Setup and Users Manual TSHARC “Octopus” Touch Screen Controller

Supports 4-, 5- & 8-Wire Analog Resistive Touch Screens

RS-232, PS/2, USB Version 1.6R

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Table of Contents IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS AND USER INFORMATION .......................................................................... 2 MAILING ADDRESS ........................................................................................................................................... 2 WORLD WIDE WEB .......................................................................................................................................... 2 SUPPORT E-MAIL ADDRESS ............................................................................................................................. 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................................................................................................... 3 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................................... 4 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION ........................................................................................................................... 4 PART NUMBER ................................................................................................................................................ 4 TSHARC OCTOPUS CORE FEATURES ............................................................................................................. 4 TOUCH SCREEN OVERVIEW ..................................................................................................................... 5 SOFTWARE DEVICE DRIVERS .................................................................................................................. 5 TSHARC “OCTOPUS” MECHANICAL SPECIFICATION .......................................................................... 6 COMMUNICATION JUMPER SETTINGS .................................................................................................... 7 POWER JUMPER SETTINGS...................................................................................................................... 7 COMMUNICATION CONNECTION DIAGRAMS ......................................................................................... 8 RS-232 COMMUNICATION CONNECTION DIAGRAM ............................................................................................ 8 PS/2 COMMUNICATION CONNECTION DIAGRAM ................................................................................................ 8 USB COMMUNICATION CONNECTION DIAGRAM ................................................................................................. 8 USB ONLY JUMPER SETTINGS ................................................................................................................ 9 USB ONLY TOUCH SCREEN JUMPER SETTINGS. ............................................................................................... 9 USB ONLY COMMUNICATION CONNECTION DIAGRAM ........................................................................................ 9 COMMUNICATION FORMAT ............................................................................................................................. 10 TOUCH SCREEN CONNECTION DIAGRAMS ......................................................................................... 11 CONNECTION HARDWARE AND CABLE ASSEMBLIES ....................................................................... 12 COMMUNICATION CABLES .............................................................................................................................. 12 TOUCH SCREEN CABLES ................................................................................................................................ 12 POWER CABLES ............................................................................................................................................ 12 MOUNTING HARDWARE .................................................................................................................................. 12 ON BOARD CONNECTOR SPECS ..................................................................................................................... 12 MATING WIRE MOUNT CONNECTORS (CABLE CONNECTIONS). ........................................................................... 12 DEVELOPED AND SUPPORTED IN-HOUSE ........................................................................................... 13 PRIVATE LABELED DRIVERS ........................................................................................................................... 13 TSHARC™ CONTROLLER CHIP SOLUTIONS .................................................................................................. 13 SUPPORT SERVICES ................................................................................................................................ 13 NOTES ........................................................................................................................................................ 14 

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Introduction This manual has been written for users of the Microchip Octopus touch screen micro-controller board. The TSHARC touch screen controller boards and software described within this document are assumed to be used with four, five or eight wire analog resistive touch screen products manufactured by a variety of touch screen manufacturers. Touch screens between manufacturers vary with regards to light transmission, sensitivity, contact resistance, capacitance and other electrical characteristics. Because touch screen quality and electrical characteristics may vary between touch screen technologies and manufacturers the actual, overall performance may vary between touch screen overlay manufacturers’ products. A great deal of attention has been paid to eliminate potential problems with various touch screen manufacturers. We have identified substantial specification variance within each manufacturer and between manufacturers touch screens. While most of the manufactures we tested did fall within a functional specification, it is important to request electrical and mechanical specifications from your touch screen overlay manufacturer to insure uniform quality and performance. The specification details that should be provided by your touch screen overlay supplier include lead to lead resistance, sheet resistance, and linearity of ITO.

Product Description The TSHARC Octopus controller board can be configured for RS-232, USB and PS/2 communications and for any manufacturers’ 4, 5 or 8 wire analog resistive touch sensors.

Part Number Jumper-Configurable for sensor and communication type HS12-00000o-xx HS10-00000o-xx

TSHARC Octopus Core Features • RoHS Compliant • True 10 or 12-bit ratio metric analog to digital converter • Configurable communication type

o PS/2 o RS-232 o USB

• Supports all manufacturers analog resistive touch screens o 4 wire o 5 wire o 8 wire

• Touch Screen Resistance Specification is 50 – 2k ohm sheet resistance lead to lead o On-board transistor drive specially designed to drive low-ohm sensors

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Touch Screen Overview 4 and 8 wire touch screens are typically produced with higher resistance transparent conductive film (ITO Indium Tin Oxide) than 5 wire touch screens. Most often touch screen resistances falls within 100 – 400 Ohm per square. Because 4 and 8 wire touch screens typically have a higher resistance than 5 wire sensors, you will find most battery powered applications using this technology. You will also find that 4 and 8 wire touch screens are more linear than 5 wire. The advantage of a 5 wire touch screen is that they are typically more mechanically durable (top sheet does not need to be linear) and are less affected by environmental variation. Five Wire touch screens come in a wide variety of sheet resistance. In some cases, because of the 5 wire construction, the resistance may be lower than the 50 ohm specification. While these touch screens require more power to drive them, this does not imply poor quality. Once resistance drops below an optimum level so does the resolution. In contrast, as resistance increases, depending upon the construction, contact resistance begins to negatively affect the touch screen’s performance. The negative effect of a high or low resistance touch screen can be managed by properly implementing the correct circuit. It should be understood that extremes in either direction will negatively influence the performance of any efficient circuit design. In order to maximize efficiency and performance a higher resistance, linear, environmentally stable touch screen is recommended. Your product design requirements will help you identify the touch screen technology and construction that will best suit your application. Please contact Microchip Technology Inc. for more unbiased touch screen material science information and a list of recommended TSHARC controller designs to fit your application.

