Touchpad 5 Click

Touchpad 5 Click is a compact add-on board that easily integrates projected capacitive touch into user's applications. This board features the IQS550, a projected capacitive touch and proximity trackpad/touchscreen controller from Azoteq.

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Click library

• Author : Stefan Popovic
• Date : Apr 2022.
• Type : I2C type

Software Support

We provide a library for the Touchpad 5 Click as well as a demo application (example), developed using MikroElektronika compilers. The demo can run on all the main MikroElektronika development boards.

Package can be downloaded/installed directly from NECTO Studio Package Manager(recommended way), downloaded from our LibStock™ or found on Mikroe github account.

Library Description

This library contains API for Touchpad 5 Click driver.

Standard key functions :

• touchpad5_cfg_setup Config Object Initialization function.

  void touchpad5_cfg_setup ( touchpad5_cfg_t *cfg );

• touchpad5_init Initialization function.

  err_t touchpad5_init ( touchpad5_t *ctx, touchpad5_cfg_t *cfg );

• touchpad5_default_cfg Click Default Configuration function.

  err_t touchpad5_default_cfg ( touchpad5_t *ctx );

Example key functions :

• touchpad5_get_touch This function get touch XY data.

  err_t touchpad5_get_touch( touchpad5_t *ctx, touchpad5_touch_t *touch_data );

• touchpad5_get_status This function get status proximity, touch or snap data.

  err_t touchpad5_get_status( touchpad5_t *ctx, uint8_t sel_status, uint16_t *rx_data, uint8_t num_of_samples );

• touchpad5_wait_ready This function waits for the communication window to be available.

  void touchpad5_wait_ready( touchpad5_t *ctx );

Example Description

This example demonstrates the use of Touchpad 5 Click board by utilizing the touchpad XY and snap functionalities.

The demo application is composed of two sections :

Application Init

Initializes the driver and USB UART logging and displays the device version information such as product number, project number, major/minor release number, hardware ID, hardware revision and bootloader status.

void application_init ( void ) 
{
    log_cfg_t log_cfg;                  /**< Logger config object. */
    touchpad5_cfg_t touchpad5_cfg;      /**< Click config object. */

    /** 
     * Logger initialization.
     * Default baud rate: 115200
     * Default log level: LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG
     * @note If USB_UART_RX and USB_UART_TX 
     * are defined as HAL_PIN_NC, you will 
     * need to define them manually for log to work. 
     * See @b LOG_MAP_USB_UART macro definition for detailed explanation.
     */
    LOG_MAP_USB_UART( log_cfg );
    log_init( &logger, &log_cfg );
    log_info( &logger, " Application Init " );

    // Click initialization.
    touchpad5_cfg_setup( &touchpad5_cfg );
    TOUCHPAD5_MAP_MIKROBUS( touchpad5_cfg, MIKROBUS_1 );
    if ( I2C_MASTER_ERROR == touchpad5_init( &touchpad5, &touchpad5_cfg ) ) 
    {
        log_error( &logger, " Communication init." );
        for ( ; ; );
    }

    Delay_100ms();

    if ( TOUCHPAD5_ERROR == touchpad5_default_cfg ( &touchpad5 ) )
    {
        log_error( &logger, " Default configuration." );
        for ( ; ; );
    }

    Delay_1sec( );

    if ( TOUCHPAD5_ERROR == touchpad5_check_version( &touchpad5, &ver_info ) )
    {
        log_error( &logger, " Cannot read version.\r\n " );
        for ( ; ; );
    }

    Delay_100ms();

    if ( TOUCHPAD5_ERROR == touchpad5_check_bl_status( &touchpad5, &bl_status ) )
    {
        log_error( &logger, " Cannot read bootloader status.\r\n " );
        for ( ; ; );
    }

