topic Re: Need help in selecting a Sensor in Sensors https://community.nxp.com/t5/Sensors/Need-help-in-selecting-a-Sensor/m-p/674029#M4359 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Radhesh,</P><P></P><P>The portfolio of low-power touch sensors use the human body as one of the capacitive plates of an electrical circuit.&nbsp; Capacitive sensors can also switch without contact due to proximity sensing or used with external plates connected to the device. I think this type of sensor are suitable for your application where the external plate is shaped as a continent. The sensors we have are, <A href="http://cache.nxp.com/docs/en/data-sheet/PCF8883.pdf">PCF8883</A> and <A href="http://cache.nxp.com/docs/en/data-sheet/PCF8885.pdf">PCF8885</A>.</P><P></P><P>Hope you found them useful</P><P>Darío</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 30 Jun 2017 21:05:40 GMT darioarias 2017-06-30T21:05:40Z Need help in selecting a Sensor https://community.nxp.com/t5/Sensors/Need-help-in-selecting-a-Sensor/m-p/674028#M4358 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hello, For my Mater thesis I am developing an Interactive Globe, for which I require a sensor which can sense TOUCH. The user will be touching a continent and this should result in stating the respective name of the continent. The problem I am facing is that the user won't be touching the sensor directly. Can anybody suggest a sensor for this application???</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 03 Feb 2026 23:06:23 GMT https://community.nxp.com/t5/Sensors/Need-help-in-selecting-a-Sensor/m-p/674028#M4358 radheshpulimutt 2026-02-03T23:06:23Z Re: Need help in selecting a Sensor https://community.nxp.com/t5/Sensors/Need-help-in-selecting-a-Sensor/m-p/674029#M4359 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Radhesh,</P><P></P><P>The portfolio of low-power touch sensors use the human body as one of the capacitive plates of an electrical circuit.&nbsp; Capacitive sensors can also switch without contact due to proximity sensing or used with external plates connected to the device. I think this type of sensor are suitable for your application where the external plate is shaped as a continent. The sensors we have are, <A href="http://cache.nxp.com/docs/en/data-sheet/PCF8883.pdf">PCF8883</A> and <A href="http://cache.nxp.com/docs/en/data-sheet/PCF8885.pdf">PCF8885</A>.</P><P></P><P>Hope you found them useful</P><P>Darío</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 30 Jun 2017 21:05:40 GMT https://community.nxp.com/t5/Sensors/Need-help-in-selecting-a-Sensor/m-p/674029#M4359 darioarias 2017-06-30T21:05:40Z