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Application note

Getting started with touch sensing control on STM32 microcontrollers

Introduction
This document helps customers to quickly locate information regarding touch sensing on STM32 microcontrollers.
This application note lists all the existing application notes and user manuals covering touch sensing. It indicates where the key
aspects of touch sensing are documented.
It also explains how to build touch sensing applications on STM32L0538‑DISCO and STM32F072B‑DISCO discovery boards
using the STM32CubeMX graphical interface.

Table 1. Applicable products

Type Product series

STM32F0 series
STM32F3 series
STM32L0 series
STM32L1 series
STM32L4 series
STM32 microcontrollers
STM32L4+ series
STM32L5 series
STM32U5 series
STM32WB series
STM32WBA series

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General information

1 General information

This document applies to Arm®-based devices.

Note: Arm is a registered trademark of Arm Limited (or its subsidiaries) in the US and/or elsewhere.

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Terminology and principle

2 Terminology and principle

2.1 Terminology
The touch sensing most relevant acronyms are described below:
• Acquisition mode
– CT: Charge-Transfer acquisition principle. This mode is used on STM32 microcontrollers.
• Touch sensing STM32 peripheral
– TSC: touch sensing controller peripheral.
– Bank: set of channels acquired simultaneously.
– Channel: elementary acquisition item.
– Group: set of 1..3 channels plus one sampling capacitor (Cs).
• Sensors
– Touchkey or TKey: single channel sensor.
– Linear sensor: multi-channels sensor with the electrodes positioned in a linear way.
– Rotary sensor: multi-channels sensor with the electrodes positioned in a circular way.
– Active shield: track running along or copper plane surrounding the sensor track and/or sensor itself.
Active shield is driven similarly to the sensor. Improve noise robustness without decreasing the
sensitivity.
• STM32 software
– TSL: touch sensing library.
– Delta: difference between the measure and the reference.
– Measure or meas: current signal measured on a channel.
– Reference or ref: reference signal based on the average of a sample of measures.
– DTO: detection time out. Time out is defined by TSLPRM_DTO. See TSLPRM_DTO in tsl_conf.h file.
– DXS: detection exclusion system. Exclusion system is defined by TSLPRM_USE_DXS. See
TSLPRM_USE_DXS in tsl_conf.h file.
– ECS: environment change system. See TSLPRM_ECS_DELAY in tsl_conf.h file.
• Hardware involved
– Cx: sensor capacitance (typical value is few pF).
– Cp: parasitic capacitance (typical value few pF).
– Ct: equivalent touch capacitance.
– Cs/Cskey/Csshield: sampling capacitor (typical value from 2.2 to 100nF).
– Rs/Rskey/Rsshield: serial resistor, ESD protection (typical value from 100Ohms to 10K).

2.2 Principle
The STM32 touch sensing feature is based on charge transfer.
The surface charge transfer acquisition principle consists in charging a sensor capacitance (Cx) and in
transferring the accumulated charge into a sampling capacitor (Cs).
This sequence is repeated until the voltage across Cs reaches VIH.
The number of charge transfers required to reach the threshold is a direct representation of the size of the
electrode capacitance. When the sensor is touched, the sensor capacitance to the earth is increased. This means
that the C voltage reaches VIH with less count and the measurement value decreases. When this measurement
goes below a threshold, a detection is reported by the TSL. The schematic below does not take into account the
parasitic capacitor.

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Principle

Figure 1. Change transfer principle

VDD

User finger

Sensor capacitor
STM32 Cx
MCU

touchkey
sensor
eletrode

Human
body
coupling
Sampling to earth
VSS capacitor
Cs

Table 2 gives a list of documents containing information about the change transfer principle.

Table 2. Change transfer principle documentation

Id Title Chapters

Improve conducted noise robustness for touch

AN4299 Surface charge transfer acquisition principle overview
sensing applications on MCUs
Sampling capacitor selection guide for touch sensing
AN4310 Charge transfer acquisition principle overview
applications on MCUs
Design with surface sensors for touch sensing
AN4312 Capacitive sensing technology
applications on MCUs
AN4316 Tuning a touch sensing application on MCUs Charge transfer period tuning
OLT STM32L4 online training Touch sensing controller (TSC)

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Document reference

3 Document reference

Figure 2 shows the main documentation tree related to TSC and TSL.

Figure 2. Main documentation tree

Application Note
overview
(AN5105)

Getting Started
STM32 On-line Tuning
with TSL
Training (AN4316)
(UM1913)

Sampling
Sensors ESD Conducted Noise
TSC Capacitor
(AN4312) (AN3960) (AN4299)
(AN4310)

Table 3. Reference documentation

Document name Document title

UM1913 Developing applications on STM32Cube with STMTouch touch sensing library

AN3960 ESD considerations for touch sensing applications on MCUs
AN4299 Improve conducted noise robustness for touch sensing applications on MCUs
AN4310 Sampling capacitor selection guide for touch sensing applications on MCUs
AN4312 Design with surface sensors for touch sensing applications on MCUs
AN4316 Tuning a touch sensing application on MCUs

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STM32L4 touch sensing controller online presentation

4 STM32L4 touch sensing controller online presentation

An online training is available from the STMicroelectronics website www.st.com.

