Using Arduino’s recently introduced Giga R1 WiFi CPU board and need a human interface? The Giga Display Shield (plug-in board) might fit the bill. It adds a 3.97inch 480 x 800 RGB touchscreen, digital ...

Its designer and creator explains more : It uses an Arduino Mega board and a 3.2” TFT touch screen with a suitable shield for connecting the screen with the Arduino Board.

When a finger or other object touches the surface, it causes the IR light to scatter in many directions. Some of this light is directed down into the screen, towards an array of 64 IR sensors.

The Touch Board is based around an Arduino Leonardo board that also sports an MP3 player / MIDI device, a MicroSD card socket, 3.5 mm audio jack and what Johnson described as the "secret sauce ...

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The touch-screen craze is spreading beyond cellphones as well. Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates has said touch sensors and speech recognition are a focus of the company's development efforts.