Software Device Drivers Microchip Technology has device driver software available for all TSHARC touch screen controller chip and board solutions. The software drivers may be downloaded at no additional charge at: www.microchip.com. Reported Microchip resolution is dependent upon the hardware A-D converter specification. TSHARC device driver software is designed to deliver true 10- or 12-bit hardware resolution respective to the touch screen controller hardware. The TSHARC device driver software enables you to configure the touch screen operation to meet your needs. The following is a list of features available with Microchip’s software:

1) Touch screen calibration 2) Touch screen linearization 3) Touch screen alignment 4) Multi-monitor calibration and configuration 5) Adjustable calibration inset 6) Edge acceleration 7) Touch modes

a. Normal mouse emulation b. Touch Up mode c. Touch Down mode

8) User adjustable Configurations a. Microchip’s proprietary touch screen friendly timed right click event b. Touch event area setting c. Touch sound enable / disable

9) Other special features also included. Please see the complete driver manuals available at the www.microchip.com web site for further details.

Note: TSHARC device drivers vary between operating systems and operating system varieties and versions. Currently Microchip supports the following Windows® Operating systems: DOS, Win3.1x, 9x, ME, XP, XPe, 2k, CE, CENet, Tablet. TSHARC driver for Linux, and MAC are also included with all TSHARC touch screen controller products.

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TSHARC “Octopus” Mechanical Specification Note: Use jumper settings and connection diagrams for identifying correct board configuration for your application. Do not use the “Legacy” mounting holes for new applications. These holes have been added to provide for backward compatibility to older revision boards. They may not be available on newer revision boards.

The board revision and firmware release can be found directly on your TSHARC touch screen controller board. Please contact Microchip Technology Inc. if you have any questions regarding your hardware revision. A lower cost “USB only” version of the Octopus board is also available: Octopus USB part number: HUxx-00000o. Where: xx = 10 for 10-bit and 12 for 12 bit.

Although Microchip Technology Inc. has taken steps to protect your touch screen controller from transient voltage, it is important to make all grounding, communication and touch screen connections to the controller and touch screen. This must be done before powering on your computer, video monitor or touch screen controller. Failure to follow this procedure may result in damage to your controller and/or communication port. If you believe that your application will require additional static protection, it is up to you to determine the appropriate static protection needed to protect your electronics from transient voltage. Failure to take the necessary precautions may result in damage to your controller. Microchip does not warranty the TSHARC controller board against transient static discharge damage.

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Communication Jumper Settings Jumper settings must be set for communication options as well as power. Use power from port settings for USB and PS/2 applications. INCORRECT JUMPER SETTINGS WILL DAMAGE YOUR TSHARC OCTOPUS BOARD.

Power Jumper Settings Configure your power jumper for Regulated or un-regulated power. Use power from port settings for USB and PS/2 applications. INCORRECT JUMPER SETTINGS WILL DAMAGE YOUR TSHARC OCTOPUS BOARD.

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Communication Connection Diagrams Attention: Pin 1 identified on the RS-232 and PS/2 connector is identified for IDC cable connections. Pin and socket connectors locate pin 1 differently than an IDC connector. Make sure to check your cable connection to insure that your connections are correct.

RS-232 Communication Connection Diagram

Note: A standard IDC RS-232 (DB-9) to 10-position dual row socket jumper cable assembly may be used. Pin out: 1-1, 2-3, 3-5, 4-7, 5-9, 6-2, 7-4, 8-6, 9-8, NC-10

PS/2 Communication Connection Diagram Make sure that you have set the jumpers for power from port before connecting to the PS/2 port.

USB Communication Connection Diagram Make sure that you have set the jumpers for power from port before connecting to the USB port.

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USB Only Jumper Settings

USB only Touch Screen Jumper Settings. For the Octopus USB only controller board, it is not necessary to jumper communication or power settings. Set the jumpers for touch screen type only.

USB only Communication Connection Diagram The Octopus USB only controller board has a connector for the USB connection only. If you have a full utility Octopus controller, please reference the previous connection diagrams.

