TKTouchSensor

Module

Description

With the constructor TKTouchSensor you can create a software object for each touch sensor module connected to the TinkerKit Sensor Shield and assign it the physical input pin on which is connected. For example if you have a touch sensor connected to the input pin I0, you might write:

TKTouchSensor touch(I0);

Available methods

*get()*	return the touch sensor reading. HIGH if is pressed, LOW if is released
*pressed()*	trigger the instant when the touch sensor is being pressed and return the HIGH value
*released()*	trigger the instant when the touch sensor is being released and return the HIGH value
*held()*	this method compares the state of the touch sensor with the previous one and return HIGH if is held
*toggle()*	with this method the touch sensor acts like a switch. Each press change the return value, that can be HIGH or LOW

Example

/*
Touch Sensor

Turns on and off a T010111 LED Module connected to O0,
when pressing a T000220 Touch Sensor attached to I0.

created in Dec 2011
by Federico Vanzati

This example code is in the public domain.
*/

// include the TinkerKit library
#include <TinkerKit.h>

TKTouchSensor touch(I0);// creating the object 'touch' that belongs to the 'TKTouchSensor' class
// and giving the value to the desired input pin

TKLed led(O0); // creating the object 'led' that belongs to the 'TKLed' class
// and giving the value to the desired output pin

void setup() {
// TinkerKit 'object' eliminate the need for pin declaration with pinMode()
}

void loop()
{
// check if the touch sensor is pressed.
// if it is, the touch.state() is HIGH:
if (touch.get() == HIGH) {
led.on(); // turn LED on
} else {
led.off(); // turn LED off
}
}

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