Touch Sensor LED
Smart Home · Board: ESP8266 · Day 35 of 100
Tap a capacitive touch pad to toggle an LED on the ESP8266 — no moving parts. Modern touch interfaces on a classic board.
How it works
Your finger changes the capacitance of the touch pad, which the sensor chip detects and reports as a touch event. The ESP8266 toggles the LED on each clean touch, with debouncing so a lingering finger counts once. A button with no moving parts to wear out.
What you'll learn
- Capacitive touch sensing
- Touch debouncing
- Solid-state inputs
- Modern UI on classic boards
Full project: code, wiring diagram & Wokwi simulation
The complete build guide lives in the original repo. Ours is a summary — the real thing is one click away.
Open full project on GitHub ↗Summary by SkillShop. Project by Kritish Mohapatra — code and diagrams belong to the original repo.
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