Interactive projection: Making 3D printed capacitive buttons
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This week, let’s turn our attention to turning the 3d printed buttons we made last time into capacitive buttons to activate the Arduino leonardo we programmed in the tutorial before that to control the interactive projection system created with ProPresenter 6 in the one before that.
The first step is to make the buttons conductive and since PLA plastic isn’t, I used metal tape to cover the surface (affiliate link). I also attached two 100k ohm resistors (affiliate link) to the buttons and the tape.
These were then connected to pins 2 and 4, 6 and 4, 8 and 4, and 10 and 4 of the Arduino Leonardo (affiliate link again) that I programmed in the second tutorial in this miniseries.
I got the library basic code from this tutorial. I modified that code (download it from the link below for free) so that touching the buttons sends “A” “S” “D” or “F” from the arduino.
Once I did that, it worked exactly as it did at SALT16 in Nashville. Now, I just need to find a projector to use to do it wherever I want. 😉
Click Here to get the capacitive 3D button code file from this tutorial (for free!)
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About this show:
This show started with Renewed Vision’s ProPresenter software, but might include Photoshop, Final Cut Pro, or any of the other web services that churches might use.
If you do tech at your church or you use computers to advance your church’s mission, this show is for you.
