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Non-contact Capacitive Liquid Level  Sensing using FDC1004

We used a TI FDC1004 breakout with an Arduino to measure liquid level in a bottle using the capacitance between two adhesive copper strips.

Non-contact Capacitive Liquid Level Sensing using FDC1004

Team ProtoCentral
85K
Multi-Touch with CapTIvate

Use CapTIvate technology for multi-touch with 64 pads!

Multi-Touch with CapTIvate

Rei Vilo
3.0K

This project allows you to draw your own controller to be used with anything. It utilizes capacitive sensing and graphite's conductivity.

Arduino Paper Controller (Buttons + Slider)

millerman4487
22K
touch sensor

this project uses a touch sensor to turn on and off an led on pin 13.

touch sensor

tech guy
36K
Capacitive Touch Sensing Grid

Build a 6x6 grid with an MPR121, expanding possible inputs from a mere 12 to 36!

Capacitive Touch Sensing Grid

Evan Rust
30K
Automatic Button Dispenser

Why spend seconds giving away promotional buttons at Maker Faires, when you can spend countless hours building a machine to do it for you?

Automatic Button Dispenser

Jeremy Cook
4.8K
Music Player with LinkIt One

A simple music player built with LinkIt One to demonstrate high school kids the power of Arduino-compatible boards.

Music Player with LinkIt One

CodeWarriorMalo
2.1K
touchlessTimer

Sealed, 20 second countdown timer triggered by the wave of your hand. Aluminum foil is used as a rudimentary proximity sensor. #Arduino

touchlessTimer

TravisCrash
3.8K
Habitatt

Re-ink your habits: Temporary Tattoos for emotional well-being

Habitatt

5 members
16K
MeArm Controlled by Arduino Uno and TTP229-BSF Touchpad

Instead of using 2-axis joysticks, I decided to use a spare TTP229-BSF capacitive touchpad to control a 4-DoF MeArm robotic arm.

MeArm Controlled by Arduino Uno and TTP229-BSF Touchpad

Alan Wang
7.9K
VästtraPi: A Personal Bus Stop for Västtrafik Buses

Your own departures screen for Västtrafik buses from Gothenburg, Sweden. Get travel information instantly, like being at a real bus stop!

VästtraPi: A Personal Bus Stop for Västtrafik Buses

Dimitris Platis
4.4K
Smart Liquid Medicine Dispenser

This is an IoT liquid medicine dispenser with voice command over the cloud.

Smart Liquid Medicine Dispenser

Nghia Tran
2.7K
CapBoard

Capacitive Board (CapBoard) is a device based on Arduino Nano for turning conductive objects into a capacitive sensor to detect the touch.

CapBoard

costantinorizzuti
2.6K
FourFace

FourFace is a capacitive touch, four player pattern-recognition game in the vein of the 80's electronic game, "Simon".

FourFace

Team FourFace
918
Awake

An exploration of the future of illustration.

Awake

Team Sofia Aronov
10K
Contactless Liquid Level Sensing using CapSense

This project uses CapSense to do contactless measurement of liquid levels from sensors located on the outside of a non-conductive container.

Contactless Liquid Level Sensing using CapSense

Gagan Luthra
8.3K
Arduino Synth

Arduino Synth is a project that consists of creating an 8-bit capacitive synthesizer.

Arduino Synth

Karem BenChikha
&
Oussama_ETTAOUIL
4.8K

This is an Arduino-based dial controller, inspired by Microsoft’s surface dial. (A secondary controller for you PC.)

Ahmsville Dial

Ahmed Oyenuga
3.3K
Smart RV

This project enables ioT applications for your camper van. The central control unit consist of a Python GUI on a BBB.

Smart RV

3 members
2.6K
Touch Switches for Home

Smart Home

Touch Switches for Home

RoboCircuits
2.4K
How to Make Arduino Theremin -Control Arduino With Proximity

How to Make Arduino Theremin - Control Arduino With Proximity and Touch

How to Make Arduino Theremin -Control Arduino With Proximity

Ahmed Ebeed
2.3K
Cabinet Lock With Hidden Capacitive Switch

In this project we add a hidden electric lock to one of our kitchen cabinets.

Cabinet Lock With Hidden Capacitive Switch

Xkitz
1.8K
Pi Cap + MQTT

Learn how to connect your Pi Cap touch events to the Internet.

Pi Cap + MQTT

Team Bare Conductive
1.4K
IMX-RT Drum Pad

This is simple Drum Pad built with Cap-sense touch and IMX-RT.

IMX-RT Drum Pad

Ashok R
1.2K
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