AT42QT1010 Capacitive Touch Breakout Hookup Guide
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View the updated tutorial: AT42QT101X Capacitive Touch Breakout Hookup Guide
Contributors:
Shawn Hymel
Shawn Hymel 
Resources and Going Further
The AT42QT1010 is a great way to add a single capacitive touch button to a project. For example:
- Create a hidden button for the Illuminated Boxes.
- Replace the Wake-On-Shake module with a capacitive touch button for the Uncertain 7-Cube
- Add a hidden, capacitive touch button to almost anything!
If you need more than one capacitive touch button in your project, you might want to look at some other products:
Resources
- AT42QT1010 Datasheet
- Secrets of a Successful QTouch Design
- Breakout Board Schematic
- Eagle and Project Files
- GitHub Repository