Capacitive touch pad

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R!f@@

Joined Apr 2, 2009
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Which is better, capacitive or resistive.

I am asking this cause I like to make on of them for a project.
I know the difference in them.

Only draw back I seem to find is in the capacitive one. If your fingers are wet, the touch does not seem to respond. Am I right on this ?

As for resistive, unless the area isn't smaller than your fingers, it has no issues, and is a better option. Am I right here too ?

My more important question is, how do you make a capacitive touch pad?

Second, are the capacitive type more sensitive to ignition noise ?

thirdly, can either be made by DIY kits ?
 

retched

Joined Dec 5, 2009
5,207
The little 6pin 10f204 has a capacitive touch pin ready to go. So if you want to start playing around with capacitive touch, that is a cheap/easy way to start.
 

thatoneguy

Joined Feb 19, 2009
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Smart Phones (Droid, iPhone, etc) are capacitive touch screens. Resistive screens (Old iPod Touch) worked with gloves on, but weren't as pin-point accurate, and some other issues I've forgotten.
 
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