To bridge the 6.3 mm spacing between the PCB and the top of the enclosure [Daniel] used a small, 7 mm PCB-mounted spring. The spring used to create a capacitive touch sensor. (Source: JLCPCB parts) ...

Capacitive touch; Capacitive sensing brings elegance, easy-to-use touch sensing functionality to a user interface. Capacitive touch sensors have already replaced billions of mechanical buttons.

Capacitive touch buttons are a great way to turn just about any (non-conductive) surface into a button, but people generally dislike the lack of tactile feedback. [KontinuumLab] apparently agreed … ...

Cypress Semiconductor Corp. , the market leader in capacitive touch-sensing solutions, today announced a promotion on a CapSense® controller for just $0.025 per button. The promotion is for the ...

The basic concept behind capacitive touch switch is simple: The system determines that a button has been pressed, or the finger has come sufficiently close, by first detecting changes in ...

Apple could add the ability to control applications like iTunes while a notebook is closed via capacitive touch buttons added to the lid of future MacBooks. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office ...

In Part 3, we’ll explore how to overcome the challenges faced in migrating from mechanical buttons to capacitive sensing buttons, what a mechanical button replacement (MBR) device is, and the problems ...