Microchip's AT42QT1110 in various ways. To learn more about this visit the "How does it work" section of the product page. You'll find information about the pin configuration, read cycles, different operational modes, and more.
So go ahead and start imagining all the ways you can use TouchKey 3 click for your next project.
Future sensing technologies
What comes after touchscreens we are so used to now? Are we going to look at android phones of today and think of them as bulky and unpractical in a few years?
Most probably, yes.
Now that users across the globe are comfortable with touchscreen technologies, advances can come without much hardship.
Motion sensing that follows the movement of your finger, hand or both hands. Gesture recognition will be more widely used as well. Just imagine, you snap your fingers and unlock your phone. You wave at it and you open a specific app. We just need to wait until gesture control can be tracked with enough accuracy, and of course for low-cost solutions in this field.
Or friction generation in the place where you touched the screen - as if you pressed a real physical button.
For more information about TouchKey 3 click, visit the product page.
Yours sincerely,
MikroElektronika