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Convert capacitive sensor into physical button?
Is it possible to turn a capacitive button in to a protruding mechanical one?
I am thinking something round that sticks to a surface with a capacitive button on it and is essentially just a button ...
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Help with capacitive touch button output configuration
Can someone help me with the basic working of this capacitive touch switch? I know it isn't very complicated but I just can't get over my brain block of what actually triggers when the button is ...
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capacitive touch buttons through VERY thick glass or macrolon? [closed]
for a science-project I need to create 4-5 capacitive touch buttons through thick glass or macrolon. I think we talk about 15cm atleast, if not 20. I wonder if a big coil or big sheet of tinfoil would ...
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Using a TPP223 capacitive board instead of a mechanical button
I have this CSR8645 bluetooth module and I wanted to use TPP223 capacitive buttons for its inputs - vol+, vol-, next, prev, etc., but I am wondering if it will work at all.
The CSR8645 is originally ...
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Capacitive sensor as drop-in replacement for mechanical button
I have a device X (talking toy), which has a jack of two wires for an external button. That is, I can short the two wires and device X accepts it as a press of a button.
Now, I want to use device X ...
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Capacitive touch sensor design
I made a PCB with several capacitive pads to be read by IQS127.
They work, but any material I put close to the PCB surface will trigger the output, even the 8 mm glass I'm going to use.
The pads ...
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Convert capacitive touch sensing back to mechanical switches?
Capacitive sensing seems to replace often mechanical switches. Is there a way to convert them back to mechanical switches?
Problem at hand is a cooking device with interfaces with the user via the ...
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Trigger capacative button
My washing machine is equipped with a capacitive start button. A "button" is marked with paint on the plastic front and on the backside of the panel there is a spring extruding from the control PCB, ...
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capacitive sensor and wire length
I'm a newbie and I've been playing with the awesome Adafruit CAP1188 capacitive touch gizmo.
As long as I keep the length of the wires from the CAP1188 to my copper sticky pads to a couple of feet, ...
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Replacement IC for the touch-button QT1081?
A project I'm working on needs several touch buttons. I found the datasheet for the Atmel QT1081, which supports up to 8 capacitive buttons, with the added advantage for our circuit that there are ...
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