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The touch lamp; a neat idea, and older than you'd think!

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Without a line of software, how does a machine know the next step? →Follow a pulse of water in a coffee maker and five scoring pulses in a pinball machine. Valves, cams and magnetic latches each leave an observable moment when the next step becomes possible.This video helps answer · What changes when the same touch switch moves to a different lamp?

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A touch lamp detects changes in capacitance. The presenter compares a circuit tuned to a particular lamp with a module that establishes a baseline at power-up and responds to a change from that level.

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your body’s capacitance affects the circuit
The touch lamp; a neat idea, and older than you'd think! · ▶ 6:04–6:08
it establishes its baseline capacitance
The touch lamp; a neat idea, and older than you'd think! · ▶ 11:11–11:16

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