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Notify me when its in stockThis touch shield for Arduino will inspire your next interactive project with its 12 capacitive touch sensors. Capacitive touch detection works by sensing when a person (or animal) touches one of the sensor electrodes. It's used for touch-sensitive tablets and phones, as well as control panels for devices you may have used before. This shield allows you to create electronics that can respond to human touch with up to 12 separate sensors.
Inside the shield are 12 'shape 8' holes that can be gripped with alligator-clip cables. Attach one side of the clip to the shield and the other to an electrically conductive (like metal) or water-filled (like vegetables or fruits) object. Then start our handy Arduino library to detect when the object is touched. It's that easy! For more advanced users, you can also solder to a pad to create a finer and more permanent connection. It works great with any Arduino since it uses only the I2C pins (SCL & SDA).
It uses the same chip as the MPR121 12-Key Capacitive Touch Sensor Breakout. We have examples for reading touches.You can use it to turn touches into Up/KeyDown keystrokes on an Arduino Leonardo with some creativity (so you can make a vegetable keyboard) or pair it with our Music Maker shield to create a sound player that plays a sound per sensor (fruit drums!).
Each order comes with a Capacitive Touch Shield and a 36-pin header. You'll need to do some basic header soldering to attach the headers to the shield PCB, but it's easy to do with basic soldering tools like a soldering iron and rosin-core electronic solder.
You can order the Adafruit 12 x Capacitive Touch Shield for Arduino - MPR121 from the Adafruit category at SAMM Market, offering competitive prices, same-day shipping, and fast delivery.
