Texas Instruments 430BOOST-SENSE1 User Manual

Capacitive touch boosterpack for the launchpad

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430BOOST-SENSE1 - Capacitive Touch
BoosterPack for the LaunchPad
User's Guide
Literature Number: SLAU337A
April 2011 – Revised September 2011

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  • Page 1 430BOOST-SENSE1 - Capacitive Touch BoosterPack for the LaunchPad User's Guide Literature Number: SLAU337A April 2011 – Revised September 2011...
  • Page 2 SLAU337A – April 2011 – Revised September 2011 Submit Documentation Feedback Copyright © 2011, Texas Instruments Incorporated...
  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents ............................Preface ....................430BOOST-SENSE1 Overview ........................Overview ......................Kit Contents ............Getting Started With 430BOOST-SENSE1 BoosterPack ....................Hardware Preparation ....................Software Preparation .................. Capacitive Touch User Experience ................Capacitive Touch BoosterPack Hardware ....................... Driving the LEDs .................... Capacitive Touch Sensors ........
  • Page 4 Capacitive Touch BoosterPack Layout, Top Layer ..........Capacitive Touch BoosterPack Layout, Bottom Layer and Silkscreen List of Tables ....................BoosterPack Interface ......................Bill of Materials SLAU337A – April 2011 – Revised September 2011 List of Figures Submit Documentation Feedback Copyright © 2011, Texas Instruments Incorporated...
  • Page 5: Preface

    If You Need Assistance If you have any feedback or questions, support for MSP430 devices, the MSP-EXP430G2 LaunchPad, and the 430BOOST-SENSE1 Capacitive Touch BoosterPack for the LaunchPad is provided by the Texas Instruments Product Information Center (PIC) and the TI E2E Forum (https://community.ti.com/forums/12.aspx).
  • Page 6 SLAU337A – April 2011 – Revised September 2011 Read This First Submit Documentation Feedback Copyright © 2011, Texas Instruments Incorporated...
  • Page 7: 430Boost-Sense1 Overview

    430BOOST-SENSE1 - Capacitive Touch BoosterPack for the LaunchPad 430BOOST-SENSE1 Overview Overview The 430BOOST-SENSE1 Capacitive Touch BoosterPack is the first extension module for the MSP-EXP430G2 MSP430 LaunchPad Value Line Development Kit (see Figure 1). Extension modules such as this one, designed specifically for the LaunchPad, are called BoosterPacks, and each features an application example for one of the MSP430 Value Line devices.
  • Page 8: Kit Contents

    This device is a low-power 16-bit microcontroller with an 8-channel 10-bit ADC, comparator, universal serial interface that supports SPI and I2C, 8kB flash memory, and 256B RAM memory SLAU337A – April 2011 – Revised September 2011 430BOOST-SENSE1 - Capacitive Touch BoosterPack for the LaunchPad Submit Documentation Feedback Copyright © 2011, Texas Instruments Incorporated...
  • Page 9: Getting Started With 430Boost-Sense1 Boosterpack

    Section 5. Connect the Capacitive Sense BoosterPack board to the LaunchPad with proper orientation by ensuring that the Texas Instruments logo and the text on the BoosterPack are in the same direction as the text and logo on the Launchpad.
  • Page 10: Capacitive Touch User Experience

    5. After a short time of no capacitive touch activity, the board returns to sleep mode. Only the center LED stays on. 6. Go back to step 2 to re-enable the application active mode. SLAU337A – April 2011 – Revised September 2011 430BOOST-SENSE1 - Capacitive Touch BoosterPack for the LaunchPad Submit Documentation Feedback Copyright © 2011, Texas Instruments Incorporated...
  • Page 11: Pc Gui Looking For Launchpad

    The 'Wheel Tap' is represented by lighting up a single slice on the wheel and displaying the field number on the top left corner of the PC GUI. SLAU337A – April 2011 – Revised September 2011 430BOOST-SENSE1 - Capacitive Touch BoosterPack for the LaunchPad Submit Documentation Feedback Copyright © 2011, Texas Instruments Incorporated...
  • Page 12: Pc Gui In Active Mode

    Using the wheel, a hidden mode can be unlocked. Input the correct sequence (similar to a rotational combination lock) to reveal a secret. SLAU337A – April 2011 – Revised September 2011 430BOOST-SENSE1 - Capacitive Touch BoosterPack for the LaunchPad Submit Documentation Feedback...
  • Page 13 Windows PCs have the .Net runtime library installed, a new or reinstall of the library might be necessary. SLAU337A – April 2011 – Revised September 2011 430BOOST-SENSE1 - Capacitive Touch BoosterPack for the LaunchPad Submit Documentation Feedback Copyright © 2011, Texas Instruments Incorporated...
  • Page 14: Capacitive Touch Boosterpack Hardware

