Touch not working ESP32-S3 custom board

ruben_vleuten
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Touch not working ESP32-S3 custom board

Postby ruben_vleuten » Thu Aug 18, 2022 8:04 am

Hi,

I've designed a custom board with the ESP32-S3 wroom module. I'm trying to do a very basic touch read on GPIO11. It's a very simple loop of reading the raw values of the pin for testing purposes. When I try the code on the Espressif ESP32-S3 dev board the code works fine.

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void loop()
{
  Serial.println(touchRead(11));  // get value using T0
  delay(1000);
}

When I try to run the code on my custom board it doesn't work however. I'm getting constantly the exact same readings on the ADC, not even minor fluctuations.

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10:02:37.840 -> 623194
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10:02:39.848 -> 623194
10:02:40.824 -> 623194
10:02:41.829 -> 623194
10:02:42.836 -> 623194
10:02:43.838 -> 623194
10:02:44.847 -> 623194

It's a very simple design of a trace going from GPIO11 directly to the pad. I've looked into the hardware design guidelines but can't find anything specific why it shouldn't work.

What could be the reason why the ADC doesn't seem to work for touch signals on the ESP32-S3 on my custom board while it does work on the dev board?

ESP_Bob
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Re: Touch not working ESP32-S3 custom board

Postby ESP_Bob » Wed Aug 24, 2022 8:33 am

Can you share your PCB overview here?

ruben_vleuten
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Re: Touch not working ESP32-S3 custom board

Postby ruben_vleuten » Wed Oct 12, 2022 3:10 pm

Unfortunately I can not share the schematics since it's confidential work, but I contacted you through email

silverchris
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Re: Touch not working ESP32-S3 custom board

Postby silverchris » Sat Oct 07, 2023 4:54 am

Did you manage to resolve this? I am having a similar issue with my own custom board

billyischilly
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Re: Touch not working ESP32-S3 custom board

Postby billyischilly » Thu Nov 07, 2024 4:41 pm

I would also be interested in hearing from anyone who has had this problem and sussed it out. I am having trouble with the ESP32 S3 supermini with all but touch inputs T1 and T2 acting as described. Really frustrating!

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