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TouchKey 2 click  has four capacitive pads powered by Microchip's  ATtiny817... more
Product information "TouchKey 2 click"

TouchKey 2 click has four capacitive pads powered by Microchip's ATtiny817 which has an integrated touch QTouch® controller. The click is designed to run on a 3.3V power supply. The four LEDs onboard the click indicate when the Key (Pad) is pressed. TouchKey 2 click communicates with the target microcontroller over UART interface (SPI interface is optional).

High moisture tolerance

You can use TouchKey 2 click in all kinds of conditions, without fearing something will happen to it due to moisture and water droplets falling on it.

The plastic overlay on the TouchKey 2 click protects the board from moisture. Thanks to this feature the electronic components are safe. The ATtiny817 has a driven shield for improved moisture and noise handling performance.

ATtiny817 features

Microchip's ATtiny817 is a microcontroller that uses an 8-bit AVR® processor with hardware multiplier, running at up to 20MHz and with up to 8KB Flash, 512 bytes of SRAM and 128 bytes of EEPROM.

ATtiny817 uses the latest technologies from Microchip with a flexible and low power architecture including Event System and SleepWalking, accurate analog features and advanced peripherals.

Capacitive touch interfaces with proximity sensing and driven shield are supported with the integrated QTouch® peripheral touch controller.

The module supports wake-up on touch from power-save sleep mode.

Button features

Capacitive buttons can be toggled even when placed under a layer of glass or paper.

How it works

There are four LEDs for four touch keys. If key A is pressed LED_A is ON, etc. In addition, there is UART communication between ATtiny817 and main MCU.

Note: The header onboard the TouchKey 2 click can be used for device programming. Current firmware sends data packets via UART (on which the demo example in our library is based). SPI communication is possible with firmware modifications. 

Specifications

Type Capacitive
Applications A replacement for mechanical buttons
On-board modules ATtiny817 from Microchip
Key Features Four capacitive touch pads, 3.3V power supply, protective plastic overlay
Key Benefits High moisture tolerance
Interface GPIO,SPI,UART
Input Voltage 3.3V
Compatibility mikroBUS
Click board size L (57.15 x 25.4 mm)

Pinout diagram

This table shows how the pinout on TouchKey 2 click corresponds to the pinout on the mikroBUS™ socket (the latter shown in the two middle columns).

NotesPinMikrobus logo.pngPinNotes
  NC 1 AN PWM 16 NC  
Reset PC5_TARGET_RESET 2 RST INT 15 NC  
SPI Chip Select PC3_SPI_SS 3 CS TX 14 PA1_UART_TXD UART transmit
SPI Clock PC0_SPI_SCK 4 SCK RX 13 PA2_UART_TXD UART receive
SPI Master Input Slave Output PC1_SPI_MISO 5 MISO SCL 12 NC  
SPI Master Output Slave Input PC2_SPI_MOSI 6 MOSI SDA 11 NC  
Power supply +3.3V 7 3.3V 5V 10 NC  
Ground GND 8 GND GND 9 GND Ground

Buttons and LEDs

DesignatorNameType (LED, BUTTON…)Description
PWR PWR LED Power Supply Indication LED.
LD1 A LED Key A Press Indication LED
LD2 B LED Key B Press Indication LED
LD3 C LED Key C Press Indication LED
LD4 D LED Key D Press Indication LED
J1 PDI Header Programming header

Maximum ratings

DescriptionMinTypMaxUnit
Power Supply Voltage -0.5 3.3 6 V
Current into VDD pin   100 200 mA
Reset pin Voltage -0.5 3.3 13 V
I/O pin sink/source Current -40   40 mA

Programming

Code examples for TouchKey 2 click, written for MikroElektronika hardware and compilers are available on Libstock.

This code snippet initializes the MCU and display, and in an endless loop recognizes which key is being pressed. The key that was touched last is shown on the display.

01 void main( void )
02 {
03     system_init();
04     display_init();
05
06     TFT_Set_Font( &HandelGothic_BT21x22_Regular, CL_RED, FO_HORIZONTAL );
07     TFT_Write_Text( "Press Any On-board Key", 50, 120 );
08
09     while( true )
10     {
11         // Key A has been pressed
12         if( key_A_pressed && old_key != KEY_A )
13         {
14             display_key( "A", CL_RED );
15             key_A_pressed = false;
16             old_key = KEY_A;
17         }
18         // Key B has been pressed
19         else if( key_B_pressed && old_key != KEY_B )
20         {
21             display_key( "B", CL_GREEN );
22             key_B_pressed = false;
23             old_key = KEY_B;
24         }
25         // Key C has been pressed
26         else if( key_C_pressed && old_key != KEY_C )
27         {
28             display_key( "C", CL_BLUE );
29             key_C_pressed = false;
30             old_key = KEY_C;
31         }
32         // Key D has been pressed
33         else if( key_D_pressed && old_key != KEY_D )
34         {
35             display_key( "D", CL_PURPLE );
36             key_D_pressed = false;
37             old_key = KEY_D;
38         }
39     }
40 }

 

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