Kit Hardware ................................11 Board Details ............................... 11 Theory of Operation ............................. 13 2.2.1 Principle of Capacitive Proximity Sensing ....................13 2.2.2 CY8CKIT-024 System ..........................14 Functional Description ............................14 2.3.1 Sensor Pattern ............................14 2.3.2 Arduino-Compatible Headers ......................... 16 2.3.3...
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Safety Information The CapSense® Proximity Shield Kit (CY8CKIT-024) is intended for use as a hardware or software development platform in a laboratory environment. This product is an open-system design, which does not include a shielded enclosure, so it may cause interference with other electrical or electronic devices in close proximity. In a domestic environment, this product may cause radio interference.
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(any unpainted metal surface) on the board when handling these parts. Handling Boards CY8CKIT-024 boards are sensitive to ESD. Hold the board only by its edges. Do not slide the board over any surface ® CY8CKIT-024 CapSense Proximity Shield Kit Guide, Doc. No. 001-92568 Rev. *B Arrow.com. Arrow.com. Arrow.com.
1. Introduction Thank you for your interest in the CapSense Proximity Shield Kit (CY8CKIT-024). This kit is intended to demonstrate the ® proximity-sensing capabilities of the CapSense technology in Cypress’s PSoC products. This kit supports the following proximity-sensing features: ...
Figure 1-2 Figure 1-3 show how the CY8CKIT-024 kit connects to the CY8CKIT-040 CY8CKIT-042 kits respectively. Figure 1-2: CY8CKIT-024 Connected to CY8CKIT-040 Figure 1-3: CY8CKIT-024 Connected to CY8CKIT-042 You can purchase the CY8CKIT-040 kit from http://www.cypress.com/CY8CKIT-040 and the CY8CKIT-042 kit from http://www.cypress.com/CY8CKIT-042.
Displays commands, menu paths, and icon names in procedures: Click the File icon and then click Open. Times New Roman Displays an equation: 2 + 2 = 4 ® CY8CKIT-024 CapSense Proximity Shield Kit Guide, Doc. No. 001-92568 Rev. *B Arrow.com. Arrow.com. Arrow.com. Arrow.com.
Driven-shield pin on Arduino-compatible headers for large proximity-sensing distance/liquid tolerance Figure 2-1 through Figure 2-3 show the bottom and top views of CY8CKIT-024. Figure 2-1: Bottom View of CY8CKIT-024 ® CY8CKIT-024 CapSense Proximity Shield Kit Guide, Doc. No. 001-92568 Rev. *B Arrow.com.
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Kit Hardware Figure 2-2: Top View of CY8CKIT-024 Figure 2-3: Top View of CY8CKIT-024 Without Overlay Note that CY8CKIT-024 is shipped with the overlay stuck on the board. Figure 2-3 is provided only to show the proximity sensors’ location on the kit.
Kit Hardware 2.2 Theory of Operation This section provides a high-level description of the principle of proximity sensing and describes where the CY8CKIT-024 kit and PSoC devices fit in a capacitive proximity-sensing system. 2.2.1 Principle of Capacitive Proximity Sensing Capacitive proximity sensors are conductive (usually copper/indium tin oxide) pads or traces laid on a nonconductive material like PCB or glass.
CapSense block, the PSoC MCU determines the presence of a target object, like a hand, and correspondingly drives the LEDs on CY8CKIT-024. You can program the PSoC device on the baseboard through the onboard KitProg hardware, which communicates to the...
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PS1 does, the hand must be moving from right to left. Refer to for more details on the gesture detection algorithm. Figure 2-8: Left-to-Right Gesture ® CY8CKIT-024 CapSense Proximity Shield Kit Guide, Doc. No. 001-92568 Rev. *B Arrow.com. Arrow.com. Arrow.com.
Figure 2-12 shows the C TANK TANK connection to the J2 Arduino header. Figure 2-12: C Connection to J2 Arduino Header TANK ® CY8CKIT-024 CapSense Proximity Shield Kit Guide, Doc. No. 001-92568 Rev. *B Arrow.com. Arrow.com. Arrow.com. Arrow.com. Arrow.com. Arrow.com. Arrow.com.
(as Figure 2-13 shows) before connecting CY8CKIT-024 CY8CKIT-040. This is because J14 connects pin P0[2], that is, the C pin on CY8CKIT-024, to an RGB LED on TANK CY8CKIT-040, which must not be connected when C is used. TANK...
CY8CKIT-024 can be used with Cypress PSoC Pioneer Kits to evaluate the proximity-sensing capabilities of CapSense in Cypress PSoC products. AN92239 contains the example projects that demonstrate the following features of CY8CKIT-024: Large proximity-sensing distance (approximately 10 cm) ...
Cypress recommends that you create a Technical Support Case for getting schematics and Layouts of CapSense designs reviewed with Cypress. Go to the webpage, http://www.cypress.com/techsupport, for creating a tech support case. ® CY8CKIT-024 CapSense Proximity Shield Kit Guide, Doc. No. 001-92568 Rev. *B Arrow.com.
Revision History Document Revision History ® Document Title: CY8CKIT-024 CapSense Proximity Shield Kit Guide Doc. No. 001-92568 Revision Issue Date Origin of Change Description of Change 07/30/2014 PRIA New Application Note for Web 05/26/2017 AESATMP9 Updated logo and copyright. ®...
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