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# Touch &amp; Gesture Sensors

Capacitive touch sensors (MPR121), gesture recognition modules (APDS9960), proximity detection, and touch-sensitive breakout boards.

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## Products (45)

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### [Standalone Momentary Capacitive Touch Sensor Breakout [AT42QT1010]](https://littlebirdelectronics.com.au/products/standalone-momentary-capacitive-touch-sensor-breakout-at42qt1010.md)

**Brand:** Adafruit

**Price:** $12.40

**Stock:** In stock

**SKU:** AF-1374

This breakout board is the simplest way to create a project with a single &quot;momentary&quot; capacitive touch sensor. No microcontroller is required here - just power with 1.8 to 5.5VDC and touch the pad to activate the sensor.When a capacitive load is detected (e.g. a person touches the sensor-pad area...

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### [Mini Touch Kit](https://littlebirdelectronics.com.au/products/mini-touch-kit.md)

**Brand:** DFRobot

**Price:** $12.30

**Stock:** In stock

**SKU:** DF-SEN0104

This is a cool touch sensor from DFRobot. You can hook it up to the IO Expansion shield (for arduino) directly. It includes a metallic tape with a sticky side. This make it possible for you to place your sensors anywhere you want. So, if you get sick of the typical push buttons, try this invisibl...

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### [Touch screen breakout board (0.5mm FPC)](https://littlebirdelectronics.com.au/products/touch-screen-breakout-board-0-5mm-fpc.md)

**Brand:** Adafruit

**Price:** $8.20

**Stock:** In stock

**SKU:** AF-334

If you&#39;ve got a resistive touch screen that you&#39;d like to use, you&#39;ll need this breakout! It has a fine pitch (0.5mm) connector soldered onto it and it&#39;s broken out into the 4 resistive wires of the panel. A petite 0.5&quot;x0.5&quot; (12.5mm x 12.5mm) with two mounting holes as well, that you can use for ...

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### [Gravity: Digital Capacitive Touch Sensor For Arduino](https://littlebirdelectronics.com.au/products/gravity-digital-capacitive-touch-sensor-for-arduino.md)

**Brand:** DFRobot

**Price:** $6.15

**Stock:** In stock

**SKU:** DF-DFR0030

A digital capacitive touch sensor from DFRobot&#39;s Gravity series. It detects touch through the same capacitive sensing technology used in smartphones — even through thin cloth or paper. The sensor outputs a digital high/low signal, making it a simple drop-in replacement for mechanical buttons in A...

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### [Touch screen (Nintendo DSL digitizer)](https://littlebirdelectronics.com.au/products/touch-screen-nintendo-dsl-digitizer.md)

**Brand:** Adafruit

**Price:** $11.95

**Stock:** In stock

**SKU:** AF-333

A 4-wire resistive touch screen digitiser (originally designed for the Nintendo DS Lite) that works with a stylus or fingertip. It can be used with any microcontroller that has 2 digital pins and 2 analogue input pins, making it easy to add touch input to your projects — either as a standalone to...

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### [Gravity: AI Visual Gesture and Face Tracking Sensor (5 Gestures, Range 3m)](https://littlebirdelectronics.com.au/products/gravity-ai-visual-gesture-and-face-tracking-sensor-5-gestures-range-3m.md)

**Brand:** DFRobot

**Price:** $28.85

**Stock:** In stock

**SKU:** DF-SEN0626

##Introduction The AI Visual Gesture and Face Tracking Sensor is a high-performance, offline AI recognition module designed for non-contact interaction. With advanced facial tracking and gesture recognition capabilities, it detects up to five distinct gestures and tracks human presence within a r...

