ATQT600 Atmel, ATQT600 Datasheet - Page 12

• Manufacturer Part Number: ATQT600
• Description: KIT EVAL TOUCH FOR QT600
• Manufacturer: Atmel
• Series: QTouch™r

Specifications of ATQT600

• Sensor Type: Touch Screen
• Interface: USB
• Embedded: Yes, Other
• Utilized Ic / Part: ATtiny88, ATmega324PA, ATxmega128A1
• Processor To Be Evaluated: ATtiny88, ATmega324, ATxmega128
• Data Bus Width: 8 bit, 16 bit
• Interface Type: USB
• Maximum Operating Temperature: + 85 C
• Minimum Operating Temperature: - 40 C
• Operating Supply Voltage: 1.6 V to 3.6 V
• Silicon Manufacturer: Atmel
• Kit Application Type: Sensor
• Application Sub Type: Touch Sensor
• Kit Contents: USB Bridge, MCU Cards, Touchpad Cards
• Svhc: No SVHC (15-Dec-2010)
• Mcu Supported Families: ATtiny88,
• Rohs Compliant: Yes
• Lead Free Status / RoHS Status: Lead free / RoHS Compliant
• Voltage - Supply: -
• Sensitivity: -
• Sensing Range: -
• Lead Free Status / Rohs Status: Lead free / RoHS Compliant

10620D–AT42–04/09
General Advice
2-2
Figure 2-1.
Figure 2-2.
As a rule, the overall RC time constant of each sensor should be reduced as far as possible, while trying
to preserve at least a 1 k series resistor close to the sensor chip. A good rule-of-thumb is given in
Equation
Equation 2-3. Rule Of Thumb for RC Time Constant
The “Marginal” example in
about 5 time constants.
1. The factor of 5 ensures that each charge-transfer pulse settles to better than 99 percent, leaving just 1 percent of
charge subject to second order effects, such as the Rseries value, chip output drive strength, and so on..
2-3.
Measuring the Charge-transfer Pulses
Good and Bad Charge Pulses
Rseries_total * (Cx + Cp) <= 5 x Tcharge

Where:



Bad
Rseries_total is the total series connection from the sensor chip’s pin to the farthest
point on the sensor.
Cx + Cp represents the total capacitance that the sensor chip detects for the sensor
(that is, the sensor itself plus any parasitic capacitance). Measuring this can be done
for a first order approximation using a commercial capacitance bridge. A more
practical approach is to measure the pulse shapes as described above.
Tcharge varies somewhat from sensor chip to sensor chip, but a good estimate is
1 µs for zero- and one-dimensional sensors, and 2 µs for two-dimensional sensors.
Figure 2-2
represents about 3 time constants; the “Good” example represents
Marginal
(1)
Good
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