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Communication Format TSHARC USB Protocol Byte Bit 7 Bit 6 Bit 5 Bit 4 Bit 3 Bit 2 Bit 1 Bit 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 P 2 X7 X6 X5 X4 X3 X2 X1 X0 3 0 0 0 0 X11 X10 X9 X8 4 Y7 Y6 Y5 Y4 Y3 Y2 Y1 Y0 5 0 0 0 0 Y11 Y10 Y9 Y8 TSHARC RS232 Protocol (Standard) Byte Bit 7 Bit 6 Bit 5 Bit 4 Bit 3 Bit 2 Bit 1 Bit 0 1 1 P X11 X10 X9 Y11 Y10 Y9 2 0 X8 X7 X6 X5 X4 X3 X2 3 0 Y8 Y7 Y6 Y5 Y4 Y3 Y2 4 0 0 0 0 X1 X0 Y1 Y0 TSHARC PS/2 Protocol Byte Bit 7 Bit 6 Bit 5 Bit 4 Bit 3 Bit 2 Bit 1 Bit 0 1 1 P X11 X10 X9 Y11 Y10 Y9 2 0 X8 X7 X6 X5 X4 X3 X2 3 0 Y8 Y7 Y6 Y5 Y4 Y3 Y2 4 0 0 0 0 X1 X0 Y1 Y0 Where: P - 0 Pen-Up, 1 Pen-Down X11-X0 - 12 bit X position data Y11-Y0 - 12 bit Y position data PU - 0 no Pen-Up, 1 Pen-Up PD - 0 no Pen-Down, 1 Pen-Down CK7-CK0 - AAH + 55H + Sum of Bytes 2 through 9

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Touch Screen Connection Diagrams

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Connection Hardware and Cable Assemblies

Communication Cables Description Part Number Connection 6’ RS-232 cable. C72-100S2F-09XDXF H1 header to female DB-9 6’ PS/2 cable C72-100S2F-XXXPXM H1 header to PS/2 plug 6’ USB cable C72-040S1F-04XAXM H3 header to USB type A plug 6’ RS-232 jumper cable C72-09XDXM-09XDXF Female DB-9 to Male DB-9 cable

Touch Screen Cables Description Part Number Connection 18” touch screen cable. C18-040S1F-040G1M Direct connect to H4-4 18” touch screen cable. C18-050S1F-050G1M Direct connect to H4-5 18” touch screen cable. C18-080S1F-080G1M Direct connect to H5

Power Cables Description Part Number Connection 20” power cable (wire lead) C20-020S1F-02xxxx H2 to wire lead. 20” power cable C20-020S1F-02xxxx H2 to 2 pos.100 socket

Mounting Hardware Do to the wide variety of mounting options available for the TSHARC. Please visit the RAF web site to review the available mounting hardware. http://www.rafhdwe.com/RAF_site/OnlineCatalog/EHCoverFrame.html

On Board Connector Specs Standard on board connectors: .100” .024” sq. post, with mating length of .230”, header reference part numbers and manufacturer. Sullins web site: www.digikey.com

Location Mfg Part number Brief description H4, H4-5, H5, Sullins PTC08DBAN .100” 2x8pos Rt Dual Row Hdr H1 Sullins PTC05DBAN .100” 2x5pos Rt Dual Row Hdr

H2, H3 Sullins PTC02SBAN .100” 2pos Rt Header *Other .100”, .024” square post headers may be specified. Contact Microchip for details.

Mating wire mount connectors (cable connections). Any industry standard, single and/or dual row, .100” socket may be used to connect to Microchip’s controller board’s .100” .024” sq post headers. Minimum mating length is .230” socket depth.

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Developed and Supported In-House All TSHARC touch screen controller products are designed to utilize Microchip TSHARC™ device drivers which are developed, supported and maintained in-house by Microchip engineers. Microchip Technology Inc. does not use third party technical resources to develop, support or maintain any of its software or hardware products.

Private Labeled Drivers Private labeled software and hardware licenses are available which may be used to enable various non-TSHARC communication protocols, special functions, application specific utilities or OEM contact information. Contact Microchip for details.

TSHARC™ Controller Chip Solutions Large volume OEM’s who have in-house electrical and software engineers on staff may purchase a Microchip “Chip Only” touch screen controller solution which may be integrated on to their main board. Technical documentation is available from Microchip Technology Inc. to assist you in correctly integrating a chip solution into your product. Please contact Microchip Technology Inc at (414) 355-4675 or www.microchip.com.

Support Services All TSHARC products are 100% developed and supported in house by Microchip technical staff. As a result we have included a broad range of support documentation at www.microchip.com including users and setup manuals, device drivers, driver manuals and other software. In addition we have an e-mail based support. You may contact us via e-mail at: http://support.microchip.com. In addition, Microchip also understands that there is often a need for “real time” technical support. Please contact Microchip via telephone at any point to discuss issues that you may have regarding our products. In the event that you need to contact us via telephone or via our support e-mail, please take a minute to identify these items prior to contacting Microchip technical support staff. 1) TSHARC controller part number 2) Information about TSHARC reseller if not purchased directly from Microchip 3) TSHARC chip revision, located on the top of each micro-controller chip 4) Touch Screen type and Manufacturer 5) Communication type 6) TSHARC™ driver and revision 7) Operating system and service pack releases 8) A brief summary of the problem that you are having

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