Microchip Technology Inc., a leading provider of microcontroller, analog and Flash-IP solutions, has announced the release of the mTouch™ AR1100 Analog Resistive USB Touch-Screen Controller.
Building upon the AR1000 Analog Resistive Touch-Screen Controller series, the AR1100 controller is a high-performance, USB plug-and-play device that offers advanced calibration capabilities as a USB mouse or single-input digitizer. The new controller is available as a turnkey chip or board product, supporting all 4-/5-/8-wire touch screens, with free drivers for most major operating systems. The AR1100 is an ideal solution for customers who want a drop-in touch controller to universally support their entire standard resistive-touch portfolio.
Its available in 20-pin SOIC, SSOP and QFN packages today. The mTouch AR1100 Development Kit (part # DV102012, $89.99) includes an AR1100 production-ready PCB, with a USB cable and a 5-wire analog-resistive touch screen, enabling designers to quickly connect and test this advanced touch-screen controller.
Microchip says that chip samples are available.
This kit is surprisingly affordable for what you get (hw&sw).
Yet another preprogrammed 18F14K50. At least this time they are not selling it any cheaper than a blank 18F14K50 like they do with the MCP2200. :)
How the AV1100 micr-controller can be progrmmed. ?
Can it take some input signals e.g. from a vibration sensors ?
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