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Standalone 5-Pad Capacitive Touch Sensor Breakout - AT42QT1070

Standalone 5-Pad Capacitive Touch Sensor Breakout - AT42QT1070 — Adafruit — P1362

Microcontroller-free capacitive touch breakout using the AT42QT1070, with five touch-pad inputs and 1.8–5.5 V supply. Each pad drives a dedicated digital output line.

Pinout

Logical pinout · physical placement not verified
STANDALONE 5-PAD CAPACVCC5x touch pad inputsGND5x digital outputs
  • VCC
    Type · Power
  • GND
    Type · Ground
  • 5x touch pad inputs
    Type · Signal
  • 5x digital outputs
    Type · Signal

Start wiring

I2C · SPI · Single data line · 3.3 – 5 V · Breakout

Verify supply voltage and logic levels before powering up.

Module pins: VCC, GND, 5x touch pad inputs, 5x digital outputs. Schematik maps them to your board in the app.

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