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When our battery
powered product goes into Sleep Mode, we still need to be able to detect a
touch in order to wake up. It looks like the lowest power mode for the
GT911 touch controller IC, while still being
able to detect a touch, is called “Doze Mode” (maybe called Gesture Mode
too?). Doze Mode has a current draw of 0.780mA (page 20). That’s pretty high for a battery-operated device in low power
mode, targeting an ~1mA total current draw. We don’t need double-tap, multitouch, swiping or even knowing the
coordinate of the touch since we throw away the wakeup touch anyway. One
thing I’ve seen on other touch controllers is the ability to adjust the
‘acquisition rate’ and the number of touches it is capable of detecting while
in low power modes. Turning down these settings can help save more power
when we are in our Sleep Mode. Does the GT911 provide any such option to
further reduce the Doze Mode current?
In the GT911 programming guide, I found register 0x8056 and 0x8077, which might be what we’re looking for. They suggest that the Refresh Rate can be adjusted while in Gesture Mode. Is there any documentation on these registers (or any other applicable registers) and how it potentially affects responsiveness and power consumption while in Doze Mode?
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