Touchscreen hardware components

1 Article purpose

The purpose of this article is to:

• list the touchscreen hardware components that might be integrated in the different boards
• link these components to the corresponding software framework(s)
• point to the datasheet(s) of these components
• explain, when necessary, how to configure these components

2 Software frameworks

Internal peripherals software table template

| Visual and Inputs
|  Goodix GT9147
| 
| Inputs framework
| 
| Touchscreen input driver
|-
| Visual and Inputs
|  FocalTech FT6236
| 
| Inputs framework
| 
| Touchscreen input driver
|}

3 Goodix GT9147

The Goodix GT9147 is a single-layer multi-touch capacitive touch controller driver.

For details and the datasheet please contact the GT9147 driver provider.

3.1 Linux driver

Bindings: Documentation/devicetree/bindings/input/touchscreen/goodix.txt

Sources: drivers/input/touchscreen/goodix.c

4 FocalTech FT6236

The FocalTech FT6236 is a self-capacitive touch panel controller driver.

For details and the datasheet please contact the FT6236 driver provider.

4.1 Linux driver

Bindings: Documentation/devicetree/bindings/input/touchscreen/edt-ft5x06.txt

Sources: drivers/input/touchscreen/edt-ft5x06.c