Modular Library - Three Group Example

Introduction

The goal of this tutorial is to show you how to combine different touch configurations into a single project. As of now, this is not possible in START or Harmony 3. For example, combining a mutual-capacitance touchpad with self-capacitance buttons and a mutual-capacitance slider.

Apart from self-capacitance plus mutual-capacitance, it may not be possible to share the same drift rate, max-on-duration, frequency hop parameters, etc., due to different physical locations of the sensors, types of sensor construction, or custom application requirements. In such cases, multiple groups can be used, each having a different set of configurations.

Example Application

For ease of demonstration, all three projects in this exercise use mutual-capacitance buttons.

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Three Configurations

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Procedure

Begin by creating three different projects and verify operation. Then combine as follows:

touch.h

  1. They must all share the same DEF_TOUCH_MEASUREMENT_PERIOD_MS.
  2. Label the parameters of each configuration by appending one, two, and three as needed.
  3. You can copy all three configurations to any one project.
Module touch_set1 touch_set2 touch_set3
Acquisition DEF_SENSOR_TYPE_1 DEF_SENSOR_TYPE_2 DEF_SENSOR_TYPE_3
Acquisition DEF_PTC_CAL_OPTION_1 DEF_PTC_CAL_OPTION_2 DEF_PTC_CAL_OPTION_3
Acquisition DEF_PTC_INTERRUPT_PRIORITY_1 DEF_PTC_INTERRUPT_PRIORITY_2 DEF_PTC_INTERRUPT_PRIORITY_3
Acquisition DEF_PTC_TAU_TARGET_1 DEF_PTC_TAU_TARGET_2 DEF_PTC_TAU_TARGET_3
Acquisition DEF_PTC_CAL_AUTO_TUNE_1 DEF_PTC_CAL_AUTO_TUNE_2 DEF_PTC_CAL_AUTO_TUNE_3
Acquisition DEF_SEL_FREQ_INIT_1 DEF_SEL_FREQ_INIT_2 DEF_SEL_FREQ_INIT_3
Acquisition DEF_NUM_CHANNELS_1 DEF_NUM_CHANNELS_2 DEF_NUM_CHANNELS_3
Acquisition NODE_x_PARAMS_1 NODE_x_PARAMS_2 NODE_x_PARAMS_3
Key DEF_NUM_SENSORS_1 DEF_NUM_SENSORS_2 DEF_NUM_SENSORS_3
Key KEY_x_PARAMS_1 KEY_x_PARAMS_2 KEY_x_PARAMS_3
Key DEF_TOUCH_DET_INT_1 DEF_TOUCH_DET_INT_2 DEF_TOUCH_DET_INT_3
Key DEF_ANTI_TCH_DET_INT_1 DEF_ANTI_TCH_DET_INT_2 DEF_ANTI_TCH_DET_INT_1
Key DEF_ANTI_TCH_RECAL_THRSHLD_1 DEF_ANTI_TCH_RECAL_THRSHLD_2 DEF_ANTI_TCH_RECAL_THRSHLD_3
Key DEF_TCH_DRIFT_RATE_1 DEF_TCH_DRIFT_RATE_2 DEF_TCH_DRIFT_RATE_3
Key DEF_ANTI_TCH_DRIFT_RATE_1 DEF_ANTI_TCH_DRIFT_RATE_2 DEF_ANTI_TCH_DRIFT_RATE_3
Key DEF_DRIFT_HOLD_TIME_1 DEF_DRIFT_HOLD_TIME_2 DEF_DRIFT_HOLD_TIME_3
Key DEF_REBURST_MODE_1 DEF_REBURST_MODE_2 DEF_REBURST_MODE_3
Key DEF_MAX_ON_DURATION_1 DEF_MAX_ON_DURATION_2 DEF_MAX_ON_DURATION_3
Frequency Hop autotune NUM_FREQ_STEPS_1 NUM_FREQ_STEPS_2 NUM_FREQ_STEPS_3
Frequency Hop autotune DEF_MEDIAN_FILTER_FREQUENCIES_1 DEF_MEDIAN_FILTER_FREQUENCIES_2 DEF_MEDIAN_FILTER_FREQUENCIES_3
Frequency Hop autotune DEF_FREQ_AUTOTUNE_ENABLE_1 DEF_FREQ_AUTOTUNE_ENABLE_2 DEF_FREQ_AUTOTUNE_ENABLE_3
Frequency Hop autotune FREQ_AUTOTUNE_MAX_VARIANCE_1 FREQ_AUTOTUNE_MAX_VARIANCE_2 FREQ_AUTOTUNE_MAX_VARIANCE_3
Frequency Hop autotune FREQ_AUTOTUNE_COUNT_IN_1 FREQ_AUTOTUNE_COUNT_IN_2 FREQ_AUTOTUNE_COUNT_IN_3

touch.c

  1. Define a global variable acq_set used for sequencing the three configurations.
  2. Configuration one, two, and three arrays and structures are declared.
  3. touch_sensors_config: all configurations are initialized.
  4. qtm_measure_complete_callback: configuration sequencing takes place with the acquisition index acq_set.
  5. touch_process: execution of the three configurations.
Module touch_set1 touch_set2 touch_set3
Acquisition ptc_qtlib_acq_gen1 ptc_qtlib_acq_gen2 ptc_qtlib_acq_gen3
Acquisition ptc_qtlib_node_stat1 ptc_qtlib_node_stat2 ptc_qtlib_node_stat3
Acquisition ptc_seq_node_cfg1 ptc_seq_node_cfg2 ptc_seq_node_cfg3
Acquisition qtlib_acq_set1 qtlib_acq_set2 qtlib_acq_set3
Key qtlib_key_grp_config_set1 qtlib_key_grp_config_set2 qtlib_key_grp_config_set3
Key qtlib_key_grp_data_set1 qtlib_key_grp_data_set2 qtlib_key_grp_data_set3
Key qtlib_key_data_set1 qtlib_key_data_set2 qtlib_key_data_set3
Key qtlib_key_configs_set1 qtlib_key_configs_set2 qtlib_key_configs_set3
Key qtlib_key_set1 qtlib_key_set2 qtlib_key_set3
Frequency Hop autotune qtm_freq_hop_autotune_config1 qtm_freq_hop_autotune_config2 qtm_freq_hop_autotune_config3
Frequency Hop autotune qtm_freq_hop_autotune_data1 qtm_freq_hop_autotune_data2 qtm_freq_hop_autotune_data3
Frequency Hop autotune qtm_freq_hop_autotune_control1 qtm_freq_hop_autotune_control2 qtm_freq_hop_autotune_control3

Example Project Configuration

Compiler Configuration

  • Release – Production code without project debugging and Data Visualizer
  • Debug – Project debugging without Data Visualizer
  • DataVisualizer – Both project debugging and Data Visualizer enabled

Data Visualizer Flag

  • Flag to enable DEF_TOUCH_DATA_STREAMER_ENABLE is removed from the touch.h file and defined in the project configuration (Project/Properties/Toolchain/AVR/GNU C Compiler/Symbols for Data Visualizer Configuration).

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