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Infineon sensing technologies - robust, intelligent, easy-to-use touch-sensing solutions

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Capacitive and inductive sensing

Infineon's cutting-edge touch-sensing technologies have enabled Infineon to be the market leader in capacitive- and inductive-sensing applications. With industry-leading CAPSENSE? capacitive-sensing and inductive-sensing, we provide sensing solutions that "just work" and deliver the robustness and intelligence that consumer, industrial, automotive, and internet of things (IoT) applications demand.

Inductive sensing

Inductive sensing supports applications that require metal detection or micrometer measurements of metal deflection. Applications that require detection through high-quality metal overlays, water-proofing, rotary and linear encoder functionality, and proximity sensing can leverage this technology.

CAPSENSE? - capacitive sensing

CAPSENSE? capacitive sensing supports applications that require touch buttons, sliders, wheels, trackpads, and touchscreens. It delivers features such as proximity sensing, hover and glove touch, liquid tolerance, and advanced sensing techniques like liquid-level sensing. In addition, CAPSENSE? provides intelligent algorithms that compensate for environmental and manufacturing variations.

Capacitive sensing vs. inductive sensing

Capacitive sensing

Advantages:

  • Provides hybrid sensing (mutual and self-capacitive sensing methods) to enable advanced features such as proximity sensing, hover and glove touch, and liquid tolerance
  • Delivers multi-touch sensing capabilities
  • Enables a low-cost system
  • Enables ease of design in an application

Disadvantages:

  • Not fully waterproof, only liquid-tolerant (rejects water)
  • Easily affected by the environment and surroundings
  • Tuning can be difficult

Inductive sensing

Advantages:?

  • Provides robustness and reliability in harsh environments and surroundings
  • Enables a fully waterproof system
  • Enables underwater capabilities
  • Provides proximity sensing and glove touch

Disadvantages:

  • Complex HW design
  • Complex HW design results in lower yield
  • Tuning can be difficult
Software

Infineon's software delivers easy-to-use tools to get your ideas to market quickly and easily. ModusToolbox? comprises Infineon's latest development tools, including an IDE. PSOC? Creator delivers a game-changing schematic entry design methodology and IDE.

ModusToolbox?

ModusToolbox? was built to make the life of developers easy. It is a collection of easy-to-use software and tools enabling rapid development of Infineon MCUs, covering applications from embedded sense and control to wireless and cloud-connected systems using AIROC? Wi-Fi, AIROC? Bluetooth?, and AIROC? Wi-Fi and combo devices.

PSOC? Creator

PSOC? Creator is an Integrated Design Environment (IDE) that enables concurrent hardware and firmware editing, compiling, and debugging of PSOC? and FM0+ systems. Applications are created using schematic capture and over 150 pre-verified, production-ready peripheral components.

Learn more about ModusToolbox?
Download PSOC? Creator
EZ-Click 2.0

A powerful software tool that enables the development of CAPSENSE? MBR3 solutions. This lightweight Windows GUI-based tool has been improved to make the development of capacitive user interfaces extremely simple and quick. The tool allows you to set up sensor configuration, apply global system properties, monitor real-time sensor output, and run production-line system diagnostics ¨C all in an intuitive, visually-driven tool with absolutely no firmware development required.

CAPSENSE??development kits

CAPSENSE? capacitive-sensing kits

  • CY8CKIT-145-40XX Prototyping Kits
  • CY8CKIT-149 Prototyping Kit
  • CY8CKIT-041-41XX Pioneer Kits
  • CY3280-MBR3 CAPSENSE? MBR3 kit

Inductive sensing kits

  • CY8CKIT-148 pioneer kit

Expansion kits

  • CY8CKIT-024 CAPSENSE? Proximity Shield
  • CY8CKIT-022 CAPSENSE? Liquid Level Sensing Shield
  • CY8CKIT-148-COIL Inductive Sensing Coil Breakout Board
CAPSENSE??development community

Infineon Developer Community is available 24x7 for you to connect and network with engineers across the globe. Get help from Infineon support engineers and members to solve your design challenges anytime, from anywhere, on any topic, and in your preferred language.

