Touch Switch Questions...?

[slopes]

I've found this interesting-looking cheap touch switch IC...

HobbyTronics | HobbyTronics Touch Switch IC

Can someone please explain to a electronics-diagram total novice how the wiring would work shown in this diagram. It can be configured for momentary or latch operation and has two independent switches - so is this diagram showing both alternatives?

I would like to know how it would be wired for momentary use.

Help would be very much appreciated.

 

[CapeCAD]

This diagram shows two switches in momentary configuration (CFG [Pin 5] tied to GND [pin 8]). You would connect pin 5 to pin 1 for latch operation.

Unfortunate that you can't configure it for 1 momentary and 1 latching.

For a single switch you can ignore pin 3, pin 6, and the resistor from pin 6 to pin 1.

 

[slopes]

Thanks CapeCAD - thats very helpful. But in the most simplest terms can you tell me which wires shown on this diagram would be attached to the battery terminals and which two to the atty?*

Sorry to be so thick.

*Supposing only one momentary switch were to be used.

 

[CapeCAD]

You can't connect this switch directly to the atty, it would not handle the current. This switch can only be used to activate a control pin of a regulator or converter or turn on a mosfet.

Pin 1 Voltage + (2V-5V)
Pin 2 Ctl pin or Mosfet
Pin 8 Voltage - (Ground)

 

[slopes]

So in a box with a single 3.7v battery, I would need a regulator wired in to pin 2?

 

[BorisTheSpider]

Check out this thread, which discusses exactly this subject.

I just re-read what I posted and I realized I may have come off as rude. That really wasn't my intent - I was just hoping to be helpful by mentioning a thread I recently stumbled across. Not trying to say "Use the search feature .....!" I doubt it would have shown up. I think I found it while looking for something not even involving switches.

 

[slopes]

Check out this thread, which discusses exactly this subject.

I just re-read what I posted and I realized I may have come off as rude. That really wasn't my intent - I was just hoping to be helpful by mentioning a thread I recently stumbled across. Not trying to say "Use the search feature .....!" I doubt it would have shown up. I think I found it while looking for something not even involving switches.

I didn't take it as rude Boris. CapeCAD's comments so far have been helpful. I checked out the link you gave and that was useful too.

Can someone tell me if my following drawing is getting on-track... or if I'm hopelessly confused with the wiring for this thing?

 

[BorisTheSpider]

Oh good. I worry about how I come across in text, which explains why I tend to ramble in posts. I'm glad you're finding the help you need because I've been doing my best to leach off other people's questions. It's been most helpful.

 

[slopes]

Bumped!

Can anyone at all say if my diagram would work? (shown two posts back). I've bought the touch switch now and would like to have a go at wiring it up. The vendors' website says: "Simple to use, the only other parts required are a 1M resistor for each input. Simply connect a touch sensor of your choosing to one of the input pins and that's it."

Any comment greatly appreciated.