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Microchip announces industry's lowest power projected-capacitive touch controllers

MTCH6102 enables fast, cost-effective, low-power designs for modern human interface
28 March 2014, New Delhi, India N!"D!#$ M%&'( ) Microchip Technology Inc., a leading provider of

microcontroller, mixed-signal, analog and Flash-IP solutions, has announced a new family of projected-capacitive touch controllers the M*%&+102, with industry-leading low-power performance. These turn!ey projected-

capacitive controllers ma!e it easy for designers to add contemporary touch and gesture interface designs to costsensitive applications. This MT"#$%&' facilitates design integration of capacitive scanning for touchscreens and touchpads including %% single-finger gestures to swipe, scroll or dou(le tap. The MT"#$%&' ena(les flexi(le, scala(le solutions to support P"), IT* or FP" sensors up to %+ channels. It supports cover lenses up to , mm plastic and + mm glass and configura(le sleep-idle frame rates to optimise for most power (udgets with active mode as low as %' ./. Microchip offers its free "onfiguration 0tility to allow designers to ma!e fast customisations. Microchip also provides designers with the firmware li(rary for further optimisation and control if needed. The MT"#$%&' family serves a wide range of applications in the consumer-electronic 1e.g., remote controls, gaming devices, weara(le devices such as headphones, watches, fitness wrist(ands, and trac! pads2, and automotive mar!ets 1e.g., automotive interior controls and control panels2, among others. 3Microchip4s turn!ey, low-cost controller offers the lowest power projected-capacitive touch solution in the industry to maximise (attery life in cost-sensitive applications,3 said Fanie 5uvenhage, director of Microchip4s #uman-Machine Interface 5ivision. 3The MT"#$%&' provides developers with a flexi(le touch-sensing solution for smaller touch areas to optimise common constraints of si6e, power and cost that are critical to applications such as weara(le devices, remote controls, gaming devices and trac! pads.3 Develop,ent "upport The MT"#$%&' is supported (y Microchip4s -ow-'ower 'rojected-%apacitive *ouch 'ad Develop,ent
.it 1part 7 5M%$&'%82, and is availa(le to order today.

!vaila/ility The MT"#$%&' is availa(le for production orders today. It is supplied in %&,&&&-unit 9uantities. For additional information, contact any Microchip sales representative or authorised worldwide distri(utor, or visit

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