You need two ADC channels one to read the X and Z values and one to read the Y values... You also need to switch in a positive to each plate... The ADC has eight channels but no way of swapping the positive supply.... Go to MikroElectronica and look at this book... The last example has a simple switching circuit..
I drew up a circuit using a 4053... with a single ADC connected to a 8052 micro..
When A,B & C on the 4053 are low... You will be reading the X axis... When all three are high you will read the Y axis.
Unfortunately, you won't be able to read the z axis, as I cannot swap a Ground for a positive... It could be done if you supply a positive to the X axis whilst the 4053 is switched away from the ground...
I would imagine that A is the wiper.... All you need to do is check it with a multimeter.. Its a 50k trimmer so from B ~ C that will be the resistance... A will vary from one to the other!!
PMatrix area detection (PMAD) The PMAD works in combination with the PMSE. It reduces the CPU load by processing the information provided by the PMSE. It returns information on the touched areas. The PMAD can be served by the DMA controller
I think you would be better off with capacitive grid on copper PCB for touch pad. Much simpler and can be clad with solder mask. Requires special MATRIX pattern and encoder.
If you use resistive touch screens, then reading the voltages as I have shown in post #6...
If you buy a specific Touch controller, you can connect to a serial port!