Touch and force sensing
1-channel capacitive touch (digital output) — detects a touch through foil, wire or pads on a robot shell or hand.
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Adafruit Industries
Adafruit 1374 standalone momentary capacitive touch breakout: Microchip AT42QT1010, one built-in touch pad (or wire your own pad), active-high output with LED, no microcontroller needed, 1.8–5.5 V supply, 0.5 mA fast mode or 50 µA low-power, 28 × 20 mm, 1.87 g — a one-channel touch switch for a robot button or skin patch.
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1-channel capacitive touch (digital output) — detects a touch through foil, wire or pads on a robot shell or hand.
Engineering inferenceNo-load speed, rated performance and stall limits describe different operating points. A stall specification is not a continuous operating rating.
Supply range 1.8–5.5 V.
From $5.95 at www.adafruit.com. Prices are observed unit prices before tax and shipping.
28 × 20 × 1.6 mm. A STEP model is available for enclosure fit checks.
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