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<br><div><div>Am 19.06.2007 um 11:39 schrieb <<a href="mailto:thomas.cooksey@bt.com">thomas.cooksey@bt.com</a>> <<a href="mailto:thomas.cooksey@bt.com">thomas.cooksey@bt.com</a>>:</div><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: -1; "></span></div></blockquote><br><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: -1; ">... An 8-element capacitive</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">sensor would work wonderfully and be easy to fab using either a Quantum</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">QT411 (<a href="http://www.qprox.com/products/qslide_qt411.php">http://www.qprox.com/products/qslide_qt411.php</a>) or Analog Devices</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">AD7143 (<a href="http://www.analog.com/en/prod/0,2877,AD7143,00.html">http://www.analog.com/en/prod/0,2877,AD7143,00.html</a>) controller.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><br></div></blockquote><br></div><div>I would like to throw in the Cypress series of PSoCs (Programmable System on Chips)</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Its a 8bit uC plus some digital and analog blocks that can be interconnected like a FPGA, all in one single chip.</div><div>Its very flexible, and tools for assembly level software developpment are freely available.</div><div>I dont think that the gcc can currently compile for it as a target though.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Why this interesting in my opinion:</div><div>Selfmade keylock-logic ala iphone slide, so we dont wake up continously the samsung main CPU when worn in a pocket or such thing. only after the slide, we generate the interupt. </div><div><br></div><div>We are free to develop our own logic.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">More Info: <a href="http://www.cypress.com/capsense/index.jsp">http://www.cypress.com/capsense/index.jsp</a></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">BTW: this is something that might easily be retrofittet to the Phase 1 devices, once available.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Cheers,</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Thomas</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">I think the current Ipod nano uses them aswell for the clickwheel.</div></div></body></html>