Insert the "STM32L4 Online Training” string in the "Search" function and press enter.
To find it use the function "Search" and insert the strings “STM32L4 Online Training”. The figure below shows the
online page available.

Figure 3. STM32L4 online training

Figure 4. STM32L4 Touch Sensing Controller online training

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Main TSC characteristics

5 Main TSC characteristics

5.1 Description
The following Figure 5 shows all touch sensing controller (TSC) characteristics and their correlation.
The TSC main characteristics are described in the following pages.

Figure 5. TSC characteristics

TSC

Signal Charge
threshold transfer
Sensitivity Sensor PCB Noise

Power False Noise Conducted

Keys Linear Rotary Shield Guard ring
supply detection immunity Noise

5.2 Signal threshold

To tune the detection thresholds, it must determine the sensitivity of each touchkey. For each touchkey, can be
used few parameters to adjust these signal thresholds.
For debug purposes, it can get touchkey parameters using printf or the STMStudio tool:
for (Index = 0;Index < NUMBER_OF_TOUCHKEYS;Index++)
{
printf("K%1d [%2d][%4d %3d %3d %4d] %d %d %d %d %d"
,Index
,MyTKeys[Index].p_Data->StateId
,MyTKeys[Index].p_ChD->Ref
,MyTKeys[Index].p_ChD->RefRest
,MyTKeys[Index].p_ChD->Delta
,MyTKeys[Index].p_ChD->Meas
,MyTKeys[Index].p_Param->ProxInTh
,MyTKeys[Index].p_Param->ProxOutTh
,MyTKeys[Index].p_Param->DetectInTh
,MyTKeys[Index].p_Param->DetectOutTh
,MyTKeys[Index].p_Param->CalibTh
);
}

Note: ProxInTh and ProxOutTh are defined for the proximity detection feature only, when TSLPRM_USE_PROX = 1.

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Signal threshold

Figure 6. STMStudio outputs

• On software side:
– Relevant information is available in tsl_conf.h and tscl_user.c files.
– Threshold (xx_TH) can be adjusted in tsl_conf_tsc.h file.
See below an example:
#define TSLPRM_TKEY_DETECT_IN_TH (64)
#define TSLPRM_TKEY_DETECT_OUT_TH (60)
#define TSLPRM_TKEY_CALIB_TH (56)
#define TSLPRM_LINROT_DETECT_IN_TH (50)
#define TSLPRM_LINROT_DETECT_OUT_TH (40)

• The TSL api, tsl_user_SetThresholds, located in tsl_user.c allows the adjustment of each channel
independently. See below an example:
void tsl_user_SetThresholds(void)
{
/* USER CODE BEGIN Tsl_user_SetThresholds */
/* Example: Decrease the Detect thresholds for the TKEY 0*/
MyTKeys_Param[0].DetectInTh -= 10;
MyTKeys_Param[0].DetectOutTh -= 10;
/* USER CODE END Tsl_user_SetThresholds */
}

Table 4 gives a list of documents containing information about the signal threshold usage.

Table 4. Signal threshold use documentation

Id Title Chapters

Developing applications on STM32Cube with

UM1913 Debug with STM Studio
STMTouch touch sensing library
Monitoring STMTouch driver variables using
STM‑Studio

AN4316 Tuning a touch sensing application on MCUs Tuning the thresholds

Touchkeys thresholds
Linear and rotary touch sensors thresholds

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Charge transfer

5.3 Charge transfer

The acquisition is based on the measurement of the sensor channel capacitance.
To ensure that the Cx capacitance is correctly charged, it is necessary to monitor the pin connected to the sensor.
On the sensors and shield sides, it must observe a complete Charge/Discharge cycle.

Figure 7. Incomplete and complete charge transfer cycle

In this example, to complete the charge transfer cycles, the following parameter must be modified as below:
• INCREASE:
– htsc.Init.PulseGeneratorPrescaler
– htsc.Init.CTPulseHighLength
– htsc.Init.CTPulseLowLength
• DECREASE:
– Sysclk
Table 5 gives a list of documents containing information about the charge transfer.

Table 5. Charge transfer documentation

Id Title Chapters

Improve conducted noise robustness for touch

AN4299 Active shield
sensing applications on MCUs
AN4316 Tuning a touch sensing application on MCUs Charge transfer period tuning

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Sensitivity

5.4 Sensitivity
Sensitivity is a key point in touch sensing applications. The sensitivity can be improved by:
• reducing the air gap,
• reducing the panel thickness,
• choosing the dielectric with higher εR ,
• a GND plane that is not too close to the shield and sensors,
• avoiding metallic paint near shield and sensors.
Table 6 gives a list of documents containing information about the sensitivity.

