SliderWriter
SliderWriter
SliderWriter is a tool for Osmond PCB layout designers to make capacitive buttons and sliders. Chips using this technology are made by many manufacturers. The button patterns can also be used for buttons using carbon impregnated rubber keypads.
SliderWriter
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Some example capacitance sensing chips from various suppliers.
Analog Devices: AD7745, AD7746, AD7747, AD7142, AD7142, AD7156
Atmel: AT42QT1060 (6 keys, LED drive, I/O, I2C)
Cypress Semiconductor: CY8C21234, Cy8C21634
NXP/Freescale: LPC and Kinetis
muRata: PKE05B1
Omron: B6TS-04LT (4 chan, parallel/SPI), B6TS-08LF (8 chan, parallel/SPI), B6TS-16LF (16 chan, parallel/UART)
ST Microelectronics: QST108
Below is a list of links to rubber/elastomer conductive keypad suppliers whose products may work well with SliderWriter button patterns.