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Arduino - Touch Sensor - LED
We are going to learn how to:
- Turn on LED if the touch sensor is touched.
- Turn off LED if the touch sensor is NOT touched.
We will learn how to toggle LED each time touch sensor is touched in Arduino - Touch Sensor Toggles LED tutorial.
Hardware Required
Or you can buy the following sensor kits:
| 1 | × | DIYables Sensor Kit (30 sensors/displays) | |
| 1 | × | DIYables Sensor Kit (18 sensors/displays) |
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About LED and Touch Sensor
If you do not know about LED and touch sensor (pinout, how it works, how to program ...), learn about them in the following tutorials:
Wiring Diagram
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Arduino Code
/*
* Created by ArduinoGetStarted.com
*
* This example code is in the public domain
*
* Tutorial page: https://arduinogetstarted.com/tutorials/arduino-touch-sensor-led
*/
const int TOUCH_SENSOR_PIN = 2; // Arduino pin connected to the OUTPUT pin of touch sensor
const int LED_PIN = 3; // Arduino pin connected to LED's pin
void setup() {
Serial.begin(9600); // initialize serial
pinMode(TOUCH_SENSOR_PIN, INPUT); // set arduino pin to input mode
pinMode(LED_PIN, OUTPUT); // set arduino pin to output mode
}
void loop() {
int touchState = digitalRead(TOUCH_SENSOR_PIN); // read new state
if (touchState == HIGH) {
Serial.println("The sensor is being touched");;
digitalWrite(LED_PIN, HIGH); // turn on
}
else
if (touchState == LOW) {
Serial.println("The sensor is untouched");
digitalWrite(LED_PIN, LOW); // turn off
}
}
Quick Steps
- Connect Arduino to PC via USB cable
- Open Arduino IDE, select the right board and port
- Copy the above code and open with Arduino IDE
- Click Upload button on Arduino IDE to upload code to Arduino
- Touch and keep touching the touch sensor several seconds
- See the change of LED's state
Code Explanation
Read the line-by-line explanation in comment lines of source code!
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