    Oscillator output, not connected to BoosterPack P2.7/XIN Oscillator input, not connected to BoosterPack Supply ground 430BOOST-SENSE1 - Capacitive Touch BoosterPack for the LaunchPad SLAU337A – April 2011 – Revised September 2011 Submit Documentation Feedback Copyright © 2011, Texas Instruments Incorporated...
  • Page 15: Driving The Leds

    LEDs, due to the shared CPU and timer resources utilized by the Capacitive Touch Sense Library [7] functions and the UART transmissions. Figure 8. Driving LEDs SLAU337A – April 2011 – Revised September 2011 430BOOST-SENSE1 - Capacitive Touch BoosterPack for the LaunchPad Submit Documentation Feedback Copyright © 2011, Texas Instruments Incorporated...
  • Page 16: Capacitive Touch Sensors

    Resistors R10 to R15 must be populated with a resistor to realize a RC discharge that can be measured with a timer. SLAU337A – April 2011 – Revised September 2011 430BOOST-SENSE1 - Capacitive Touch BoosterPack for the LaunchPad Submit Documentation Feedback Copyright © 2011, Texas Instruments Incorporated...
  • Page 17: Launchpad Capacitive Touch Boosterpack User Experience Firmware

    The workspace should be in an independent folder, not containing or contained by the project/package folder. SLAU337A – April 2011 – Revised September 2011 430BOOST-SENSE1 - Capacitive Touch BoosterPack for the LaunchPad Submit Documentation Feedback Copyright © 2011, Texas Instruments Incorporated...
  • Page 18: Capacitive Touch Sense Library

    The calibration values for each element are recorded in the element structure in the file structure.c. SLAU337A – April 2011 – Revised September 2011 430BOOST-SENSE1 - Capacitive Touch BoosterPack for the LaunchPad Submit Documentation Feedback Copyright © 2011, Texas Instruments Incorporated...
  • Page 19 For more information on the library, see the Capacitive Touch Sense Library User's Guide (SLAA490). SLAU337A – April 2011 – Revised September 2011 430BOOST-SENSE1 - Capacitive Touch BoosterPack for the LaunchPad Submit Documentation Feedback Copyright © 2011, Texas Instruments Incorporated...
  • Page 20: Launchpad Capacitive Touch Boosterpack User Experience Software

    When modifying the MediaPad source code, Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package (included in any version of Visual Studio 2010) (available at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads) is required. SLAU337A – April 2011 – Revised September 2011 430BOOST-SENSE1 - Capacitive Touch BoosterPack for the LaunchPad Submit Documentation Feedback Copyright © 2011, Texas Instruments Incorporated...
  • Page 21: Uart Communication Protocol

    The PC application can receive and decipher the UART information to translate it into appropriate actions. SLAU337A – April 2011 – Revised September 2011 430BOOST-SENSE1 - Capacitive Touch BoosterPack for the LaunchPad Submit Documentation Feedback Copyright © 2011, Texas Instruments Incorporated...
  • Page 22: Frequently Asked Questions (Faq), Tips, And Tricks

    The primary sources of MSP430 information are the device-specific data sheets and user's guides. The most up-to-date versions of the documents can be found at the Texas Instruments MSP430 web page. [1] All MSP430 LaunchPad and BoosterPack information can be found at the MSP430 LaunchPad wiki. [2] The MSP430 LaunchPad and Value Line devices are supported in the latest versions of Code Composer Studio [3] and IAR Embedded Workbench [4].
  • Page 23: Schematics And Pcb Layout

    Schematics and PCB Layout www.ti.com Schematics and PCB Layout Schematics Figure 10. Capacitive Touch BoosterPack Schematic SLAU337A – April 2011 – Revised September 2011 430BOOST-SENSE1 - Capacitive Touch BoosterPack for the LaunchPad Submit Documentation Feedback Copyright © 2011, Texas Instruments Incorporated...
  • Page 24: Pcb Layout

    LED white round diffused 1206 J1, J2 Female header SSM-110-L-SV 2.54 mm R10 to R15 SMD0603 resistor (not populated) SLAU337A – April 2011 – Revised September 2011 430BOOST-SENSE1 - Capacitive Touch BoosterPack for the LaunchPad Submit Documentation Feedback Copyright © 2011, Texas Instruments Incorporated...
  • Page 25: Revision History

    Clarified import instructions in Section 4.1 NOTE: Page numbers for previous revisions may differ from page numbers in the current version. SLAU337A – April 2011 – Revised September 2011 Revision History Submit Documentation Feedback Copyright © 2011, Texas Instruments Incorporated...
  • Page 26 IMPORTANT NOTICE Texas Instruments Incorporated and its subsidiaries (TI) reserve the right to make corrections, modifications, enhancements, improvements, and other changes to its products and services at any time and to discontinue any product or service without notice. Customers should obtain the latest relevant information before placing orders and should verify that such information is current and complete.
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