Table 6. Sensitivity documentation

Id Title Chapter

Developing applications on STM32Cube with

UM1913 Available touch sensing channels
STMTouch touch sensing library
Air gap:
• Reduce air gap
Panel material:
• Reduce panel thickness
Design with surface sensors for touch sensing • Choose dielectric with higher εR
AN4312
applications on MCUs
Metal chassis:
• GND not too closed from Shield and Sensors
• Avoid Metallic paint near Shield and Sensors
Mechanical construction and PCB to panel bonding.
Surface sensor design
AN4316 Tuning a touch sensing application on MCUs All chapters

Dielectric example

Table 7. Dielectric constants of common materials used in a panel construction

Material εR

Air 1.00059
Glass 4 to 10
Sapphire glass 9 to 11
Mica 4 to 8
Nylon 3
Plexiglass 3.4
Polyethylene 2.2
Polystyrene 2.56
Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) 3.7
FR4 (fiberglass + epoxy 4.2
PMMA (Poly methyl methacrylate) 2.6 to 4
Typical PSA 2.0 - 3.0 (approximately)

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5.5 Sensors
• It is recommended to use the same shape for all electrodes.
• The touchkeys can be customized by the drawing on the panel. TSL compensates capacitance differences.
• Acquisition time and processing parameters can be optimized when electrodes have similar capacitance.
Sensor size example

Figure 8. Sensor size

5.5.1 Key
• Key sensors are used in common application
• You can get deeper key information in the following documents:
Table 8 gives a list of documents containing information about the key.

Table 8. Key documentation

Id Title Chapters

Developing applications on STM32Cube with

UM1913 Touchkey sensor
STMTouch touch sensing library
Design with surface sensors for touch sensing
AN4312 applications on MCUs Touchkey sensor

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5.5.2 Linear or slider

A linear is a set of contiguous capacitive electrodes. Figure 9 shows a slider used on a discovery board.

Figure 9. Interlaced linear touch sensor with three channels / four electrodes (half-ended electrodes
design)

Up to 60 mm

Full bandwidth 3.6 mm

Tooth pitch 2.4 mm

Squared end
0.2 ~ 0.3 mm

Electrode/ground gap
2 mm

Electrode gap 0.2 ~ 0.3 mm

Via between layers 10 % meshed ground plane Copper electrode

Note: The teeth of the interlaced linear touch sensor must be perfectly regular.

Table 9 gives a list of documents containing information about the linear touch sensor.

Table 9. Linear touch sensor documentation

Id Title Chapters

Developing applications on STM32Cube with

UM1913 Linear and rotary touch sensors
STMTouch touch sensing library
Design with surface sensors for touch sensing
AN4312 Linear sensor
applications on MCUs

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5.5.3 Rotary sensor or wheel

A rotary is a set of contiguous capacitive electrodes.

Figure 10. Interlaced patterned rotary sensor with three channels / three electrodes

Full band width 2.0 - 4.0 mm

Tooth pitch
2.0 - 4.0 mm

0.2 - 0.3 mm
2 mm

LEGEND:

Via between layers

10 % meshed ground plane

0.2 - 0.3 mm
Copper electrode

0.2 - 0.3 mm

Table 10 gives a list of documents containing information about the rotary sensor.

Table 10. Rotary sensor documentation

Id Title Chapters

Developing applications on STM32Cube with

UM1913 Linear and rotary touch sensors
STMTouch touch sensing library
Design with surface sensors for touch sensing
AN4312 Rotary sensor
applications on MCUs

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5.5.4 Active shield or driven shield

Active shield or driven shield. (this name is used in some application notes) drives the shield plane with the same
signal as the electrode.
There are several advantages using Active Shield instead of a grounded shield:
• The parasitic capacitance between the electrode and the shield no longer needs to be charged.
• Protect the touch electrodes from a noise source.
• Increase system stability and performance when a moving metal part is close to the electrode.

Figure 11. Active shield principle

Rskey
IO1

IO2
Touchkey
group X
IO3

IO4

Cskey Rsshield

IO1

Shield IO2
group Y
IO3

IO4

Csshield

Table 11 gives a list of documents containing information about the active shield.

Table 11. Active shield documentation

Id Title Chapters

Improve conducted noise robustness for touch

AN4299 Active shield
sensing applications on MCUs
Design with surface sensors for touch sensing
AN4312 Driven shield
applications on MCUs
AN4316 Tuning a touch sensing application on MCUs Shield adjustment
OLT STM32L4 online training Touch sensing controller (TSC)

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Layout and PCB

5.6 Layout and PCB

Rules to follow to improve TSC systems

5.6.1 Led rules

Figure 12. Led layout example

Figure 13. Example of cases requiring a LED bypass capacitor

VDD VDD VDD

Table 12 gives a list of documents containing information about led rules.

Table 12. Led rules documentation

Id Title Chapters

Design with surface sensors for touch sensing • LEDs and sensors
AN4312
applications on MCUs • Placing of LEDs close to sensor

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5.6.2 Electrode not located on PCB

It is possible but it is not recommended, because when the electrode it is not located on the PCB, the sensitivity
decreases and additional extra parasitic capacitances are added.

