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Example: Touch Sensor

Sample Touch Sensor on Intel Edison in Node.js

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Example: Touch Sensor

Code

Read touch sensor and write to console

JavaScript
// Load TTP223 touch sensor module
var sensorModule = require('jsupm_ttp223');

// Create the TTP223 touch sensor object using GPIO pin 0
var touch = new sensorModule.TTP223(0);

// Check whether or not a finger is near the touch sensor and
// print accordingly, waiting one second between readings
function readSensorValue() {
    if ( touch.isPressed() ) {
        console.log(touch.name() + " is pressed");
    } else {
        console.log(touch.name() + " is not pressed");
    }
}
setInterval(readSensorValue, 1000);

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Paul Langdon

Paul Langdon

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Working as a cloud architect for an IoT hardware company

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