Inductive touch sensing’s fundamental operating principles enable it to work through a front panel such as plastic, stainless steel or aluminum. The technology also works through gloves and on surfaces that contain liquids. With the new mTouch Inductive Touch-Sensing Technology, Microchip enables designers to integrate inductive touch sensing functionality with their existing application code in a single standard 8-, 16- or 32-bit PIC microcontroller (MCU) or 16-bit dsPIC Digital Signal Controller (DSC), thus reducing total system costs.

Touch sensing continues to gain traction as an alternative to traditional push-button user interfaces, which improves reliability and lowers total system costs. Touch sensing also enables a completely sealed and modern-looking design. Major applications for inductive touch-sensing user interfaces include those in the appliance market because of the possibility of a stainless steel front panel; the industrial market because of the technology’s robustness; and the automotive market because of the technology’s sleek aesthetics and ability to reduce accidental touch triggers.

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