Evaluation Kit for PCAP01

The PCapØ1-EVA-KIT evaluation system provides a complete system for generally evaluating the PCapØ1 chip. It comprises of a main board, a plug-in module, a Windows based evaluation software, assembler software and the PICOPROG programming device. The PCapØ1 evaluation board is connected to the PC‘s USB interface through the PICOPROG V2.0 programming device. The evaluation kit offers user friendly configurations for evaluating the PCapØ1 single-chip solution for capacitance measurement. This kit can be used to evaluate the capacitance measurement, temperature measurement and the pulse generation capabilities of the PCapØ1 chip.

PCAP02 Capacitance-to-Digital Converter

Low power capacitance-to-digital converter with wide input range (from fF to nF) and versatile configuration options. PCap02 can be configured for highest sampling rates up to 500kHz, lowest current consumption down to 2µA or lowest noise of 15 aF (rms). The internal signal processor allows for power-efficient and fast calculations, e.g. for sensor linearization or complex arithmetics.

PCAP04 Capacitance-to-Digital Converter

PCap04 is a capacitance-to-digital converter (CDC) with integrated digital signal processor (DSP) for on-chip data post-processing. Its front end is based on the PICOCAP principle. This conversion principle offers outstanding flexibility with respect to power consumption, resolution and speed. Further, PCap04 covers a wide capacitance input range from a few femtofarads up to several hundreds of nanofarads. It is easy to configure the PCap04 for different capacitance measurement tasks, i.e. single as well as differential sensors in both, grounded or floating connection. The on-chip DSP allows to implement sensor algorithms like linearization and temperature compensation, with data output in a digital (SPI or IIC) or analog (PDM/PWM) way.