Freescale Touch Sensing Solutions

Enabling natural human-machine interfaces

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 Touch Sensing Market Overview

Touch sensing TAM: $10.7B

(CAGR 2007 – 2011: 23.8%*)

► One of the fastest-growing markets for MCUs

► Capacitive sensing products are rapidly penetrating Growth Drivers:
the overall touch sensing technology market • Portable devices
► Expected growth is over $3 billion in 2011* • Low-cost touch screen/panel material
► Touch sensing in mobile phones alone is growing to • Manufacturability
400 million units by 2011* • User interface evolution - IPOD effect

Growth Drivers:
Portable Devices Growth
Low-costTouch
TouchSensing Semiconductor
Screen/Panel Material Demand
Manufacturability
Resistive Capacitive Others
User Interface Evolution - IPOD effect
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2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

*Source: Strategy Analytics and iSuppli

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 Freescale offers a broad portfolio of Touch Sensing Solutions:
Stand alone sensors to highly flexible add-on software for 8-bit MCUs

Touch screens Instrumentation panels

Front panels Building control panels
Medical devices interfaces HVAC controls
Factory
Medical Automation

Multi-media boards HVAC panels

Front panels Central stacks
Touch screens Lighting controls
Steering wheel sensors
Appliances Automotive Driver info and entertainment

Touch screens Keyboards

Front panels Touch screens
Medical device interfaces Touchpads
Mouse/peripherals
Standard & Gaming controls
Handhelds
Multi-Market

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 Touch Sensing Software Suite Key Advantages

Freescale Touch Sensing Software Suite enables any 8-Bit S08 MCU as a touch
sensor, providing cost effective and flexible solutions for Human Machine Interfaces.

Quick and Easy

► TSS simplifies user interface designs, enabling customers to develop an application within 10
minutes from scratch.

Innovative and Reliable

► TSS provides an evolution in user interfaces that avoid mechanical wear and tear, increases the
life time of products, and gives greater flexibility to designers by using the awarded Freescale
MCU portfolio.

Complementary & Green

► TSS is complementary software with low cost development tools, allowing the designer to choose
the best MCU device for their application, and saving them the cost of an extra IC sensor.

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 Freescale New Touch Sensing Solutions

Touch Sensing Software

► Enables 8-bit S08 MCUs as a touch sensor
• Supports up to 64 electrodes
• 1.8 V to 5.5 V operational voltage
• Keypad, slider, rotary, matrix, touch-pads
• Supports multiple communication protocols: I2C, LIN, CAN , SPI, USB
• Have other peripherals working at the same time: LCD, LEDs, buzzer, ADC, other
sensors, and more

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 Application Block Diagram

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 Touch Sensing Software Suite Solution

► Features:
 Configurable rotary, slider, keypad
decoders
 Full API set support
Touch P anel
LED s

IIC
 Smart auto-calibration
M a in M C U
T o u c h S e n s in g mechanisms for environment
B uzzer
hassles
LCD

S o f t w a r e S u it e
 Noise rejection algorithms
 Optimized buffer structure
1 2 3 enabling any arrange of electrodes
 Ability to enable and disable keys
4 5 6
on runtime
7 8 9

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 Auto repeat, stuck-up key, gorilla
0 # hand and other typical HMI
functions
 Capability to coexist with other
application code.
U n d e r d e v e lo p m e n t
C u r r e n tly a v a ila b le

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 Key Benefits of SW vs IC specific

• Flexibility
• Allow for any electrode array combination on the same app.
• Allow the user to configure the electrode GPIOs (any FSL MCU) in any way.

• CPU Usage
• Restrict the execution time to avoid interfering with other running tasks.

•Peripherals Usage
• Utilize the minimum peripherals needed for capacitive sensing
• Allow the user to implement any desired feedback.

• Scheduling
• Leave control of CPU timing and allocation to user

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 C&I Touch sensing product’s features

►Touch Sensing Software (TSS)

• TSS enable almost any Freescale MCU
• Sensor and application in the same MCU
• Best flexibility: User’s experience can be customized

►Touch Capacitive Touch Sensor Controllers

• Independent IC that communicates through I2C with the main MCU
• Low power device to improve battery life
• The designer can setup touch configuration and behavior
• The controller does everything for you
 Noise rejection, Debounce, Auto Calibration, FIFO buffer, IRQ and Auto
repeat.

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 Touch Software Feature List

►Enable almost any Freescale MCU for proximity and touch sensing
capability on your projects
• Support the whole Freescale S08 family
►Allow the use and configuration of any available GPIO pin as an
electrode input (up to 64 electrodes)
►Basic digital signal processing already implemented
• Programmable sampling period
• Adjustable touch threshold setting
• Low pass digital filter
►Actual Touch behavior can be customized for each application

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 Touch Sensing Evaluation Board & Development Tools

► TSSEVB – Full evaluation and development (Resale Price: ~$79)

• Four demo applications included
• Rotary, slider, keypad, matrix, multiplexed, and backlighted
• LCD glass and buzzer
• Serial to USB converter and on board BDM
• Powered over USB or external power supply
• Different thickness overlays

► Learn Quicker, Develop Faster – right out of the box

• In box DVD enhances the experience including:
 Touch Sensing Software Suite
 CodeWarrior 6.2 for microcontrollers
 Access to complimentary GUIs
 Out of the box walkthroughs – get up and running in minutes
 Application examples and application notes

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 Touch GUIs Tools

►Compilation time configuration GUI

►E x e c u tio n tim e T u n in g G U Is

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 Freescale Touch Sensing Solutions Key Benefits

► Allows buttons of various shapes and sizes using the same

device (Freescale owns patents for electrode footprint designs)
► Simple design-in: Only one passive external component required
per electrode
► Enhances reliability by eliminating physical wear and tear of
mechanical buttons
► Gives greater flexibility to product designers
► Reduces overall system cost
► TSS allows any decoder array combination using the same
device among 8-bit portfolio

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 Summary

► Strong and broad portfolio in sensors and microcontroller

solutions with more than 30 years of innovation

► Portfolio balance for consumer, industrial and automotive

with our cost effective touch sensing solutions

► Higher integration from the smallest sensor in the industry

(2 x 2 mm) to high end microcontrollers

► IP ownership beyond capacitive touch sensing

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