Figure 14. Electrode not located on PCB example

Spring Spacer (cylinder Flex PCB

of hard foam or
other suitable
Printed
Printed material)
electrode
electrode ACF/ACP
(optional)
Front panel connection
(plexiglass or
other suitable
material)

Controller
PCB
Flex
PCB pad connector

Table 13 gives a list of documents containing information about the electrode.

Table 13. Electrode documentation

Id Title Chapters

Design with surface sensors for touch sensing

AN4312 Using electrodes separated from the PCB
applications on MCUs

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5.6.3 Ground, shield and sensors

Table 14 gives a list of documents containing information about the layout.

Table 14. Layout documentation

Id Title Chapters

• PCB and Layout

Design with surface sensors for touch sensing
AN4312 • Ground considerations
applications on MCUs
• Rotary and linear sensor recommendations

Figure 15 shows the ground plane and the signal tracks.

Figure 15. Hatched ground and signal tracks

Must be avoided
Track is OK

Figure 16. Ground plane example

Tkey2 Tkey1 GPIO1

Rx
GPIO2
GPIO3
Rx
GPIO4

Rx CS

Tkey3 Tkey4 Rx

Hatched ground plane (optional)

Flood ground plane (mandatory)

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Figure 17. Track routing

Figure 18. Track routing recommendation

At least 2 mm (4 - 5 mm is recommended)

Ground plane or At least

ground track twice the
Any application track
track width
(LED, power, Com.)

As thin as
At least twice the
PCB
panel thickness
technology
allows

Touchkey bank 1 Touchkey bank 2

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Figure 19. Shield

Top layer Bottom layer

Ground plane

Track width (W)

~ 0.21 3xW

3-4 mm

Active shield

Sense plate

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5.6.4 FAQ
System keys points:
• Direct connection between earth and board ground is required to avoid conducted noise issues.
• Conductive painting on the front panel must be avoided.
• Robust mechanical assembly is required.
Layout keys points:
• GND plane is mandatory under MCU, sampling capacitors and up to serial resistors
• Hatched GND plane recommended for sensor traces from both sides of the PCB:
– minimize parasitic capacitance
– mesh plane possible with 25% to 40% copper
• Route the sensors and ground on the same layer while the components and other tracks are routed on the
other layers
Driven shield, or Active shield, is recommended.
• If there are LEDs close to the sensors, to indicate a touch event, they must be bypassed by a capacitor
whose typical value is 10 nF.
• External LDO regulator should be used to power the MCU only to provide a stable power supply voltage
without any ripple, especially all the switching components like transistors, LEDs, in the application must
not be powered from the same voltage. This regulator should not be placed close to the sensors and their
tracks, but close to the MCU.
• It is strongly recommended to dedicate pins to be used as touch sensors and do not share them with other
features
RS and CS keys points:
• PPS or NPO sampling capacitors are recommended. Possible X5R or X7R.
• Never use tantalium sampling capacitors.
• Serial ESD 10 K (down to 1 K) resistors are recommended to be placed as close as possible to the MCU.
• No track crossing or via between these resistors and the MCU.
• The value of the sampling capacitor of the active shield should be different than the value of the sampling
capacitors used for acquisition.
• The capacitance of active shield is higher (larger area) than CX of a single touch sensing channel. In order
to achieve the same waveform on active shield and active touch sensing channel, the ratios CS/CX of active
shield and active touch sensing channel (touchkey). therefore, the CS of the active shield should also have
higher value (k x CS of touch sensing channel).
Sensor key points:
• Other traces must not cross the touch sensing traces or the whole touch sensing area
• The touch sensing traces should be as thin as technology allows and as short as possible.
– No longer than 10 cm
• The space between traces and GND plane should be ideally 5 mm
• TC pins are more robust against external interference than FT:
• Consider modification of PCB layout to allow connection of external VDD clamping diode to touch sensing
electrode traces.
– Use low‐capacitance diode like BAR18, BAS70 with Cmax = 2 pF.
– In case it is later needed, add pads and connection to the PCB without assembling components.
• Floating panes must never be placed close to the sensors.

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Noise

5.7 Noise
Noise is a key point for touch sensing applications. Noise can come from power supply.

5.7.1 Power supply

Main rules to follow:
• Place Buzzer and LED before LDO.
• Place LDO close to MCU.

Figure 20. Typical power supply schematic

VDD LEDs

VDD

VIN VOUT
LED
VDD
LDO Touch sensing
regulator(1) device (MCU)
Supply
input 1 μF 100 μF 100 μF 1 μF
GPIO
10 nF
VSS VSS

Table 15 gives a list of documents containing information about the power supply.

Table 15. Power supply documentation

Id Title Chapters

Design with surface sensors for touch sensing

AN4312 Power supply
applications on MCUs

5.7.2 False detection

To avoid false detection TSL embed ECS, DXS and DTO algorithms.
Table 16 gives a list of documents containing information about the false detection.

Table 16. False detection documentation

Id Title Chapters

• Environment change system (ECS)

– Power supply voltage, temperature and
Developing applications on STM32Cube with air humidity
UM1913
STMTouch touch sensing library
• Detection exclusion system (DXS)
• Detection time out (DTO)

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Noise

5.7.3 Noise immunity

Noise filtering can be done on hardware and software (TSL) sides.
Table 17 gives a list of documents containing information about the noise immunity.

