Analogue, Mixed Signal, LSI


Sensor IC simplifies touch control

1 November 2006 Analogue, Mixed Signal, LSI

Designed to integrate easily and quickly with any capacitive touch interface, Omron's new B6TS 'application ready' sensing IC is said to be highly tolerant of its working environment. It has features such as self-teaching, auto threshold and intelligent filtering to simplify system design and improve performance. The B6TS compensates continuously for long term drift, helping ensure a long service life, and is designed to be EMI tolerant. Omron says the chip is key to designing flexible, responsive and reliable capacitive touch controls in the new generation of consumer brown and white goods and AV equipment, as well as vending machines, lift controls and security access. Capacitive sensing is growing in popularity as an easy to implement, flexible and reliable control interface for a wide range of applications. In consumer electrical goods, controls are normally designed to match the cosmetic appearance, and the B6TS gives designers the freedom to build their own circuits around the sensor chip using their own defined electrode configuration. B6TS comes in 4-, 8-, and 12-channel versions. A touch sensor Smart Installation System evaluation kit or 'B6TWorkbench' allows designers to experiment.



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