Raspberry Pi Interface with TTP229 Capacitive Keypad

Demonstration

Physical connections

Notes

1. The jumper shown on the board needs to be in place for all 16 keys to be read. Otherwise only 8 keys will be read.
2. V_CC can be 3.3V, so no level shifting is needed for the Raspberry Pi.
3. There can be some confusion, since a different version of the TTP229 chip uses I²C. This is not an I²C device.
4. Any GPIO pins can be used. I used GPIO17 for SCL and GPIO4 for SDO.

Python code

import RPi.GPIO as GPIO
import time


GPIO.setmode(GPIO.BCM)
SCLPin=17
SDOPin=4

HALF_BIT_TIME=.001
CHARACTER_DELAY=5*HALF_BIT_TIME

NUM_BITS=16

GPIO.setup(SCLPin,GPIO.OUT)
GPIO.setup(SDOPin,GPIO.IN)

GPIO.output(SCLPin,GPIO.HIGH)
time.sleep(HALF_BIT_TIME)
oldKey=18

try:
	while True:
		button=1
		time.sleep(CHARACTER_DELAY)


		while button < 17:
			print_button=button
			if (print_button==17):
				print_button=1

			GPIO.output(SCLPin,GPIO.LOW)
			time.sleep(HALF_BIT_TIME)
			keyval=GPIO.input(SDOPin)
			if not keyval and not pressed:
				pressed=True
				if(oldKey!=button) :
					print(print_button)
					oldKey=button
			GPIO.output(SCLPin,GPIO.HIGH)
			time.sleep(HALF_BIT_TIME)

			button+=1

		pressed=False
except KeyboardInterrupt:
	pass
	GPIO.cleanup()
    

Notes

1. The timing can be finicky. Specifically, the CHARACTER_DELAY.