Molex Incorporated has partnered with a multinational manufacturer of major appliances to develop capacitive touchpad panels for two high-end Class-A energy saving clothes washers. Molex Incorporated ...

When you look at switching solutions for electronic wearables, your options are limited. With a clever application of conductive fabric and thread, you can cobble together a simple switch, but the ...

San Jose, Ca. – Atmel Corporation has just released to volume production its new maXTouch family of capacitive touchscreen controllers, capable of supporting an unlimited number of unique simultaneous ...

Silicon Laboratories has launched what it says is the industry's lowest power capacitive touch sense microcontrollers. The F99x family features devices with integrated touch sense technology for use ...

Adding capacitive sensing to a consumer or industrial product can be a daunting challenge that requires developers to maintain sensor robustness and responsiveness while minimizing current consumption ...

Atmel has announced the ATA6285 and ATA6286 microcontroller-transmitter ICs with sensor interface for tire pressure monitoring (TPMS) sensor gauge systems. Atmel has announced availability of ATA6285 ...

Capacitive touch sensors are entirely in the domain of DIY, requiring little more than a carefully-chosen conductive surface and a microcontroller. This led [John Phillips] to ask why not embed such ...

Texas Instruments (TI) announced MSP430 FRAM microcontrollers (MCUs) with CapTIvate technology, the world's lowest-power capacitive touch MCUs. The new MSP430FR2633 MCU with CapTIvate technology ...

Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML), a global leader in the development and fabrication of advanced semiconductor solutions, announced today the availability of the new highly-integrated and low-power ...

Now that power consumption and noise immunity are no longer roadblocks, capacitive touch brings significant benefits to smart building products in terms of aesthetics, security, and reliability Now ...