Hi guys,
I want to control some LEDs in my house and was thinking about doing that with a Plexiglass panel that has capacitive touch buttons.
I was thinking of having around 6 buttons that are lit by LEDs and some fairly thin plexiglass. I would also like to have this powered by 12V.
I checked out some circuit designs like this one http://www.discovercircuits.com/PDF-FILES/12vexc1.pdf but I think for circuits like that, the dielectric of the button has to be touched directly and can't be covered. I'm not totally sure on that though.
I also looked at the Atmel QT series like the 42QT1060 which seems to incorporate the functions I am looking for. I don't know how much work it is to set one up though.
Does anyone have experience with this? Your help is much appreciated!
Thanks guys!
I want to control some LEDs in my house and was thinking about doing that with a Plexiglass panel that has capacitive touch buttons.
I was thinking of having around 6 buttons that are lit by LEDs and some fairly thin plexiglass. I would also like to have this powered by 12V.
I checked out some circuit designs like this one http://www.discovercircuits.com/PDF-FILES/12vexc1.pdf but I think for circuits like that, the dielectric of the button has to be touched directly and can't be covered. I'm not totally sure on that though.
I also looked at the Atmel QT series like the 42QT1060 which seems to incorporate the functions I am looking for. I don't know how much work it is to set one up though.
Does anyone have experience with this? Your help is much appreciated!
Thanks guys!