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User Manual for the PCF8883 Evaluation Kit OM11055
Rev. 02 — 2 December 2009 User manual
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Keywords Capacitive switch, sensor, proximity switch, PCF8883, OM11055,
PCF8883 evaluation board
Abstract The OM11055 is a PCF8883 evaluation board which can be used to
demonstrate and evaluate the PCF8883 capacitive proximity switch. The
PCB is designed to make it easy to adjust the switch’s sensitivity. The
board can be powered using a Mini USB cable or a 9V battery.
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Revision history
Rev Date Description
02 20091202 Fully updated version to reflect the change of the evaluation kit. Revision 1 was written for
the preliminary evaluation board which was marked “MA142_EVALBOARD.BRD”.
Revision 2 is valid for the new evaluation kit OM11055 (not marked as such on the board).
01 20090731 Initial release
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1. Introduction
This user manual describes the OM11055 evaluation kit. This board was developed in
order to provide a tool for application engineers and development engineers wishing to
try and evaluate the single channel PCF8883 capacitive proximity switch. A LED displays
the status of the switch; test points facilitate measurements of important signals.
The desired capacitive sensor area can vary in terms of material, form, size and
switching distance. Each particular switch configuration demands a suitable electrical
circuit for the input signal. This board allows to easily change the input circuit and the two
capacitors which define the sensitivity and reaction speed of the sensor in a typical
application. This offers the opportunity to rapidly evaluate many possible switching
configurations.
Features
• Simple demo nstratio n of the single channel PCF8883 capacitive proximity switch
• Jump er to select one of the three possible switch modes of the PCF8883
• Evaluate different se nsor sizes (four different sensor plates included on the board) or
• Two po wer supply options: via USB cable or a 9V battery
• Provisio ns for through-hole components allowing them to be easily changed
• Conte nts of the kit
• All documentation is available from the NXP website:
:
off board user defined sensors
:
− One PCF8883 evaluation board
− One 3 ft USB A-B Mini Cable
http://www.standardics.nxp.com/support/boards/pcf8883
2. Quick start
The OM11055 is an evaluation board for the single channel PCF8883 capacitive
proximity switch.
1. Apply power to the board by connecting the supplied mini USB cable to the PCF8883
board and the other end into a PC or a USB power adapter. Alternatively a 9V
battery can be used. The capacitive proximity sensor is now active.
2. With no jumpers on J9 (timed mode), touching the sense plate CP1 will turn on the
green output LED (LD1) for about two seconds.
Please read this manual completely for configuration options and modes.
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3. Board description and layout
Below the top view of the board is shown.
Option to connect an
external sense plate
High impedance op-amp
Sensor output connections
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Output LED, LD1
Setting of output time
Mini USB connector for power
Setting of switch mode
(Push-button, toggle or pulse)
Connection for 9V battery
Optional header to select sense plate
(defaults to CP1)
Four sense plates (selected by J6)
Fig 1. Top view of the PCF8883 evaluation board
The lower halve is dominated by four sensor areas of different size. The actual circuit is
on the upper halve of the board. Arrows indicate the parts of interest which are described
more in detail in subsequent sections.
3.1 Setting the PCF8883 operation modes
The OM11055 allows the user to set one of three output switching behaviour modes,
using jumper J9. Refer to
a) With no jumper on J9, the PCF8883 will operate in pulse mode. The output is
activated for a defined time at each capacitive event. This defined time is
determined by C5.
b) With the jumper across the “TOG” and “TIM” pins, the PCF8883 will operate in
toggle mode (touch on, touch off).
c) With the jumper across the “SW” and “TIM” pins, the PCF8883 will operate in
momentary switch mode (push-button). The output is active as long as the
capacitive event lasts.
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Fig 2. Selection of operating mode using jumper J9
4. User configurable settings
The OM11055 kit allows the user to configure the PCF8883 sensor for evaluation in a
specific application.
4.1 Sensor plate selection
The OM11055 board includes four sensor plates on the board itself and provisions to
connect the PCF8883 to an external sensor. The board connects CP1 to the PCF8883
by default. To enable the other sensor options:
1. Cut the trace that shorts J6 pins 1 & 2 on the underside of the board.
2. Solder in a user supplied 8-pin header (0.1” pitch) at J6.
3. To select sensor plate CP4, connect a user-supplied jumper across J6, pins 7 &
8; to select CP3, jumper pins 5 & 6 of J6, etc.
To use an off board sensing plate, connect the plate at J14 & J18 using coax cable. The
coaxial shield must be connected to the input pin which is marked ‘−‘. In this case do not
jumper any pins on J6.
Cut trace under J6 to disable CP1
User can now add an 8pin header
and Jumper at J6 to select sensor
plates CP1 to CP4.
O
User can connect external
sensor at J14 & J18 using
coax cable
Fig 3. Sensor plate selection
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The size and form of the sensor plate can be varied to obtain optimal switching behaviour
or to shape the sensor for a given application.
The following figure shows some creative examples of how the switch can be used with
sensors of various size and shape.
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Fig 4. Examples of sensor areas and shapes
4.2 Sensitivity settings
The OM11055 board allows for easy modifications to the circuit to change the switch’s
sensitivity. It can be difficult to remove and install surface mount capacitors and resistors
without damaging the board. Therefore the OM11055 board includes holes to add
conventional through-hole passive components which enable quick evaluation of different
values. To remove the SMD components R1 and C1 from the circuit, cut the trace shorts
on the underside of the PCB at J4 and J5. Refer to the PCF8883 datasheet and the
application note AN10832 for details on adjusting the sensitivity.
