sx8636 Semtech Corporation, sx8636 Datasheet - Page 17

• Manufacturer Part Number: sx8636
• Description: Low Power, Capacitive Button Touch Controller 8 Sensors With Enhanced Led Drivers And Proximity Sensing
• Manufacturer: Semtech Corporation

ADVANCED COMMUNICATIONS & SENSING
3.9 Processing
The first processing step of the raw ticks, coming out of the ASI, is low pass filtering to obtain an estimation of the
average capacitance: tick-ave (see Figure 12).
This slowly varying average is important in the detection of slowly changing environmental changes.
The difference of the tick average and the raw ticks, tick-diff, is a good estimation of rapid changing input
capacitances.
The tick-diff, tick-ave and the configuration parameters in the SPM are then processed and determines the sensor
information, I2C registers status and PWM control.
3.10 Configuration
Figure 13 shows the building blocks used for configuring the SX8636.
The default configuration parameters of the SX8636 are stored in the Quick Start Memory (QSM). This
configuration data is setup to a very common application for the SX8636 with eight buttons. Without any
programming or host interaction the SX8636 will startup in the Quick Start Application.
Revision 7_5, September 10
ASI
processing
compensation DCV
ticks (raw)
low pass
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Low Power, Capacitive Button Touch Controller (8 sensors)
Figure 13
Figure 12
with Enhanced LED Drivers and Proximity Sensing
tick-ave
tick-diff
Configuration
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Processing
processing
SPM
PWM LED
controller
controller
GPIO
I2C
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