Renesas Electronics Smart Clotheshorse

Renesas Electronics Smart Clotheshorse is a reference design that combines multiple Renesas products to deliver a comprehensive solution. In some indoor areas, the environment is very moist, making it difficult to dry clothes efficiently. With today’s technology, there are now additional features for electronic-type dryers, like remote and voice control, and a local touch panel that automatically turns off to save energy. This reference design provides a cost-optimized RX130 32-Bit Microcontroller (MCU) with a Capacitive Touch Sensing Unit (CTSU). The buck regulator and LDO power the MCU and other peripheral modules. A humidity and temperature sensor and half-bridge drivers are also integrated into this solution. Voice recognition and Wi-Fi® modules are used for smart home applications.