Instructables user "timbit1985" was tired of fumbling for the bedside light switch in the middle of the night, so he instead created a capacitive touch sensor that can be used to control LED lights or other devices. Although it sounds complex - doing so is relatively simple and inexpensive. The sensor surface can be almost any metal object, and in this example it's part of the enclosure. Finally to save money they've used a standalone microcontroller with the Arduino bootloader. A quick demonstration is contained in the following video:
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Jump to comment formtim said:
Hah thanks for featuring my instructable. That’s so cool.