Rev.: 03

1 430BOOST-SENSE1 Overview

1.1 Overview

The KT35S430-S1 ITO Capacitive Touch BoosterPack is an extension module for the MSP-EXP430G2

MSP430 LaunchPad Value Line Development Kit (see Figure 1).

Figure 1. Capacitive Sense BoosterPack With LaunchPad

The ITO Capacitive Sense BoosterPack features the new MSP430G2xxx devices with transparent ITO glass

sensor. The BoosterPack includes a converter board and an ITO glass capacitive touch sensor. The user

experience application demonstrates capacitive sense as standalone feature by showing the user interaction

directly with the onboard LEDs.

KT35S430-S1 features:

l Single layer of ITO Glass Sensor with high transmittance

l 3.5 inch diagonal

l Simply applied on any type of LCD displays

l 5 function keys

l Instant feedback to user interaction by 2 LEDs

l Low product cost

l Low customization cost

- Customization on numbers of keys, key position and FPC

1.2 Kit Contents

The KT35S430-S1 kit

includes two components:

•One ITO Glass Capacitive

Touch sensor with five

function keys and FPC

pinout (Figure 2)

•One converter board for

connected the ITO glass

sensor to the

MSP-EXP430G2 MCU

board (Figure 3)

MSP430 LaunchPad (MSP-EXP430G2) with Capacitive Touch

BoosterPack (KT35S430-S1) User Guide

Figure 2.

ITO Glass Capacitive Touch sensor

Figure 3. Connector board