Human Interface Solutions Spring 2012 Human Interface Solutions www.microchip.com/humaninterfaceHuman Interface Solutions Adding a modern, intuitive user interface to your design Key Highlights improves its ease-of-use, functionality and aesthetics. Graphics displays, touch interactivity and audio prompts Touch Sensing Solutions add a modern, updated look and feel to any design. Keys & Sliders Longer battery life with eXtreme Low Power MCUs Sensing through metal, plastic or glass High noise immunity and low emissions Lower system cost with broad MCU portfolio Free software library enables easy integration and touch-sensing GUI speeds up development Get started quickly with low cost development kits Touch Screen Controllers Turnkey analog resistive controllers for lowest system cost Highly fl exible projected capacitive solution with Engineering teams that are tasked with creating human low cost MCU implementation interfaces for new or legacy designs need solutions Fully processed and reliable touch coordinates that create a high-impact user interface incorporating Multi-touch and gesture capable the latest in touch sensing and graphical display technologies. These solutions must be easy to integrate Low power solutions with wide operating voltage and lower total system cost. Royalty-free source code solutions with complete starter kits Touch sensing interfaces such as keys/sliders and touch screens are fast becoming an alternative to traditional push button switch user interfaces owing to their many Display Controller Solutions benefitselegant and stylish designs, lower manufacturing Segmented LCD costs achieved by lowering costs of molds, tooling and assembly, and increased reliability via fewer moving Direct drive of inexpensive displays components. Application designers migrating to touch Up to 480 segments sensing interfaces require robust, low-cost and power- Integrated analog for sensor applications like efficient solutions that are easy to integrate. temperature sensing in thermostats Digital displays improve the user interface of just about Integrated touch sensing function any application. Segmented LCDs have historically been Graphical Displays a popular choice of display technology and continue to Up to WVGA (800x480) resolution grow in a variety of medical and industrial applications. In recent years there has been a significant rise in the Up to 24 bit per pixel use of graphical displays such as TFT, OLED and CSTN Free Graphics Library and Graphics Display in consumer, appliance and automotive applications. Designer GUI Users prefer intuitive menus, vivid graphics, touch panel PIC24 DA family features integrated graphics interaction and in some case the ability to interact acceleration and display controller remotely with a system. Designers migrating toward High performance 32-bit MCUs with integrated graphical displays face several challenges such as cost of Ethernet and CAN for remote interfaces components associated with driving the display, complexity Integrated USB OTG and mTouch sensing of software needed for updating graphics, battery life and remote connectivity. Audio Processing Solutions If you are looking to add newer and feature-rich interfaces Generation of tones, alarms and musical notes to your products in an aesthetically pleasing manner, Recording and playback of audio information Microchip has a broad portfolio of solutions that include touch sensing and display technologies. Microchip delivers Graphic equalizer these latest advancements as complete hardware and software solutions to get your design to market faster at a lower total system cost. 2 Microchip Human Interface Solutions www.microchip.com/humaninterface