Infineon launches PSoC™ 4000T, ultra-low power microcontroller

【Lansheng Technology News】Infineon Technologies AGrecently announced the launch of the PSoC™ 4000T series of microcontrollers (MCUs). This new MCU series enables best-in-class low-power capacitive sensing solutions with excellent signal-to-noise ratio, water resistance and multiple sensing functions, as well as the highest reliability and robustness.

The PSoC 4000T MCU expands the Arm® Cortex®-M0+-based PSoC 4 MCU product lineup and features Infineon’s fifth generation high-performance CAPSENSE™ capacitive sensing technology. Compared with previous generations of products and similar solutions, the new generation technology improves signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) performance by 10 times and reduces power consumption to 1/10.

PSoC 4000T touch-sensing capabilities enable human-machine interface (HMI) operation at low power and standby power, optimizing Always-on touch-sensing designs and extending battery life in battery-powered products. Designers can now take advantage of the wide range of sensing support provided by PSoC 4000T, such as proximity, humidity, temperature and ambient light sensing. The fifth generation CAPSENSE technology provides better designs for interactive user interfaces, such as proximity sensing and gestures, capacitive sliders, capacitive touch pads, small-size touch screens, wear detection and liquid level detection, etc.

About the PSoC 4000T Series

For designs based on PSoC 4000 and PSoC 4000S, the PSoC 4000T series provides an easy upgrade path through software and algorithm package compatibility, allowing them to also use advanced fifth-generation CAPSENSE technology. The PSoC 4000T series is suitable for a variety of low-power applications, including wearable devices, hearable devices, smart connected IoT devices, etc.

ModusToolBox™

Infineon'sModusToolbox™ software platform provides a series of development tools, libraries and embedded operating algorithm resources to achieve a flexible and comprehensive development experience, and integrates the PSoC 4000T series in the latest software version. ModusToolbox supports a variety of different use cases, including consumer IoT, industrial, smart home, wearables, and many others.