Table 17. Noise immunity documentation

Id Title Chapters

Developing applications on STM32Cube with

UM1913 Noise filters
STMTouch touch sensing library
Improve conducted noise robustness for touch
AN4299 How to improve noise immunity
sensing applications on MCUs
OLT STM32L4 online training Touch sensing controller (TSC)

5.7.4 Conducted noise

• Touch sensing systems require the conducted noise immunity.
• A key point is the signal to noise ratio (SNR).
• The test condition to be followed by the user is described in the standard IEC61000-4-6.
Table 18 gives a list of documents containing information about the conducted noise.

Table 18. Conducted noise documentation

Id Title Chapters

Improve conducted noise robustness for touch

AN4299 All chapters
sensing applications on MCUs

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Tuning

6 Tuning

For tuning purposes, dedicated application notes are available.

Sensors
Table 19 gives a list of documents containing information about the sensor.

Table 19. Sensors documentation

Id Title Chapters

Design with surface sensors for touch sensing

AN4312 All chapters
applications on MCUs

ESD
Table 20 gives a list of documents containing information about the ESD.

Table 20. ESD documentation

Id Title Chapters

ESD considerations for touch sensing applications on

AN3960 All chapters
MCUs

CN
Table 21 gives a list of documents containing information about the conducted noise.

Table 21. Conducted noise documentation

Id Title Chapters

Improve conducted noise robustness for touch

AN4299 All chapters
sensing applications on MCUs

CS
Table 22 gives a list of documents containing information about the sampling capacitor.

Table 22. Sampling capacitor documentation

Id Title Chapters

Sampling capacitor selection guide for touch sensing

AN4310 All chapters
applications on MCUs

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Getting started TSC with STM32CubeMX

7 Getting started TSC with STM32CubeMX

7.1 Uses cases

How to set up a TSC application based on TSL is explained in the following two examples. These examples
describe the way to set up TLS on STM32F072B-DISCO and STM32L0538-DISCO discovery boards.
This description can be used as an example to set up other TSC series such us L4, F3, L0, L1 and L4+.
A STM32CubeMX new feature is available from version 4.24.0. This new feature can help to speed up TSL,
TouchSensingLib, installation.

Figure 21. Main project panel

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Discovery board: STM32F072B-DISCO

7.2 Discovery board: STM32F072B-DISCO

The STM32F072 Discovery kit helps the user to discover the STM32F072, which has the full set of features
available in the STM32F0 series. The STM32F072 Discovery kit also helps the user to develop applications
easily. It includes everything required for beginners and experienced users to get started quickly.
Based on the STM32F072RBT6, it includes an ST-LINK/V2 embedded debug tool interface, an ST MEMS
gyroscope, LEDs, push-buttons, linear touch sensor, RF EEPROM connector and a USB mini-B connector.
This discovery board provides a three channels linear (or slider) sensor. The main characteristics of these
sensors are:
• On-board ST-LINK/V2
• Supply through ST-LINK USB
• External Supply: 3V and 5V
• JP2 (Idd) for current measurement
• Full-Speed USB with mini-B Connector
• Motion sensor, 3-axis digital output gyroscope (L3GD20)
• One Linear Touch Sensor or four Touch Keys
• Two push-buttons: User and Reset
• Six LEDs: USB COM, 3.3 V Power, User (Orange/Green/Red/Blue)
• Extension header: (2 x 33) with 2.54 mm pitch
• Discovery Board Formfactor

7.2.1 STM32F072B-DISCO board selection

Start to select STM32F072B-DISCO board.

Figure 22. STM32F072B-DISCO board selection

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To start Linear Touch Sensor channel acquisition at the same time, three groups are used. (See Figure 23).

Figure 23. STM32F072B-DISCO board schematics

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7.2.2 STM32F072B-DISCO TSC group and sensor activation

To activate the TSC group, sampling capacitors and sensor channels follows the below steps:
• activate TSC according schematics information.
• desactivate unrelevant peripheral like USB, SPI, NCF(L0), EPaper(L0), MFX(L0)
SWD peripheral must be set according to Figure 24.

Figure 24. STM32F072B-DISCO pinout SWD

TSC peripheral must be set according to Figure 25.

Figure 25. STM32F072B-DISCO pinout TSC

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Figure 26 shows the results obtained.

Figure 26. STM32F072B-DISCO pinout overview

7.2.3 STM32F072B-DISCO clock tree

It uses the default clock tree setting.

Figure 27. STM32F072B-DISCO clock configuration

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7.2.4 STM32F072B-DISCO touchsensing library

To activate the TLS usage, switch on TOUCHSENSING box configuration.

Figure 28. TOUCHSENSING box configuration

Select three channels Linear slider and assign dedicated Gx_IOy.

• For training purpose, the user can use three channels Linear slider as three keys sensors
• Select three keys and assign dedicated Gx_IOy
Figure 29 to Figure 33 show these steps.

