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Few cents touch sensor ====================== Using : PIC12F629 Circuit is quite simple. One pin(GP4) is used as a signal generator. This pin send signal to all "virtual push button" (GPIO<2:0>) via 3 X 22K resistor. The touch sensor could be almost everything conductive. Once a sensor is touched, the program will blink a LED as follow GPIO.0 => 1 Blink GPIO.1 => 2 Blink GPIO.2 => 3 Blink PIC config and programming mode =============================== ' @ DEVICE PIC12F629,INTRC_OSC_NOCLKOUT @ DEVICE PIC12F629,MCLR_OFF @ DEVICE PIC12F629,WDT_OFF @ DEVICE PIC12F629,PROTECT_OFF @ DEVICE PIC12F629,CPD_OFF @ DEVICE PIC12F629,PWRT_ON @ DEVICE PIC12F629,BOD_ON I/O Alias definition ==================== ' LED VAR GPIO.5 Generator var GPIO.4 Hardware definition =================== ' TRISIO = $0F ' GPIO<3:0> as input ' GPIO<5:4> as output ' CMCON = 7 ' Disable internal comparator Variable definition =================== ' Sensor var byte Loop var byte EEPROM assignement ================== ' data @3,3,0,2,1 ' table to convert 'Sensor' variable result to according ' LED blink. See Result list bellow Software/hardware initialisation ================================ ' led = 0 generator = 0

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internal RC osc Disable external MCLR Disable WatchDog timer Disable device protect Disable Code-Protect Enable Power-up timer Enable Brown-out detect

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' /////////////////////////////////|\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ ' / Start \ ' /////////////////////////////////|\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ ' ' Short explanation of the whole thing. ' 1. Send a high level to all sensor input => GPIO<2:0> ' 2. Read GPIO port ' 3. Send a low level to all sensor input ' 4. Keep only GPIO<2:0> bits ' 5. Test result ' ' If no sensor has been touched, the result will be 7 => 0000 0111, case ' else, the body capacitance will introduce sufficient delay between ' step 1 and 2 wich will keep the according bit to 0. ' ' Results will be as follow ' NoSensor => 0000 0111 => 7 ' GPIO.0 => 0000 0110 => 6 ' GPIO.1 => 0000 0101 => 5 ' GPIO.2 => 0000 0011 => 3 ' repeat Generator = 1 ' enable sensor power Sensor = GPIO ' read sensor Generator = 0 ' disable sensor power Sensor = Sensor & 7 ' keep only Sensor bits ' until Sensor != 7 ' redo the test untill one sensor is touch ' ' Now we will flash an LED to confirm wich sensor has been touch ' GPIO.0 => 1 Blink ' GPIO.1 => 2 Blink ' GPIO.2 => 3 Blink ' read sensor,loop ' convert result to blink repeat LED = 1 PAUSE 200 lED = 0 PAUSE 200 loop = loop - 1 until loop = 0 goto start ' do it again...