{"id":655861,"date":"2010-03-03T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-03T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.directindustry.com\/press\/microchip-technology\/new-kit-makes-it-easy-to-develop-inductive-touch-sensing-designs-23455-337839.html"},"modified":"2010-03-03T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-03-03T06:00:00","slug":"new-kit-makes-it-easy-to-develop-inductive-touch-sensing-designs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/655861","title":{"rendered":"New Kit Makes it Easy to Develop Inductive Touch-Sensing Designs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Microchip Technology Inc., a leading provider of microcontroller and analog semiconductors, today announced the PICDEM&#8482; Inductive Touch Development Kit (part # DM183027), which makes it easy to develop inductive touch-sensing applications using standard 8-, 16- or 32-bit PIC\u00ae microcontrollers (MCUs), or 16-bit dsPIC\u00ae Digital Signal Controller (DSCs). <\/p>\n<p>The kit includes a fully-developed inductive-touch board, complete with embossed metal front panel, source code, schematics and a diagnostic software tool that enables designers to evaluate their application. <\/p>\n<p>Inductive touch sensing&#8217;s fundamental operating principles enable it to work through a front panel, such as plastic, stainless steel or aluminum, providing a completely sealed user interface that works through gloves and on surfaces that contain liquids. <\/p>\n<p>Major applications for inductive touch-sensing user interfaces include those in the appliance market because of the possibility of a stainless-steel front panel; the industrial market because of the technology&#8217;s robustness; and the automotive market because of the technology&#8217;s sleek aesthetics and ability to reduce accidental touch triggers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microchip Technology Inc., a leading provider of microcontroller and analog semiconductors, today announced the PICDEM&#8482; Inductive Touch Development Kit (part # DM183027), which makes it easy to develop inductive touch-sensing applications using standard 8-, 16- or 32-bit PIC\u00ae microcontrollers (MCUs), or 16-bit dsPIC\u00ae Digital Signal Controller (DSCs). The kit includes a fully-developed inductive-touch board, complete [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":288,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4821],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-655861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-2KCp","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/288"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=655861"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655861\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=655861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=655861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=655861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}