Figure 29. STM32F072B-DISCO sensor selection

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Figure 30. STM32F072B-DISCO sensor selection step2

Figure 31. STM32F072B-DISCO sensor selection step3

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Figure 32. STM32F072B-DISCO sensor selection step4

Figure 33. STM32F072B-DISCO sensor selection step5

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7.2.5 STM32F072B-DISCO software project generation

It is possible to generate the complete software project based on TSC HAL and TSL.
Figure 34 to Figure 37 show all these steps.

Figure 34. STM32F072B-DISCO software generation step1

Figure 35. STM32F072B-DISCO software generation step2

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Figure 36. STM32F072B-DISCO software generation step3

Figure 37. STM32F072B-DISCO IDE workspace

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7.2.6 STM32F072B-DISCO software basic algorythm

The user needs to write the main application loop.
Example to show keys usage instead of slider usage.
• Open the IDE and in main.c file add the following lines:
/* USER CODE BEGIN 3 */
extern TSL_LinRot_T MyLinRots[];
static uint32_t cnt=0;
tsl_user_status_t status = TSL_USER_STATUS_BUSY;
status = tsl_user_Exec();
if(TSL_USER_STATUS_BUSY == status)
{
// Nothing to do
if(cnt++%50==0){
HAL_GPIO_TogglePin(LD3_GPIO_Port, LD3_Pin);
}
HAL_Delay(1);
}
else
{
if(MyLinRots[0].p_Data->StateId == TSL_STATEID_DETECT)
{
//TSLPRM_LINROT_RESOLUTION
if(MyLinRots[0].p_Data->Position >= 5 && MyLinRots[0].p_Data->Position < 50)
{
HAL_GPIO_WritePin(LD4_GPIO_Port, LD4_Pin, GPIO_PIN_SET);
HAL_GPIO_WritePin(LD6_GPIO_Port, LD6_Pin, GPIO_PIN_RESET);
HAL_GPIO_WritePin(LD5_GPIO_Port, LD5_Pin, GPIO_PIN_RESET);
}
if(MyLinRots[0].p_Data->Position >= 50 && MyLinRots[0].p_Data->Position < 80)
{
HAL_GPIO_WritePin(LD6_GPIO_Port, LD6_Pin, GPIO_PIN_SET);
HAL_GPIO_WritePin(LD4_GPIO_Port, LD4_Pin, GPIO_PIN_RESET);
HAL_GPIO_WritePin(LD5_GPIO_Port, LD5_Pin, GPIO_PIN_RESET);
}
if(MyLinRots[0].p_Data->Position >= 80 && MyLinRots[0].p_Data->Position < 120)
{
HAL_GPIO_WritePin(LD5_GPIO_Port, LD5_Pin, GPIO_PIN_SET);
HAL_GPIO_WritePin(LD4_GPIO_Port, LD4_Pin, GPIO_PIN_RESET);
HAL_GPIO_WritePin(LD6_GPIO_Port, LD6_Pin, GPIO_PIN_RESET);
}
}
else //if(MyLinRots[0].p_Data->StateId == TSL_STATEID_RELEASE)
{
HAL_GPIO_WritePin(LD4_GPIO_Port, LD4_Pin, GPIO_PIN_RESET);
HAL_GPIO_WritePin(LD5_GPIO_Port, LD5_Pin, GPIO_PIN_RESET);
HAL_GPIO_WritePin(LD6_GPIO_Port, LD6_Pin, GPIO_PIN_RESET);
}
}
}
/* USER CODE END 3 */

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To take care of ST-Link setup, see Figure 38.

Figure 38. STM32F072B-DISCO setup

The system is functional and ready to be used. The led blinks according to finger position on the slider.

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7.3 Discovery board: STM32L0538-DISCO

The STM32L053 discovery kit helps you to discover the ultra-low-power microcontrollers of the STM32L0 series.
It offers everything required for beginners and experienced users to get started quickly and develop applications
easily.
Based on an STM32L053C8T6, it includes an ST-LINK/V2-1 embedded debug tool interface, linear touch
sensor, IDD current measurement, 2.04” E-paper display, NFC connector for PLUG-CR95HF-B board, LEDs,
push-buttons, and a USB Mini-B connector.
This discovery board provides a three channels linear (or slider) sensor. Their main characteristics are:
• On-board ST-LINK/V2-1
• Supply through ST-LINK USB
• External Supply : 3V and 5V
• JP4 (Idd) for current measurement
• Full-Speed USB with mini-B Connector
• E-paper 2.04" display (172 x 72)
• One Linear Touch Sensor or four Touch Keys
• Two push-buttons: User and Reset
• Four LEDs: USB COM, 3.3 V Power, user (Green/Red)
• Extension header: (2 x 25) with 2.54 mm pitch
• Discovery Board Formfactor

7.3.1 STM32L0538-DISCO board selection

Start to select STM32L0538-DISCO board.

Figure 39. STM32L0538-DISCO board selection

To start linear touch sensor channel acquisition at the same time, three groups are used.

