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ADD Capacitive Touch Switch to Your Projects

by NoskillsrequiredN

How to add capacitive touch switch to your projects at home

Hi there electronic diy friends in this tutorial i will show you how you can add a capacitive touch switch to your
electronic projects for cheap,and give your diy project a professional look and more functionality very easy step by
step.

Step 1: What Is a Touch Switch

A touch switch is a type of switch that only has to be
touched by an object to operate. It is used in many
lamps and wall switches that have a metal exterior as
well as on public computer terminals. A touchscreen
includes an array of touch switches on a display. A
touch switch is the simplest kind of tactile sensor.
This kind of switch will replace sooner or later the old
contact switch, all the modern electronics devices
come with this switch build in,like the old transistor
will be replaced with the mosfet transistor soon

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Step 2: Capacitive Switch Definition
A capacitive switch is a capacitance switch
A capacitance switch needs only one electrode to
function. The electrode can be placed behind a non-
conductive panel such as wood, glass, or plastic. The
switch works using body capacitance, a property of
the human body that gives it great electrical
characteristics. The switch keeps charging and
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discharging its metal exterior to detect changes in
capacitance. When a person touches it, their body
increases the capacitance and triggers the
switch.Capacitance switches are available
commercially as integrated circuits from a number of
manufacturers. These devices can also be used as a
short-range proximity sensor.
Step 3: Diy Capacitive Switch Parts

In order to make (assemble) and put together this capacitive/capacitance switch we will need the following
components and the main board that is very cheap and useful,and in the future projects we will make some tweaks

to make it a not switch,latch on/latch off and more

-Soldering gun

-Solder

-Flux

-Wires

-powerbank

-capacitive module board

Step 4: Capacitive Button Circuit

The project is based arround this capacitive button should be in the same range the full description
circuit that was cheap,small and reliable and as
usual, no description on the website.so we have to TTP223 Touch button Module Capacitor type Single
dig in something to make this happen and for you to Channel Self Locking Touch switch sensor
be able to replicate at home very easy.To power this
chip you will need between 3-5v and the output

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Step 5: TTP223 Capacitive Sensor

TTP capacitive sensor specs:
Operating voltage 2.0V~5.5VOperating current
@VDD=3V, no load, SLRFTB=1,At low power mode
typical 1.5uA, maximum 3.0uA and At fast mode
typical 3.5uA, maximum 7.0uAOperating current
@VDD=3V, no load, SLRFTB=0,At low power mode
typical 2.0uA, maximum 4.0uA and At fast mode
typical 6.5uA, maximum 13.0uAThe response time
max about 60mS at fast mode, 220mS at low power
mode @VDD=3VProvides Fast mode and Low
Power mode selection by pad option(LPMB
pin)Operating Temperature:-20 ~ +70
The TTP223 is a touch pad detector IC which offers 1
touch key. The
touching detection IC is designed for replacing
traditional direct button key with diverse pad size.
Low power consumption and wide operating voltage
are the contact key features for DC or AC application

Step 6: Connect the Touch Switch Diagram

Here you have a diagram on how i connected the capacitive touch switch to the power bank and the load i used in
both cases the power bank output so 5v you can go lower then than and you should in order to protect the chip

the ttp223 has 3 pins gnd,i/o,vccyou will connect the wires accordingly and i noticed that there are to more
additional pins A ,B but that for another tutorial

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Step 7: ADD Capacitive Touch Switch to Your Project

How to add capacitive touch switch circuit to convert
all your project in modern touch activated sensor diy
electronics projects
In the video of today, we will be using a cheap and
useful capacitive touch switch circuit found on
aliexpress and it really transforms the diy electronic
project into a beautiful touch sensor that can be
improved and added to any
projects,cars,caravan,panel board and with some
modifications to the mains 120v/220v devices.
Thanks for watching see you on youtube don't forget
NOSKILLSREQUIRED

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYxwrfhthRU

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