Cut trace under J5 to disable C1
Cut trace under J4 to disable R1
Fig 5. Traces to be cut for sensitivity setting adjustment
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4.3 Power supply options
Power to the OM11055 PCB can be supplied using a mini USB cable (provided) or a 9V
battery. The 9V battery connector can be removed and a user provided power supply
could be connected at JP3 & JP4 for evaluation of a specific application. Using an
external power supply also allows for easy measuring of the power consumption.
Warning: There is no protection against reverse polarity of the external power supply.
4.4 High impedance op-amp
A high input impedance rail-to-rail input and output op-amp (U2) is included on the board
to measure the voltage at the CPC pin of the PCF8883. A capacitor is connected
between pin CPC and Vss. The value of this capacitor is used to adjust the sensitivity of
the switch. Since this is a very high impedance node, measuring directly with a probe
would disturb the control loop. Therefore this voltage buffer has been included on the
board. By default, this op-amp is not connected, as it would add to power consumption
measurements. To enable U2, install two pin headers and jumpers at J12 and J16.
Remark 1: Always first provide power to op-amp U2 (jumper J12) before connecting the
input to pin CPC of the PCF8883 (J16). Reversing this sequence could result in a CMOS
latch up.
Remark 2: The capacitor C
leakage.
5. Sensor adjustment
It is recommended to start the evaluation of the application using the pre-assembled
components on the board since these have typical values and were tuned for use with
the default connected sensor plate CP1. This should give an adequate response in most
cases. In cases where the switch does not respond or responds unreliably, it is likely that
the input capacitance exceeds the specified input range. The voltage measured on C
via testpoint TP2, should ideally be approximately ½·V
the internally regulated supply voltage, not ½·V
first changing C
Once the switch works properly, further optimizations can be done by adjusting C
C
. Details concerning optimization of the biasing are given in application note
LIN
AN10832.
The circuit has three parameters that influence the switching behaviour. These are listed
below in order of their influence:
• Switch sensitivity, set by C
• Calib ration of the total capacitance on the sensor input using resistor R
capacitor C
• Switchin g speed, set by C
must be a good quality X7R type to minimize charge
CPC
(note: ½·V
DDREG
). The bias point can be optimized by
DD
(and possibly also RC) according to step 1 in the 5-step table below.
F
CPC
F
CLIN
which is half
DDREG
and
C
CPC
CPC
and
,
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Table 1. Optimizing step by step
Step Component Description Min Typ Max
1 CIN (CF) CIN is the total input capacitance (C
be chosen such that C
measuring the voltage over C
2 RS R
3 RC This resistance compensates large input capacitances (long coaxial
4 C
5 C
C
CPC
C
CLIN
and CF form a low pass filter. The typical values are likely to be
S
correct for most applications.
cable, larger sensor plate area). Smaller resistor values should be
used with larger input capacitances.
determines the sensitivity of the sensor. If the sensitivity is
CPC
increased, the possibility of incorrect switching due to interfering
electrical fields is also increased. This parameter has a strong
influence on the switching characteristic.
determines the internal sampling frequency and therefore the
CLIN
reaction time of the switch. Smaller values of C
shorter reaction times. Shorter reaction times lead to increased
current consumption.
is about 30 pF. This can be checked by
IN
which should then be about ½ VDD.
CPC
Sensor
+ C
+ CF). CF should
cable
correspond to
CLIN
10 pF 30 pF 60 pF
- 6.8 kΩ -
5 kΩ 39 kΩ 50 kΩ
90 nF 470 nF 2500 nF
0 pF 22 pF 100 nF
6. Board schematic
On the next page the schematic of the Rev “A” OM11055 PCB is shown. Revision “A” is
identified by the fact that there is no revision number on the PCB. The schematic is also
available as a separate .PDF document on our website. Make sure to check our website
periodically for updates.
7. References and resource URLs
The documents below provide further useful information.
1. PCF8883 product datasheet.
2. AN10832; PCF8883 – capacitive proximity switch with auto-calibration.
Table 2. Resource URLs
Item Resource Description and location
1 OM11055 eval kit
document package
Includes:
• This document
• Board schematic and BOM
• Links to datasheets and application notes
• Location:
http://www.standardics.nxp.com/support/boards/PCF8883
2 PCF8883 webpage Links to the datasheets and application notes
http://www.nxp.com/pip/PCF8883_1.html
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information included herein and shall have no liability for the consequences
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limitation specifications and product descriptions, at any time and without
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9. Contents
1. Introduction .........................................................3
2. Quick start............................................................3
3. Board description and layout.............................4
3.1 Setting the PCF8883 operation modes ..............4
4. User configurable settings.................................5
4.1 Sensor plate selection........................................5
4.2 Sensitivity settings..............................................6
4.3 Power supply options.........................................7
4.4 High impedance op-amp....................................7
5. Sensor adjustment..............................................7
6. Board schematic .................................................8
7. References and resource URLs.........................8
8. Legal information..............................................10
8.1 Definitions ........................................................10
8.2 Disclaimers.......................................................10
8.3 Trademarks......................................................10
9. Contents.............................................................11
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