Adafruit Capacitive Touch Sensor Breakouts #adafruitlearningsystem - Adafruit Blog

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The Adafruit Capacitive Touch Sensor Breakouts are versatile boards designed to add touch sensing capabilities to your projects. They operate on a voltage range of 1.8 to 5.5V DC and can be triggered simply by touching the sensor pad. These boards are user-friendly and can interface with various projects, whether or not you have a microcontroller involved.