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Capacitive touch experiment: Triggering samples with fruit

By Thomas Deneuville | July 29, 2019

Capacitive touch experiment: A banana and an apple used as capacitive touch sensors

The old banana drum machine: a rite of passage in capacitive touch technology.

Phantom YoYo High Sensitivity Moisture Sensor

By Thomas Deneuville | May 15, 2017

Phantom YoYo Arduino compatible High Sensitivity Moisture Sensor

My ESP8266 ESP-01 (see this post) was delayed so I got to use my moisture sensor tonight. It is much smaller than I expected (2.25 in) but it looks sturdy. 3 pins: VCC, GND, and OUT (analog). When wired to the board, but with no contact between electrodes, the sensor returned 0. In water, the sensor’s…

First IoT steps

By Thomas Deneuville | May 15, 2017

I have been building with Arduino for a while and one of my initial goals was to connect one to the Internet and experiment. Finally, I have decided to take the next step towards this goal. IoT hardware There are many ways to connect an Arduino (I use Uno for now but I might get a Mega soon—more…