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3 changes: 2 additions & 1 deletion cores/esp32/esp32-hal-touch.h
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Expand Up @@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ typedef uint32_t touch_value_t;
void touchSetCycles(uint16_t measure, uint16_t sleep);

/*
* Read touch pad (values close to 0 mean touch detected)
* Read touch pad (for ESP32 values close to 0 mean touch detected /
* for ESP32-S2/S3 higher values mean touch detected)
* You can use this method to chose a good threshold value
* to use as value for touchAttachInterrupt
* */
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128 changes: 128 additions & 0 deletions docs/source/api/touch.rst
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#####
TOUCH
#####

About
-----

Touch sensor is a peripheral, that has an internal oscilator circuit and it measures charge/discharge frequency over a fixed period of time on respective GPIO pins.
Therefore these touch sensors are also known as capacitive sensors. For example, if you touch any of these pins, finger electrical charge will change this number of cycles,
by changing the RC circuit attached to the touch sensor. The TouchRead() will return the number of cycles (charges/discharges) in a certain time (meas).
The change of this count will be used to validate if a touch has happened or not. These pins can be easily integrated into capacitive pads, and replace mechanical buttons.

.. note:: Touch peripheral is not present in every SoC. Refer to datasheet of each chip for more info.

Arduino-ESP32 TOUCH API
-----------------------

TOUCH common API
****************

touchRead
^^^^^^^^^

This function gets the touch sensor data. Each touch sensor has a counter to count the number of charge/discharge cycles. When the pad is ‘touched’,
the value in the counter will change because of the larger equivalent capacitance. The change of the data determines if the pad has been touched or not.

.. code-block:: arduino

touch_value_t touchRead(uint8_t pin);

* ``pin`` GPIO pin to read TOUCH value

This function will return touch pad value as uint16_t (ESP32) or uint32_t (ESP32-S2/S3).

touchSetCycles
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

This function is used to set cycles that measurement operation takes. The result from touchRead, threshold and detection accuracy depend on these values.
The defaults are setting touchRead to take ~0.5ms.

.. code-block:: arduino

void touchSetCycles(uint16_t measure, uint16_t sleep);

* ``measure`` Sets the time that it takes to measure touch sensor value
* ``sleep`` Sets waiting time before next measure cycle

touchAttachInterrupt
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

This function is used to attach interrupt to the touch pad. The function will be called if a touch sensor value falls below the given
threshold for ESP32 or rises above the given threshold for ESP32-S2/S3. To determine a proper threshold value between touched and untouched state,
use touchRead() function.

.. code-block:: arduino

void touchAttachInterrupt(uint8_t pin, void (*userFunc)(void), touch_value_t threshold);

* ``pin`` GPIO TOUCH pad pin
* ``userFunc`` Function to be called when interrupt is triggered
* ``threshold`` Sets the threshold when to call interrupt

touchAttachInterruptArg
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

This function is used to attach interrupt to the touch pad. In the function called by ISR you have the given arguments available.

.. code-block:: arduino

void touchAttachInterruptArg(uint8_t pin, void (*userFunc)(void*), void *arg, touch_value_t threshold);

* ``pin`` GPIO TOUCH pad pin
* ``userFunc`` Function to be called when interrupt is triggered
* ``arg`` Sets arguments to the interrupt
* ``threshold`` Sets the threshold when to call interrupt

touchDetachInterrupt
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

This function is used to detach interrupt from the touch pad.

.. code-block:: arduino

void touchDetachInterrupt(uint8_t pin);

* ``pin`` GPIO TOUCH pad pin.

TOUCH API specific for ESP32 chip (TOUCH_V1)
********************************************

touchInterruptSetThresholdDirection
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

This function is used to tell the driver if it shall activate the interrupt if the sensor is lower or higher than
the threshold value. Default is lower.

.. code-block:: arduino

void touchInterruptSetThresholdDirection(bool mustbeLower);

TOUCH API specific for ESP32S2 and ESP32S3 chip (TOUCH_V2)
**********************************************************

touchInterruptGetLastStatus
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

This function is used get the lastest ISR status for the touch pad.

.. code-block:: arduino

bool touchInterruptGetLastStatus(uint8_t pin);

This function returns true if the touch pad has been and continues pressed or false otherwise.

Example Applications
********************

Example of reading the touch sensor.

.. literalinclude:: ../../../libraries/ESP32/examples/Touch/TouchRead/TouchRead.ino
:language: arduino

A usage example for the touch interrupts.

.. literalinclude:: ../../../libraries/ESP32/examples/Touch/TouchInterrupt/TouchInterrupt.ino
:language: arduino

More examples can be found in our repository -> `Touch examples <https://github.com/espressif/arduino-esp32/tree/master/libraries/ESP32/examples/Touch>`_.