Possibly goofy idea...

[Ian Fritz]

Harry --

I didn't have much trouble demonstrating touch switches on my whiteboard.
Body capacitance is more like 200-300 pF.

  Ian


----- Original Message -----
From: "Harry Bissell" <harrybissell at prodigy.net>

> Protoboard... one of those pluggy - holey things... experimenter's
> breadboard...?
>
> Its not you... why should a circuit like that work on a protoboard...
Human
> capacitance
> is probably only 5-20pF (I haven't seen the circuit... maybe its just skin
> resistance...but..)
> With careful layout on a real board it might work. I haven't tried the
PAiA
> circuit. I'm sure
> you can make the touch switch work... whether its worth all the circuit
you need
> is another story.