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Figure 40. STM32L0538-DISCO board schematics

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7.3.2 STM32L0538-DISCO TSC group and sensor activation

To activate the TSC group, sampling capacitors and sensor channels follows the below steps:
• Activate TSC according schematics information.
• You can deactivate unrelevant peripheral like USB, SPI, NCF(L0), EPaper(L0), MFX(L0)
SWD peripheral must be set according to Figure 41.

Figure 41. Pinout SWD

TSC peripheral must be set according to Figure 42.

Figure 42. Pinout TSC

Figure 43 shows the results obtained.

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Figure 43. Pinout overview

7.3.3 STM32L0538-DISCO clock tree

It uses the default clock tree setting.

Figure 44. Clock configuration

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7.3.4 STM32L0538-DISCO touchsensing library

To activate the TLS usage, switch on TOUCHSENSING box configuration.

Figure 45. TOUCHSENSING box configuration

Select three channels Linear slider and assign dedicated Gx_IOy.

• For training purpose, the user can use three channels linear slider as three keys sensors
• Select three keys and assign dedicated Gx_IOy
Follow Figure 46 to Figure 50 to set sensors.

Figure 46. STM32L0538-DISCO sensor selection step1

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Figure 47. STM32L0538-DISCO sensor selection step2

Figure 48. STM32L0538-DISCO sensor selection step3

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Figure 49. STM32L0538-DISCO sensor selection step4

Figure 50. STM32L0538-DISCO sensor selection step5

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7.3.5 STM32L0538-DISCO software project generation

It is possible to generate the complete software project based on TSC HAL and TSL.
See details in Figure 51 to Figure 55.

Figure 51. STM32L0538-DISCO software generation step1

Figure 52. STM32L0538-DISCO software generation step2

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Figure 53. STM32L0538-DISCO complete project overview

Figure 54. STM32L0538-DISCO IDE workspace

Figure 55. SWD settings

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7.3.6 STM32L0538-DISCO software basic algorithm

Below is showed an example to show keys usage instead of slider usage.
• Open the IDE and in main.c file add the following lines:
/* USER CODE BEGIN 3 */
extern TSL_TouchKey_T MyTKeys[];
static uint32_t cnt=0;
tsl_user_status_t status = TSL_USER_STATUS_BUSY;

status = tsl_user_Exec();
if(TSL_USER_STATUS_BUSY == status)
{
// Nothing to do
if(cnt++%50==0){
}
HAL_Delay(1);
}
else
{
HAL_GPIO_WritePin(LD_R_GPIO_Port, LD_R_Pin, GPIO_PIN_RESET); //00
HAL_GPIO_WritePin(LD_G_GPIO_Port, LD_G_Pin, GPIO_PIN_RESET);
if(MyTKeys[0].p_Data->StateId == TSL_STATEID_DETECT)
{
HAL_GPIO_WritePin(LD_R_GPIO_Port, LD_R_Pin, GPIO_PIN_SET); //11
HAL_GPIO_WritePin(LD_G_GPIO_Port, LD_G_Pin, GPIO_PIN_SET);
}
if(MyTKeys[1].p_Data->StateId == TSL_STATEID_DETECT)
{
HAL_GPIO_WritePin(LD_R_GPIO_Port, LD_R_Pin, GPIO_PIN_SET); //01
HAL_GPIO_WritePin(LD_G_GPIO_Port, LD_G_Pin, GPIO_PIN_RESET);
}
if(MyTKeys[2].p_Data->StateId == TSL_STATEID_DETECT)
{
HAL_GPIO_WritePin(LD_R_GPIO_Port, LD_R_Pin, GPIO_PIN_RESET);//01
HAL_GPIO_WritePin(LD_G_GPIO_Port, LD_G_Pin, GPIO_PIN_SET);
}
}
}
/* USER CODE BEGIN 3 */

The system is functional and ready to be used.

The Led is blink according to the position of the on slider.

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Revision history
Table 23. Document revision history

Date Version Changes

19-Sep-2018 1 Initial release.

Added:
• STM32L4+, STM32L5, STM32U5, and STM32WB series
• Table 1. Applicable products
Updated:
• Section Introduction
• Table 2. Change transfer principle documentation
• Table 3. Reference documentation
• Table 4. Signal threshold use documentation
• Table 5. Charge transfer documentation
• Table 6. Sensitivity documentation
23-Jul-2021 2 • Table 8. Key documentation
• Table 9. Linear touch sensor documentation
• Table 10. Rotary sensor documentation
• Table 11. Active shield documentation
• Table 12. Led rules documentation
• Table 13. Electrode documentation
• Table 14. Layout documentation
• Table 15. Power supply documentation
• Table 17. Noise immunity documentation
• Table 18. Conducted noise documentation
• Section 6 Tuning
Updated:
16-Jan-2023 3 • Section Introduction to incorporate the STM32WBA series.
• the whole document with minor changes.

