Arduino Glass Touch Sensor. As you can see the vase is already lit up in red color and when I touch the plant the color will change. All you need is a pad of Electric Paint an Arduino and a resistor.
Experience the Internet of Things in your hands. Download Arduino capacitive touch sensor library. Here I demonstrate a basic LED-based Touch Lamp using an Arduino microcontroller.
Capacitive touch is sensed when the sensor or probe is touched by a large object or person or conductive object.
The power of a 32-bit ARM core in a Mega form factor with all the IO you may need. You can leave off the buttons and solder directly to the circled pads or if your shield is already built just tack-solder the wires to the legs of the buttons. Touch and keep touching the touch sensor several seconds. When correctly constructed this sensor can detect a persons presence from up to 300 mm away and can work behind any non-conductive material such as glass wood plastic etc.
