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Within any given day I touch at least 40 buttons— not including my work keyboard— to get myself to and from the office. So it got me thinking, what if all these buttons—the ones used to start my car and turn my coffee on—were capacitive touch and proximity sensing? Is it possible to replace all the buttons in my life?
There would be challenges. Capacitive sensing needs to work reliably with different mechanical designs. Some of these challenges would be:
But what if there was a solution that answered all those challenges? What if our world could get rid of those sticky buttons? Well that future is a lot closer than anyone may think. We can finally touch the revolution with MSP430™ microcontrollers with CapTIvate™ technology.
So we know it is possible to replace all the buttons, but what would the benefits be, besides no longer having sticky buttons?
Visit the links below to learn more about MSP microcontrollers with CapTIvate technology and start designing your next capacitive touch solution today.
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