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Contents
1 General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2 Terminology and principle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2.1 Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2.2 Principle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3 Document reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
4 STM32L4 touch sensing controller online presentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
5 Main TSC characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
5.1 Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
5.2 Signal threshold. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
5.3 Charge transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
5.4 Sensitivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
5.5 Sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
5.5.1 Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
5.5.2 Linear or slider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
5.5.3 Rotary sensor or wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
5.5.4 Active shield or driven shield. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
5.6 Layout and PCB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
5.6.1 Led rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
5.6.2 Electrode not located on PCB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
5.6.3 Ground, shield and sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
5.6.4 FAQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
5.7 Noise. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
5.7.1 Power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
5.7.2 False detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
5.7.3 Noise immunity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
5.7.4 Conducted noise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
6 Tuning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
7 Getting started TSC with STM32CubeMX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
7.1 Uses cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
7.2 Discovery board: STM32F072B-DISCO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
7.2.1 STM32F072B-DISCO board selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
7.2.2 STM32F072B-DISCO TSC group and sensor activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
7.2.3 STM32F072B-DISCO clock tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
7.2.4 STM32F072B-DISCO touchsensing library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
7.2.5 STM32F072B-DISCO software project generation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

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7.2.6 STM32F072B-DISCO software basic algorythm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

7.3 Discovery board: STM32L0538-DISCO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
7.3.1 STM32L0538-DISCO board selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
7.3.2 STM32L0538-DISCO TSC group and sensor activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
7.3.3 STM32L0538-DISCO clock tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
7.3.4 STM32L0538-DISCO touchsensing library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
7.3.5 STM32L0538-DISCO software project generation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
7.3.6 STM32L0538-DISCO software basic algorithm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Revision history . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46

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List of tables
Table 1. Applicable products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Table 2. Change transfer principle documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Table 3. Reference documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Table 4. Signal threshold use documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Table 5. Charge transfer documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Table 6. Sensitivity documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Table 7. Dielectric constants of common materials used in a panel construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Table 8. Key documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Table 9. Linear touch sensor documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Table 10. Rotary sensor documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Table 11. Active shield documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Table 12. Led rules documentation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Table 13. Electrode documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Table 14. Layout documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Table 15. Power supply documentation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Table 16. False detection documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Table 17. Noise immunity documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Table 18. Conducted noise documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Table 19. Sensors documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Table 20. ESD documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Table 21. Conducted noise documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Table 22. Sampling capacitor documentation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Table 23. Document revision history . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

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List of figures
Figure 1. Change transfer principle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Figure 2. Main documentation tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Figure 3. STM32L4 online training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Figure 4. STM32L4 Touch Sensing Controller online training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Figure 5. TSC characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Figure 6. STMStudio outputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Figure 7. Incomplete and complete charge transfer cycle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Figure 8. Sensor size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Figure 9. Interlaced linear touch sensor with three channels / four electrodes (half-ended electrodes design) . . . . . . . . . 12
Figure 10. Interlaced patterned rotary sensor with three channels / three electrodes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Figure 11. Active shield principle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Figure 12. Led layout example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Figure 13. Example of cases requiring a LED bypass capacitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Figure 14. Electrode not located on PCB example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Figure 15. Hatched ground and signal tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Figure 16. Ground plane example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Figure 17. Track routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Figure 18. Track routing recommendation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Figure 19. Shield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Figure 20. Typical power supply schematic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Figure 21. Main project panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Figure 22. STM32F072B-DISCO board selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Figure 23. STM32F072B-DISCO board schematics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Figure 24. STM32F072B-DISCO pinout SWD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Figure 25. STM32F072B-DISCO pinout TSC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Figure 26. STM32F072B-DISCO pinout overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Figure 27. STM32F072B-DISCO clock configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Figure 28. TOUCHSENSING box configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Figure 29. STM32F072B-DISCO sensor selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Figure 30. STM32F072B-DISCO sensor selection step2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Figure 31. STM32F072B-DISCO sensor selection step3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Figure 32. STM32F072B-DISCO sensor selection step4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Figure 33. STM32F072B-DISCO sensor selection step5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Figure 34. STM32F072B-DISCO software generation step1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Figure 35. STM32F072B-DISCO software generation step2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Figure 36. STM32F072B-DISCO software generation step3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Figure 37. STM32F072B-DISCO IDE workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Figure 38. STM32F072B-DISCO setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Figure 39. STM32L0538-DISCO board selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Figure 40. STM32L0538-DISCO board schematics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Figure 41. Pinout SWD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Figure 42. Pinout TSC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Figure 43. Pinout overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Figure 44. Clock configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Figure 45. TOUCHSENSING box configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Figure 46. STM32L0538-DISCO sensor selection step1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Figure 47. STM32L0538-DISCO sensor selection step2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Figure 48. STM32L0538-DISCO sensor selection step3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Figure 49. STM32L0538-DISCO sensor selection step4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Figure 50. STM32L0538-DISCO sensor selection step5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Figure 51. STM32L0538-DISCO software generation step1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Figure 52. STM32L0538-DISCO software generation step2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Figure 53. STM32L0538-DISCO complete project overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

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Figure 54. STM32L0538-DISCO IDE workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Figure 55. SWD settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

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