A touch sensor, especially a capacitive touch sensor, has some surprisingly sophisticated electronics to detect a fingertip. Luckily, little capacitive touch sensor/switch modules are widely available ...

Creating capacitive touch-sensitive buttons is easy these days; many microcontrollers have cap-sense hardware built-in. This will work for simple on/off control, but what if you want a linear, posi… ...

A lot of consumer gadgets use touch sensors now. It is a cheap and reliable way to replace a variety of knobs and switches on everything from headphones to automobiles. However, creating a custom t… ...

Capacitive sensing isn't limited to your smartphone. In fact, you can use contact with human skin (or any other conductive surface) to trigger almost any circuit. And the Touch Board from Bare ...

A demo of Touch Board as a capacitive sensor. 5 / 15. ... on Kickstarter last year for an Arduino-based project called Touch Board that turns any conductive ... extraordinary ideas! Subscribe. HOME.

Watch the video after the jump to learn more about the Arduino Infrared touchscreen music controller project and see it in action. “The touchscreen uses infrared (IR) sensing to detect fingers ...