Microchip Technology mTouch Cap Touch Eval Kit DM183026-2 DM183026-2 User Manual

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DM183026-2
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mTouch™ Advanced Capacitive Evaluation Kits User’s Guide
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To start the mTouch Diagnostic Tool, select  the homonymous item from MPLAB>Tools. 
The GUI child window launches, as shown in Figure 3-1.
FIGURE 3-1:
THE mTOUCH™ SENSING SOLUTION AT START-UP  
(MPLAB
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IDE) 
At the bottom left of the mTouch Diagnostic Tool window is the histogram window, which 
is used to display the status of the individual sensors or channels selected for the 
hardware and subsystem. On the right side of this graph there are multiple sensor 
selection checkboxes. Select the appropriate sensor number so that unused ones are 
removed from the resulting histogram.
On the bottom right there is the status and settings sections of this GUI - which contains 
two tabs - Settings and Touch Status. The Touch Status tab enable visualization of 
the pressed button with the specific Board shape as selected in the Settings tab.
Click the Settings button in the Settings tab to display the window, as shown in 
Figure 3-2.