    Delay_100ms();

    if ( ver_info.product_num != TOUCHPAD5_IQS550_PRODUCT_NUMBER ) 
    {
        log_error( &logger, " Incorrect product number.\r\n " );
        for ( ; ; );
    }

    log_printf( &logger, "----------------------------------------------------------------\r\n" );
    log_printf( &logger, " Product number %u \r\n",    ( uint32_t ) ver_info.product_num );
    log_printf( &logger, " Project number %u \r\n",    ( uint32_t ) ver_info.project_num );
    log_printf( &logger, " Version %.1f \r\n", ver_info.version );
    log_printf( &logger, " Hardware ID %x \r\n",       ( uint32_t ) ver_info.hw_id );
    log_printf( &logger, " Hardware revision %x \r\n", ( uint32_t ) ver_info.hw_revision );
    log_printf( &logger, " Bootloader status %x \r\n", ( uint16_t ) bl_status );
    log_printf( &logger, "----------------------------------------------------------------\r\n" );
    Delay_1sec( );
    log_printf( &logger, "----------------------------------------------------------------\r\n" );
    log_printf( &logger, " Waiting for a new touch or snap (click)\r\n" );
    log_printf( &logger, "----------------------------------------------------------------\r\n" );
    Delay_1sec( );
    log_info( &logger, " Application Task " );
}

Application Task

Task busy waits for the touchpad controller ready bit using polling operation. When the communication window is available, the snap functionality is being checked, as well as XY touchpad data. Based on the user's touch sensibility and duration, one of the two features is being determined and logged over UART terminal. Snap (click) corresponds to the shorter and lighter 'click' gesture, while the touch is detected as longer and stronger 'swipe' gesture.

void application_task ( void ) 
{
    // Get touchpad XY data
    touchpad5_get_touch( &touchpad5, &touch_data );

    // Detecting the snap (click) criteria
    if ( touchpad5_detect_snap( &touchpad5, snap_buffer, SNAP_BUFFER_SIZE, &snap_reference) && touch_data.touch_strength > 0 )
    {
        log_printf( &logger, "----------------------------------------------------------------\r\n" );
        log_printf( &logger, "\r\n* Snap (click) event occured with strength: %u *\r\n", 
                                                                        ( uint16_t ) touch_data.touch_strength ); 
        log_printf( &logger, "----------------------------------------------------------------\r\n" );
        Delay_1sec( );
    }
    // Detecting the touch criteria
    else if ( touch_data.x_pos > 0 && touch_data.y_pos > 0 && touch_data.touch_strength > TOUCH_STRENGTH_THRESHOLD )
    {

        log_printf( &logger, "----------------------------------------------------------------\r\n" );
        log_printf( &logger, " \r\nTouch with Tag ID %u detected\r\n",  ( uint16_t ) touch_data.id_tag );
        log_printf( &logger, "Coordinate X = %u \r\n",                               touch_data.x_pos );
        log_printf( &logger, "Coordinate Y = %u \r\n",                               touch_data.y_pos );
        log_printf( &logger, "Touch strength = %u  \r\n",               ( uint16_t ) touch_data.touch_strength );
        log_printf( &logger, "----------------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\n" );
        Delay_ms ( 100 );
    }

    // Monitoring to determine whether the reset occurred on the device after the last ack reset     
    if ( touch_data.xy_info & TOUCHPAD5_SHOW_RESET )
    {
        log_printf( &logger, "----------------------------------------------------------------\r\n" );
        log_error( &logger, "\r\n Unexpected reset occured. \r\n" ); 
        log_printf( &logger, "----------------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\n" );
    }
}

Note

This example relies on the IQS5xx-A000 firmware of the touch-pad controller.

The full application code, and ready to use projects can be installed directly from NECTO Studio Package Manager(recommended way), downloaded from our LibStock™ or found on Mikroe github account.

Other Mikroe Libraries used in the example:

• MikroSDK.Board
• MikroSDK.Log
• Click.TouchPad5

Additional notes and informations

Depending on the development board you are using, you may need USB UART Click, USB UART 2 Click or RS232 Click to connect to your PC, for development systems with no UART to USB interface available on the board. UART terminal is available in all MikroElektronika compilers.