Capacitive and inductive sensing

Infineon's cutting-edge touch-sensing technologies have enabled Infineon to be the market leader in capacitive- and inductive-sensing applications. With industry-leading CAPSENSE? capacitive-sensing and inductive-sensing, we provide sensing solutions that "just work" and deliver the robustness and intelligence that consumer, industrial, automotive, and internet of things (IoT) applications demand.

Inductive sensing

Inductive sensing supports applications that require metal detection or micrometer measurements of metal deflection. Applications that require detection through high-quality metal overlays, water-proofing, rotary and linear encoder functionality, and proximity sensing can leverage this technology.

CAPSENSE? - capacitive sensing

CAPSENSE? capacitive sensing supports applications that require touch buttons, sliders, wheels, trackpads, and touchscreens. It delivers features such as proximity sensing, hover and glove touch, liquid tolerance, and advanced sensing techniques like liquid-level sensing. In addition, CAPSENSE? provides intelligent algorithms that compensate for environmental and manufacturing variations.

Capacitive sensing vs. inductive sensing

Capacitive sensing

Advantages:

  • Provides hybrid sensing (mutual and self-capacitive sensing methods) to enable advanced features such as proximity sensing, hover and glove touch, and liquid tolerance
  • Delivers multi-touch sensing capabilities
  • Enables a low-cost system
  • Enables ease of design in an application

Disadvantages:

  • Not fully waterproof, only liquid-tolerant (rejects water)
  • Easily affected by the environment and surroundings
  • Tuning can be difficult

Inductive sensing

Advantages:?

  • Provides robustness and reliability in harsh environments and surroundings
  • Enables a fully waterproof system
  • Enables underwater capabilities
  • Provides proximity sensing and glove touch

Disadvantages:

  • Complex HW design
  • Complex HW design results in lower yield
  • Tuning can be difficult

Software

Infineon's software delivers easy-to-use tools to get your ideas to market quickly and easily. ModusToolbox? comprises Infineon's latest development tools, including an IDE. PSOC? Creator delivers a game-changing schematic entry design methodology and IDE.

ModusToolbox?

ModusToolbox? was built to make the life of developers easy. It is a collection of easy-to-use software and tools enabling rapid development of Infineon MCUs, covering applications from embedded sense and control to wireless and cloud-connected systems using AIROC? Wi-Fi, AIROC? Bluetooth?, and AIROC? Wi-Fi and combo devices.

PSOC? Creator

PSOC? Creator is an Integrated Design Environment (IDE) that enables concurrent hardware and firmware editing, compiling, and debugging of PSOC? and FM0+ systems. Applications are created using schematic capture and over 150 pre-verified, production-ready peripheral components.

Learn more about ModusToolbox?
Download PSOC? Creator

EZ-Click 2.0

A powerful software tool that enables the development of CAPSENSE? MBR3 solutions. This lightweight Windows GUI-based tool has been improved to make the development of capacitive user interfaces extremely simple and quick. The tool allows you to set up sensor configuration, apply global system properties, monitor real-time sensor output, and run production-line system diagnostics ¨C all in an intuitive, visually-driven tool with absolutely no firmware development required.

CAPSENSE??development kits

CAPSENSE? capacitive-sensing kits

  • CY8CKIT-145-40XX Prototyping Kits
  • CY8CKIT-149 Prototyping Kit
  • CY8CKIT-041-41XX Pioneer Kits
  • CY3280-MBR3 CAPSENSE? MBR3 kit

Inductive sensing kits

  • CY8CKIT-148 pioneer kit

Expansion kits

  • CY8CKIT-024 CAPSENSE? Proximity Shield
  • CY8CKIT-022 CAPSENSE? Liquid Level Sensing Shield
  • CY8CKIT-148-COIL Inductive Sensing Coil Breakout Board

CAPSENSE??development community

Infineon Developer Community is available 24x7 for you to connect and network with engineers across the globe. Get help from Infineon support engineers and members to solve your design challenges anytime, from anywhere, on any topic, and in your preferred language.

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