With this expansion of the PSOC™ 4 family, Infineon brings multi-sense capabilities together in a single microcontroller – including the latest CAPSENSE™ generation, proprietary inductive sensing, and advanced liquid detection with AI-based signal processing. The new platform enables capacitive, inductive, and liquid-based sensing with a single device, making it ideal for modern, compact, and robust designs. The integration of features such as Hover Touch and Touch-over-Metal reduces hardware complexity, while the fifth generation of CAPSENSE™ with “always-on” technology reduces power consumption by a factor of 10.
The associated PSOC™ 4000T Multi-Sense Prototyping Kit, the CY8CPROTO‑040T‑MS Kit, enables fast and modular evaluation of capacitive, inductive, and contactless sensor technology based on the fifth generation of Infineon's CAPSENSE™ technology. Combining low-power architecture, versatile sensor support, and seamless integration into the ModusToolbox™, the kit is ideal for developing energy-efficient HMI and IoT applications. Developers benefit from a flexible prototyping environment that significantly accelerates the validation of innovative user interfaces. The evaluation kit is divided into several daughter boards and a control board: The daughter boards consist of two touch-over-metal boards, an FPC for level measurement with a container, and a Hover Touch with multiple buttons.
Benefits at a glance:
- 32-bit MCU subsystem
- Up to 64 KB of flash with read accelerator
- Up to 8 KB of SRAM
- 16 sensor inputs
- Up to 16 self-capacitive inputs
- Up to 64 mutual-capacitive inputs
- Up to 8 inductive inputs
- Up to 21 programmable pins
- Two 16 bit-time/counter/pulse-width modulator (TCPWM) blocks
- Two configurable serial communication blocks (SCBs) to support I2C, SPI or UART interface
- Operating Voltage: 1.71 V to 5.5 V
- Deep sleep mode at 6 µA through “Always-on” sensing
- Active touch detection and tracking at 200 µA (average)
- AI/ML-based liquid detection with up to 10-bit resolution
- Hover touch function for contactless input
- Software and package compatible with existing PSOC™ 4 designs
Application examples:
- Household & health appliances:
- Robust touch interfaces on metal or under water (e.g., wearables, kitchen appliances)
- Liquid monitoring in household appliances (e.g., washing machines, fully automatic coffee machines)
- Control panels with hover touch (e.g., cooktops, medical devices)
- Energy-efficient always-on applications (e.g., IoT sensors, smart home)
- Combined HMI and sensor systems with reduced component count
- Building security systems
- Industrial equipment
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