Ambient LED heat network thermostat user-focused prototype

RE: Ambient LED heat network thermostat user-focused prototype

beacon_dave — Sat, 05 Sep 2026 15:06:17 GMT

It looks like the touch pad sensitivity is set based on an offset to the raw_value reading when the TouchIn object is created.

If you are powering up when holding the device in different positions, then this could alter the initial threshold setting.

If you haven't already done so, you may want to check the threshold value that has been set to see if it is consistent or not.

You could over-ride it so that you get the same setting every time.

https://docs.circuitpython.org/en/latest/shared-bindings/touchio/

RE: Ambient LED heat network thermostat user-focused prototype

michaelkellett — Sat, 05 Sep 2026 09:54:10 GMT

I'd never heard of this book:

The focus of my module was users and interaction, rather than technology, electronics and coding, but textbook we used 'Interaction Design: Beyond Human-Computer Interaction' by Yvonne Rogers, Helen Sharp, and Jennifer Preece featured some electronics and maker projects, including the Lilypad Arduino kit that inspired me to try this! It was a bit of a learning curve.

I looked it up on Amazon and it's a silly price (more than £60 for latest 6th Edition). I bought the 4th edition for £3.36 including shipping from Ebay.

I've had a quick skim (of the book) and I congratulate you on breaking out from this awful book (my opinion of it) and actually getting stuck into trying to make something.

Was this book the primary text used in your module ?

RE: Ambient LED heat network thermostat user-focused prototype

DAB — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 20:09:55 GMT

Nice build.

RE: Ambient LED heat network thermostat user-focused prototype

Shishir — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 12:55:38 GMT

Looks amazing!

RE: Ambient LED heat network thermostat user-focused prototype

Qbit — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 09:24:43 GMT

Great ambient LED idea! For capacitive touch, try tweaking threshold values or add mechanical buttons.