[Marcus] has written up his experiences using the AD7746 capacitance sensor.He used the SparkFun breakout board in conjunction with an Arduino. The available Arduino code wasn’t that great so he ...

Bare Conductive raised over US$200,000 on Kickstarter last year for an Arduino-based project called Touch Board that turns ... a custom chip that allows the Touch Board to act as a capacitive sensor.

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… ...