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Capacitive touch buttons are a great way to turn just about any (non-conductive) surface into a button, but people generally dislike the lack of tactile feedback. [KontinuumLab] apparently agreed and …read more Continue reading Silicone Tubing as Springs for Capacitive Touch Buttons
Pianos traditionally had keys made out of ivory, but there’s a great way to avoid that if you want to save the elephants. You can build a keyboard using spoons, …read more Continue reading MIDI Spoon Piano Is Exactly What You Think It Is
Have you ever wanted to take a break from reading or studying to just rock out for a few blissful minutes? If you’re anything like us, you like to rock …read more Continue reading MIDI Bookmark Marks the Spot Where Work and Play Intersect
Unlike many modern microcontrollers, RP2040 doesn’t come with a native capacitive touch peripheral. This doesn’t mean you can’t do it – the usual software-driven way works wonderfully, and only requires …read more Continue reading Give Your Pi Pico Captouch Inputs For All Your Music Needs
The kalimba, or thumb piano, is an easy way to make some music even if you have next to no idea what you’re doing. The only real downside is that …read more Continue reading Thumbs Up To This Pico MIDI Kalimba
In the catalogue of the Chinese parts supplier LCSC can be found many parts not available from American or European suppliers, and thus anyone who wants to evaluate them can …read more Continue reading Get To Know Touch With This Dev Board
You can buy small modules with capacitive touch detection ICs — most often it’s the TTP223, a single-button capacitive model with configurable output modes. These are designed to pair with …read more Continue reading TTP223 Brings Simple Touch Controls to a LED Lamp
[Hal Rodriguez] and [Sahrye Cohen] of Amped Atelier focus on creating interactive wearable garments with some fairly high standards. Every garment must be pretty, and has to either be controllable …read more Continue reading REMOTICON 2021 // Hal Rodriguez and Sahrye Cohen Combine Couture and Circuitry
Most projects that interface with the real world need some sort of input device. Obviously this article is being written from a standardized “human interface device” but when the computers …read more Continue reading Capacitive Touch Controller for FPGAs
Those tiny switches inside your mouse may be rated for 50 million clicks or more, but your fingers will likely wear out much sooner than that. Trust us — mouse …read more Continue reading Capacitive Mouse Built for a Friend Makes for a Touching Tale