4.1 Capacitive touch access panel with CapTIvate technology and MSP432 MCUs

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March 17, 2017

A demonstration of how to interface an MSP430 microcontroller (MCU) with CapTIvate technology to a SimpleLink MSP432 host MCU using the CapTIvate software Library communications module for access panels, smart eLocks, keypads and more.

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