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Make a touchpad using pencil

Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2012 12:08 am
by SemiconductorCat
Is that even possible. Yes it's possible today. And I have seen this on the internet and I
would like to share this with you boys and girls.

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3b68vZQ ... r_embedded[/media]


Source link: http://hackaday.com/2010/11/16/paper-touchpad/

Re: Make a touchpad using pencil

Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2012 8:35 am
by SevenZero
There is no big logic in there. It is just two voltage sources that detects the resistance and from there predict the pointer. When the carbon layer in not continuous, you will find practical problems as seen on the video.

Re: Make a touchpad using pencil

Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2012 12:07 am
by Peton10
This video is so much helpful and knowledgeable to me.