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AN1492

Title	Title Microchip Capacitive Proximity Design Guide
Name	Name AN1492
Date	Date 06/24/2015
Application Categories	Application Categories Functional Enablement / Input & Sensor Interface Sensing
Product Categories	Product Categories 16-bit MCUs dsPIC DSCs
Description	Description This application note describes how to use the Microchip capacitive sensing solution to implement a capacitive-based proximity detector, provide hardware layout guidelines and analyze several factors that can have an impact on the sensitivity.

Development Tools

Title	Part Number	Title
DM160227 LOW COST MTOUCH EVALUATION KIT	DM160227	LOW COST MTOUCH EVALUATION KIT
DM183026-2 ENHANCED MTOUCH CAPACITIVE TOUCH EVALUATION KIT	DM183026-2	ENHANCED MTOUCH CAPACITIVE TOUCH EVALUATION KIT
DM160222 CAP1188 EVALUATION KIT	DM160222	CAP1188 EVALUATION KIT
DM160223 CAP1298 EVALUATION KIT	DM160223	CAP1298 EVALUATION KIT
DM160221 MTCH112 DEVELOPMENT BOARD	DM160221	MTCH112 DEVELOPMENT BOARD
DM160220 MTCH101 DEVELOPMENT BOARD	DM160220	MTCH101 DEVELOPMENT BOARD
DM160229 MTCH108 EVALUATION BOARD	DM160229	MTCH108 EVALUATION BOARD

Title	Product	Title
CAP1106	CAP1106
MTCH112	MTCH112
CAP1166	CAP1166
CAP1208	CAP1208
MTCH101 Basic level touch - Consider MTCH1010/30/60 for robust touch experience	MTCH101	Basic level touch - Consider MTCH1010/30/60 for robust touch experience
CAP1214	CAP1214
CAP1296	CAP1296
CAP1126	CAP1126
CAP1188	CAP1188
CAP1114	CAP1114
CAP1133	CAP1133
CAP1206	CAP1206
CAP1298	CAP1298
CAP1293	CAP1293
CAP1203	CAP1203
PIC16LF1566	PIC16LF1566
PIC16LF1559	PIC16LF1559
PIC16LF1554	PIC16LF1554
PIC16LF1567	PIC16LF1567