User manual

MGC3130 HILLSTAR DEVELOPMENT
KIT USER’S GUIDE
 2013 Microchip Technology Inc. DS40001721A-page 49
Appendix E. Glossary
TABLE E-1: GestIC
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GLOSSARY
Term Definition
AFE Analog front end
Application Host PC or embedded controller which controls the MGC3130
Aurea MGC3130 PC control software with graphical user interface
Colibri Suite Embedded DSP suite within the GestIC
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Library
Deep Sleep MGC3130 Power-Saving mode
E-field Electrical field
Frame Electrodes Rectangular set of four electrodes for E-field sensing
GestIC
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Technology Microchip’s patented technology providing 3D free-space gesture
recognition utilizing the principles of electrical near-field sensing
GestIC
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Library Includes the implementation of MGC3130 features and is delivered
as a binary file preprogrammed on the MGC3130
Gesture Recognition Microchip’s stochastic HMM classifier to automatically detect and
classify hand movement patterns
Gesture Set A set of provided hand movement patterns
Hand Brick Copper coated test block (40x40x70 mm)
HMM Hidden Markov Model
MGC3130 Single-Zone 3D Gesture Sensing Controller
Position Tracking GestIC
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technology feature
Sabrewing MGC3130 evaluation board
Self Wake-up MGC3130 Power-Saving mode
Sensing Area Area enclosed by the four frame electrodes
Sensing Space Space above sensing area
Signal Deviation Term for the delta of the sensor signal on approach of the hand
versus non-approach
Spacer Brick Spacer between the sensor layer and hand brick
(Styrofoam block 40x40xh mm) with h= 1 / 2 / 3 / 5 / 8 / 12 cm
SPU Signal Processing Unit
Approach Detection GestIC
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technology feature: Power-Saving mode of the MGC3130
with approach detection