# Standalone 5-Pad Capacitive Touch Sensor Breakout - AT42QT1070

**Type:** Product page · **SKU:** ADA1362 · **Brand:** [Adafruit](https://core-electronics.com.au/brands/adafruit-australia)
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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...

## Pricing

- **Price:** $13.20 (inc GST) — $12.00 AUD, exc GST
- **Quantity discounts:** 10+ $11.64 (exc GST) · 50+ $11.40 (exc GST)

## Availability & dispatch

- Available with a lead time — expect dispatch between Aug 24 and Aug 26.

## Description

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 conductive contacts) the corresponding LED on the right lights up and the output pin goes low. You can use this to update an existing normal-button project where buttons connect to ground when pressed.

Note that only one contact will be detected at once (this is to protect against having a hand brush against two or more contacts at once.

Comes with a fully assembled board, and a stick of 0.1" header so you can plug it into a breadboard. For contacts, we suggest using copper foil, then solder a wire that connects from the foil pad to the breakout.

[The datasheet has many details on sensitivity, power usage, etc.](https://core-electronics.com.au/attachments/localcontent/AT42QT1070_521785a2cbe.pdf) - note that this board uses the chip in 'standalone' mode only, it cannot be used in I2C mode.

Standalone 5-Pad Capacitive Touch Sensor Breakout - AT42QT1070 ([11:38](https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=buZu0vgamQo#t=698))

## Technical Details

[Datasheets, EagleCAD PCB files, Fritzing object and more available in the product tutorial](https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-capacitive-touch-sensor-breakouts/downloads)!

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