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New family of maXTouch® touchscreen
controllers designed for large-screen
automotive HMI designs
Microchip announces a new family of maXTouch®
touchscreen controllers. The MXT1665T-A family of
automotive-qualified touchscreen controllers is designed
for large-screen automotive Human Machine Interface
(HMI) designs. The technology brings multi-touch HMI,
such as that experienced on a mobile phone, to car
drivers and passengers on screen sizes from 8 to 15
inches.
The MXT1665T-A family features Microchip’s adaptive
touch technology that uses self-capacitive touch as well
as mutual-capacitive touch scanning. This combination
provides a multi-touch experience even through thick
cover lenses, thick gloves or in the presence of moisture
and water. The product family is fully AEC Q100-
qualified to address the unique needs of automotive
system designs.
The family complements the successful MXT641T-A
family of products and shares many of the same
features developed for the automotive industry. It also
supports larger screen sizes above 10 inches in addition
to smaller multi-finger pinch separation.
The wide range of screen size options within Microchip’s
touchscreen controller families enables greater
scalability and helps to shorten design time as well as
lower system and development costs.
The MXT1665T-A family consists of three controllers:
the MXT1665T-A supports 1664 touch-node sensors;
the MXT1189-A supports 1188 touch-node sensors;
and the MXT799T-A with support for 798 touch-node
sensors.
A designated evaluation kit is available for each of the
parts in the MXT1665T-A family. Each kit includes a
PCB with maXTouch controller; a touch sensor on a
glass/plastic lens; the FPC to connect to the sensor
display; a converter PCB to connect this kit to the PC
via USB; and cables, software and documentation. The
controllers are also compatible with maXTouch Studio,
a full software development environment to support the
evaluation of maXTouch.
All the devices in the MXT1665T-A family are available
now for sampling and volume production in a LQFP176
package.
For more information, visit Microchip’s Web site at:
Renesas Electronics Unveils the Renesas
Autonomy™, Open, Innovative and Trusted
Platform to Further Extend its Commitment to
ADAS and Automated Driving
Delivers Total End-to End Solution that Scales from Cloud
to Sensing and Vehicle Control
– The First Rollout of Renesas Autonomy Product,
the R-Car V3M System-On-Chip, Provides Cutting
Edge Capabilities for Smart Cameras Targeting NCAP
Regulations
Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE: 6723), a premier
supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, today
announced the launch of Renesas autonomy™, a new
advanced driving assistance systems (ADAS) and
automated driving platform. As the first rollout under its
groundbreaking Renesas autonomy Platform, Renesas
released the R-Car V3M high-performance image
recognition system-on-chip (SoC) optimized primarily for
use in smart camera applications, as well as surround
view systems or even lidars. The new R-Car V3M SoC
complies with the ISO26262 functional safety standard,
delivers low-power hardware acceleration for vision
processing, and is equipped with a built-in image signal
processor (ISP), freeing up board space and reducing
system manufacturers’ system costs.
Renesas will exhibit its first Renesas autonomy
demonstrator, developed based on the new R-Car V3M
SoC, at DevCon Japan to be held in Tokyo Japan on April
11, 2017.
About the Renesas autonomy Platform
Vehicles in the autonomous driving era will be required to
sense the environment, control the vehicle, and conduct
synchronized communications with the cloud. Awide range
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