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### [Adafruit TSC2046 SPI Resistive Touch Screen Controller](https://littlebirdelectronics.com.au/products/adafruit-tsc2046-spi-resistive-touch-screen-controller.md)

**Brand:** Adafruit

**Price:** $10.05

**Stock:** In stock

**SKU:** AF-5767

The Adafruit TSC2046 is an SPI resistive touch screen controller that offloads touch reading from your microcontroller. Instead of tying up analog pins and constantly polling, the TSC2046 handles all touch sensing over SPI and provides an interrupt pin that signals when a touch is detected. The b...

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### [Gravity: GR10-30 Gesture Sensor (UART &amp; I2C, 12 Gestures, 0~30cm)](https://littlebirdelectronics.com.au/products/gravity-gr10-30-gesture-sensor-uart-amp-i2c-12-gestures-0-30cm.md)

**Brand:** DFRobot

**Price:** $40.15

**Stock:** In stock

**SKU:** DF-SEN0561

This GR10-30 gesture sensor is capable of recognizing 12 hand gestures: move up, down, left, right, forward, backward, rotate clockwise and counterclockwise, rotate clockwise and counterclockwise continuously, hover, and wave. And users can set parameters such as the gesture trigger distance, the...

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### [Fermion: GR10-30 Gesture Sensor (Breakout, UART &amp; I2C, 12 Gestures, 0~30cm)](https://littlebirdelectronics.com.au/products/fermion-gr10-30-gesture-sensor-breakout-uart-amp-i2c-12-gestures-0-30cm.md)

**Brand:** DFRobot

**Price:** $34.70

**Stock:** In stock

**SKU:** DF-SEN0543

This GR10-30 gesture sensor is capable of recognizing 12 hand gestures: move up, down, left, right, forward &amp;amp; backward, rotate clockwise &amp;amp; counterclockwise, rotate clockwise &amp;amp; counterclockwise continuously, hover, and wave. And users can set parameters such as the gesture trigger dist...

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### [Octopus Gesture Sensor Brick](https://littlebirdelectronics.com.au/products/octopus-gesture-sensor-brick.md)

**Brand:** ElecFreaks

**Price:** $29.10

**Stock:** In stock

**SKU:** EF-EF04078

Octopus Gesture Sensor is PAJ7620U2 that integrates gesture recognition function with general I2C interface into a single chip. It can recognize 9 gestures including move up, move down, move left, move right, etc with a simple swipe of your hand. Features: Various main boards support : Freaduino ...

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### [Octopus Touch PAD Sensor](https://littlebirdelectronics.com.au/products/octopus-touch-pad-sensor.md)

**Brand:** ElecFreaks

**Price:** $7.70

**Stock:** In stock

**SKU:** EF-EF04011

The Octopus Touch PAD Sensor is a capacitive touch module based on the TTP223-BA6 IC. It detects touch through dielectric materials such as glass, ceramic, and plastic, making it suitable for touch-through-panel applications. The module connects via a 3-pin Octopus connector for plug-and-play use...

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### [Touch pHAT](https://littlebirdelectronics.com.au/products/touch-phat.md)

**Brand:** Little Bird

**Price:** $19.45

**Stock:** In stock

**SKU:** PR-PIM272

Six touch-sensitive buttons to use for whatever your heart desires, with added LEDs (did you expect anything less?) Touch pHAT has six capacitive touch buttons, each with a bright white LED, designed to be completely agnostic about what they&#39;re used for. You can even use a dry erase pen to write ...

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### [Standalone 5-Pad Capacitive Touch Sensor Breakout - AT42QT1070](https://littlebirdelectronics.com.au/products/standalone-5-pad-capacitive-touch-sensor-breakout-at42qt1070.md)

**Brand:** Adafruit

**Price:** $15.05

**Stock:** In stock

**SKU:** AF-1362

This breakout board is the simplest way to create a project with mutiple capacitive touch sensors. No microcontroller is required here - just power with 1.8 to 5.5VDC and connect up to 5 conductive pads to the 5 left-hand pins. When a capacitive load is detected (e.g. a person touches one of the ...

