Control Computer Cursors with Caribbean Steel Pans
Channel: bornach
Date: 26/06/2022

I replaced the non-functional electronics inside a novelty musical gift that resembles a couple of Caribbean steel drums. An ESP32 connects to the computer via Bluetooth and provides mouse input events according to how the capacitance touch pads are touched.

ESP32 BLE Mouse Library
https://github.com/T-vK/ESP32-BLE-Mouse

Project page on Hackaday.IO
https://hackaday.io/project/186077-capacitive-touch-controller-in-caribbean-colours