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### [Adafruit 12 x Capacitive Touch Shield for Arduino - MPR121](https://littlebirdelectronics.com.au/products/adafruit-12-x-capacitive-touch-shield-for-arduino-mpr121.md)

**Brand:** Adafruit

**Price:** $26.70

**Stock:** In stock

**SKU:** AF-2024

The Adafruit Capacitive Touch Shield brings 12 channels of capacitive touch sensing to any Arduino using the MPR121 chip. Each sensor has a &quot;figure 8&quot; pad with holes designed for quick alligator clip connections — attach one end to the shield and the other to any conductive object like metal, fru...

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### [ZX Distance and Gesture Sensor](https://littlebirdelectronics.com.au/products/zx-distance-and-gesture-sensor.md)

**Brand:** SparkFun

**Price:** $57.65

**Stock:** In stock

**SKU:** SF-SEN-13162

The ZX Distance and Gesture Sensor is a touchless sensor that is capable of looking for simple gestures. Developed in conjunction with XYZ Interactive, the sensor uses their GestureSense® technology to recognize the distance of an object away from the sensor up to about 12 inches (30cm, referred ...

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### [3D Gesture Sensor (Mini) For Arduino](https://littlebirdelectronics.com.au/products/3d-gesture-sensor-mini-for-arduino.md)

**Brand:** DFRobot

**Price:** $48.18

**Stock:** In stock

**SKU:** DF-SEN0202

The DFRobot 3D Gesture Sensor (Mini) integrates 3D gesture recognition and motion tracking using Microchip&#39;s patented GestIC near-field sensing technology. It can detect clockwise and counterclockwise rotation, directional swipes, and proximity — all without physical contact. With an effective de...

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### [Bare Conductive Touch Board](https://littlebirdelectronics.com.au/products/bare-conductive-touch-board-50d99e93-a0b9-4d32-9c2c-ff581b1e7dcb.md)

**Brand:** SparkFun

**Price:** $161.80

**Stock:** Out of stock

**SKU:** SF-DEV-13298

The Touch Board from Bare Conductive is an easy-to-use Arduino@Heart board that gives you the ability to turn almost any material or surface into a sensor. Each Touch Board offers 12 electrodes for your a conductive ink or other type of connector that can be drawn or attached to create light swit...

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### [16-Key Capacitive Touch Unit (MEGA328P)](https://littlebirdelectronics.com.au/products/16-key-capacitive-touch-unit-mega328p.md)

**Brand:** Little Bird

**Price:** $13.25

**Stock:** Out of stock

**SKU:** M5-U026

The M5Stack 16-Key Capacitive Touch Unit is a Makey Makey-inspired input device built around an ATmega328P microcontroller. It detects capacitive touch across 16 key pads, allowing you to turn everyday objects — fruit, foil, water, or anything conductive — into touch-sensitive buttons. A built-in...

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### [Touch pHAT](https://littlebirdelectronics.com.au/products/touch-phat-62a4bc2f-afd6-49fb-91af-4293b98f2c74.md)

**Brand:** Little Bird

**Price:** $18.00

**Stock:** Out of stock

**SKU:** PR-PIM280

Six touch-sensitive buttons to use for whatever your heart desires, with added LEDs (did you expect anything less?) Touch pHAT has six capacitive touch buttons, each with a bright white LED, designed to be completely agnostic about what they&#39;re used for. You can even use a dry erase pen to write ...

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### [Touch Sensor Gizmo for Playground - Digital Input](https://littlebirdelectronics.com.au/products/touch-sensor-gizmo-for-playground-digital-input.md)

**Brand:** 4tronix

**Price:** $4.80

**Stock:** Out of stock

**SKU:** TR-GIZTOUCH

The Playground system is an easy way to connect from Crumble, Raspberry Pi or BBC micro:bit to useful GizmosThe Touch Gizmo provides an easy way to make an input that is Active (High) when touched, or inactive (Low) when not touched. Simply use one of the connection cables to connect from the Pla...

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